Marianne Lipanovich

Celebrating her 20th year at the helm of the Cabrillo Music Festival, Marin Alsop reflects on changes she’s instituted and going outside her comfort zone for new works.

He directs a chamber group, teaches, and plays like mad, but mostly clarinetist David Shifrin worships Brahms.

In a spectacular setting on the Northern California coast, the 25th annual Mendocino Music Festival promises to deliver an irresistible range of music from artists of every stripe.

The Fourth of July wouldn’t be complete without parades, barbeques, fireworks … and music. And, there's nothing like live music to really help you celebrate. Fortunately for fans of classical music and the Fourth, three local symphonies are supplying the tunes.

The Dutch recorder virtuoso preps for a visit to the Bay Area, for a Baroque workshop with concerts and master classes.

A family that stays together sometimes also plays together, as the Hiraga/Wyrick clan prove.

Wide-ranging premieres and a remounting of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio (last heard locally two decades ago) mark the concert by San Francisco Sinfonietta.

With ambitious programming, as well as forums and lectures, American Bach Soloists is launching a Bach Festival in San Francisco.

A Mass by a contemporary of Bach’s receives its first West Coast hearing, performed by American Bach Soloists.

Walden School, based in the Bay Area, with summer programs in New Hampshire, is honored for its innovative approach to teaching young musicians.