Previews

    Each week, SFCV looks behind the scenes to give you a sneak peak of what's coming up on stages around the Bay Area...so you can learn about concerts before they happen.

    Upcoming Concert
    ODC Theater Hosts “Wrecking Sessions” to Celebrate 40 Years
    October 7, 2016
    ODC Theater
    ODC Theater Hosts “Wrecking Sessions” to Celebrate 40 Years
    BY Lou Fancher

    The venerable performance space inaugurates its fifth decade with a full slate of exhibitions, parties, and special events.

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    Artist Spotlight
    Scaling the Heights with Lawrence Brownlee
    September 26, 2016
    Scaling the Heights with Lawrence Brownlee
    BY Jason Victor Serinus

    The international star tenor reflects on his career so far and the highlights to come.

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    Upcoming Concert
    Elizabeth Roe: The Executor of Risk
    September 23, 2016
    UC Davis Music Department
    Elizabeth Roe: The Executor of Risk
    BY Mark MacNamara

    Elizabeth Roe and her piano duo partner Greg Anderson are breaking a lot of "rules" and bringing four-hand piano music into the 21st century.

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    Artist Spotlight
    Harmonic Convergence: Yuval Sharon, The Industry, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Join Forces.
    September 22, 2016
    Harmonic Convergence: Yuval Sharon, The Industry, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Join Forces.
    BY Jim Farber

    The director who has been reimagining opera for new audiences, trains his sights on the concert hall in a collaboration with the L.A. Philharmonic

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    Artist Spotlight
    Wynton Marsalis: Bending to the Music
    September 16, 2016
    Wynton Marsalis: Bending to the Music
    BY Jeff Kaliss

    The world is full of possibility for a musician who can play jazz, write symphonies, and give bang-up Harvard lectures.

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    Upcoming Concert
    Inon Barnatan Still Loves Mozart, But He’s Playing the Field
    September 9, 2016
    New Century Chamber Orchestra
    Inon Barnatan Still Loves Mozart, But He’s Playing the Field
    BY Lou Fancher

    The in-demand pianist is set to debut with the New Century Chamber Orchestra this month.

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    Upcoming Concert
    Dynamite Guitars Offer Plenty of Strum and Twang
    September 7, 2016
    Omni Foundation for the Performing Arts
    Dynamite Guitars Offer Plenty of Strum and Twang
    BY Paul Kotapish

    The Omni Guitar Foundation hosts a promising season of globe-spanning guitar music—classical, flamenco, and beyond.

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    Upcoming Concert
    A <em>Network</em> of Mutual Admiration at California Symphony
    September 7, 2016
    California Symphony
    A Network of Mutual Admiration at California Symphony
    BY Lou Fancher

    The orchestra’s season opener features a Kevin Puts piece he created with their support when he was an up-and-coming composer.

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    Artist Spotlight
    David McVicar and the Quest to “Get It Right”
    September 7, 2016
    David McVicar and the Quest to “Get It Right”
    BY Lisa Houston

    The director of San Francisco Opera’s Andrea Chénier pushes his singing actors to make every moment count.

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    Upcoming Concert
    Disruption Is Welcome at the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival
    August 30, 2016
    San Francisco Electronic Music Festival
    Disruption Is Welcome at the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival
    BY Lou Fancher

    The expansive festival embraces everything from cassette culture to the hip-hop/noise frontiers of Daveed Diggs’ clipping.

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