Black Experience

Aimée Ts'ao - November 27, 2023

There’s a mission at the root of the company, now four decades old, that will be on display in its Cal Performances debut.

Michael Zwiebach - November 15, 2023

The clarinetist has made a specialty of You Have the Right to Remain Silent, and it’s a powerhouse performance.

Lisa Hirsch - November 7, 2023

Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’s work is bold and beautiful and couldn’t be timelier.

Lily O'Brien - October 28, 2023

Fayetteville, North Carolina, is the setting for Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera — and where Raven grew up.

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - October 23, 2023

Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s new work, set during the American Civil War, has its characters wrestling with the nature of storytelling.

Lev Mamuya - October 17, 2023

The famous academic and activist curates a concert that reflects her personal journey.

Lev Mamuya - October 3, 2023

Nothing slows Wilson down, and he continues a long-term relationship with Four Seasons Arts in an upcoming recital.

Michael Zwiebach - September 26, 2023

The star violinist and entrepreneur arrives in Walnut Creek to play Wynton Marsalis with the California Symphony.

Tom Jacobs - September 5, 2023

The Met Opera trombonist has a bird’s-eye view of the industry from teaching at Juilliard and Santa Barbara’s Music Academy.

Victoria Looseleaf - September 5, 2023

The New York City company founded by two Alvin Ailey alumni is having something of an L.A. moment.