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* San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (SFCMP) is among 27 recipients of a 2013 James Irvine Foundation Exploring Engagement Fund grant. This funding initiative is a keystone component of The James Irvine Foundation’s work to promote engagement in the arts for all Californians.

A German-Jewish musician, a cellist, all of 19, makes his way to Paris to begin a virtuoso career.

In 1944, to honor the Allied victory in Italy, Arturo Toscanini conducted Verdi's Hymn of the Nations, buil

Getting ready for the end of San Francisco Symphony's 101st season this month, turn your attention to the internet, where there is a wealth of SFS performances.

East Palo Alto housing advocate William Webster appears in a new role, as the composer of The Little Match Girl, to receive its world premiere on June 20 at a Montparnasse music festival in Paris.

Webster composed the opera, based on the Hans Christian Andersen story, in the 1970s, when studying music at Stanford.

Oakland-born Anne Hege, who has a master's degree from Mills College, returns from Princeton University doctoral studies to beco