Features

Michelle Dulak Thomson - September 2, 2011

The new season includes music specialists — those who bring you the earliest music, and those who bring you the latest.

Jeff Dunn - August 30, 2011

The 100th-anniversary season of the S.F. Symphony features a star-studded lineup. But it’s not the only orchestra with exciting performers and composers. Here are highlights from the birthday orchestra, as well as other concerts to put on the calendar.

Scott Cmiel and Jeff Kaliss - August 30, 2011

The guitar once again shows its virtuosity in the Bay Area, a haven of great players.

Janos Gereben - August 30, 2011

Profiling Our 'Centennial Players'

This is the first of a weekly series featuring musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, performing in concerts of the orchestra’s centennial season:

Jason Victor Serinus - August 29, 2011

If you’re crazy about opera and great singing, there’s a wide field to play this fall. Here’s a list of the best possibilities.

Georgia Rowe - August 28, 2011

More epic love story than 9/11 drama, Heart of a Soldier, which premieres at San Francisco Opera in Sept., will present the big themes of classic operas in a modern context.

Jesse Hamlin - August 25, 2011

Beyond bland generalities and faked goodwill, the 10 candidates for mayor of San Francisco have ideas about funding the arts and using them to better the city and its communities.

Marianne Lipanovich - August 24, 2011

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra plays unforgettable concerts on its Chicago/East Coast tour, which brought the musicians even closer together as artists.