Music Articles

    Every week, our writers take an in‐depth look at an artist, program or topic of interest to us. Spend some time with this week's classical music feature, or scroll through the extensive SFCV archive for insights in many music topics.

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    At the Silk Road Bazaar, <em>Layla and Majnun</em> Has Pride of Place
    September 9, 2016
    At the Silk Road Bazaar, Layla and Majnun Has Pride of Place
    BY Jeff Kaliss

    A century-old opera from a classic story, gets a makeover in a collaboration between the Silk Road Ensemble, vocalist Alim Qasimov, and the Mark Morris Dance Group.

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    David Tanenbaum, Debriefed
    September 1, 2016
    David Tanenbaum, Debriefed
    BY Mark MacNamara

    The influential guitarist and long-serving S.F. Conservatory of Music professor, David Tanenbaum, gives us a piece of his mind.

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    The Season Ahead
    August 30, 2016
    The Season Ahead
    BY SFCV Contributors

    SFCV writers peer into the future to find cool and unusual events (and one evergreen) worth getting on your calendar now.

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    It's News to Me
    August 30, 2016
    It's News to Me
    BY Janos Gereben

    A Dutchman in Livermore, Rainbow Music, SFMusic Day, and all the news that fits.

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    Best of the Bay 2015–16 Winners
    August 29, 2016
    Best of the Bay 2015–16 Winners
    BY Paul Kotapish

    The results are in. We look at the winners of our second-annual Best of the Bay reader poll.

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    <em>Dream of the Red Chamber</em> Awakens at San Francisco Opera
    August 26, 2016
    Dream of the Red Chamber Awakens at San Francisco Opera
    BY Lou Fancher

    Getting to the core of Cao Xuequin’s epic novel and translating it into opera has been an epic journey in itself for the creative team.

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    It's News to Me
    August 16, 2016
    It's News to Me
    BY Janos Gereben

    Free Concerts From the Morrison Artist Series, Robert Commanday on the Founding of SFCV, and news from Opera Parallèle.

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    It's News to Me
    August 2, 2016
    It's News to Me
    BY Janos Gereben

    Conductors Khuner and Jobin have adventures, the S.F. Choral Society scales the heights of Verdi’s Requiem, the S.F. Symphony brings in the stars for the fall season, and more.

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    Van Cliburn and the Cruelty of the Piano
    July 26, 2016
    Van Cliburn and the Cruelty of the Piano
    BY Mark MacNamara

    Author/pianist Stuart Isacoff recounts the dramatic story of Van Cliburn’s Tchaikovsky Competition victory at the height of the Cold War.

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    It's News to Me
    July 15, 2016
    It's News to Me
    BY Janos Gereben

    Your cheat-sheet to the next few weeks of the BBC Proms, S.F. Opera percussionist Patti Niemi's view from the back, classical musicians on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and more.

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