Features

Here is a short tribute to only a few of the great violinists who have played in the Bay Area in the last month, or who will play here shortly. If the list were complete, it would be twice as long.

This year’s Jewish Music Festival brings to light the cultural achievements of Poland’s once-thriving Jewish community.

A report on the highlights of the upcoming San Francisco Symphony season.

After the passing of William Bennett (1956-2013), prinicpal oboist of the San Francisco Symphony, a remembrance.

Thank goodness for the problems two people have falling in love and the jams that love lands them in: Otherwise, there would be much less to sing about. 

SFCV announces its first annual Music Educator Award for teaching excellence. We want your favorite teacher to win this award! Deadline for nominations is April 1.

Mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao, 46, whose nationally publicized fight against cancer was as inspiring as her vibrant singing, has died.

In its centenary year, everyone will talk about The Rite of Spring as music. Maybe we should make time to talk about its more dangerous and electrifying aspect — the dancing.

Movie music — and movies about music — had a banner year in 2012. Here are the tracks from the actual nominated soundtracks plus a few extras, for fun.

Prized for their true intimacy and relaxed atmosphere, private house concerts have become a thriving, many-tendriled subculture in the Bay Area music scene.