In S.F. Debut, Pianist Yunchan Lim Goes Bold With Bach Simon Cohen - February 27, 2025 Review SF Conservatory Students Join With Joshua Bell and Academy of St Martin in the Fields Rebecca Wishnia - February 28, 2025 Review Continued Illness Forces Michael Tilson Thomas to End Conducting Career Janos Gereben - February 25, 2025 Music News Latest How SF Ballet and Tamara Rojo Are Giving Raymonda a Powerful Feminist Update Feature The company is taking this tricky 19th-century work and empowering its lead, offering a fresh twist on a classic. South African Jazz Is a Cultural Exchange That Goes Back Centuries Feature Pianists Thembi Dunjana and Bokani Dyer, along with pop sensation Thandiswa Mazwai, are set to land in the Bay Area soon. Mahler Grooves at the LA Phil in Bits and Pieces Review Baritone Simon Keenlyside and mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova perform Mahler’s early songs with Dudamel and the orchestra. London Symphony Orchestra Begins U.S. Tour With Panache Review Violinist Janine Jansen plays Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade, and conductor Antonio Pappano leads Mahler’s First Symphony. SF Symphony’s Newly Appointed Principal Joshua Elmore Solos in a Thrilling Performance Review Esa-Pekka Salonen and the orchestra shake up The Rite of Spring, plus Daniil Trifonov delivers a dazzling romp through Prokofiev. At LA Opera, Adoration Is Timely and Emotionally Affecting Review Composer Mary Kouyoumdjian’s new opera comes to the company’s Off Grand series in a brilliantly visceral production. West Bay Opera’s La sonnambula Showcases the Company’s Many Virtues Review Casting this opera well is difficult even for bigger houses, but WBO manages it. Dance How SF Ballet and Tamara Rojo Are Giving Raymonda a Powerful Feminist Update February 25, 2025 SF Ballet Surveys British Dance With Mixed Success February 18, 2025 Batsheva Dance Company Lands in the U.S. With MOMO February 18, 2025 Black Choreographers Festival Embraces Vast Expression February 18, 2025 Jazz South African Jazz Is a Cultural Exchange That Goes Back Centuries February 25, 2025 Celebrating the Bay Area Legacy of Legendary Tabla Player Zakir Hussain February 18, 2025 Samara Joy Brings Bravura Chamber Jazz to Berkeley February 8, 2025 John Santos, Forever a Champion of Latin Jazz in the Bay Area February 3, 2025 Opera West Bay Opera’s La sonnambula Showcases the Company’s Many Virtues February 25, 2025 At LA Opera, Adoration Is Timely and Emotionally Affecting February 24, 2025 The Camp, a World-Premiere Opera About Japanese American Internment February 18, 2025 Homepage Links Listen to KDFC Facebook Twitter Instagram The SFCV Weekly Newsletter Receive the latest news delivered straight to your inbox with a digest of all the latest events, reviews, and hot deals. 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Feature South African Jazz Is a Cultural Exchange That Goes Back Centuries Andrew Gilbert - February 25, 2025 Pianists Thembi Dunjana and Bokani Dyer, along with pop sensation Thandiswa Mazwai, are set to land in the Bay Area soon. Amjad Ali Khan and Sharon Isbin Come Together in “Strings for Peace” February 25, 2025 How SF Ballet and Tamara Rojo Are Giving Raymonda a Powerful Feminist Update February 25, 2025 West Bay Opera’s La sonnambula Showcases the Company’s Many Virtues February 25, 2025 When Your Quartet Disbands, Start a Trio February 25, 2025 Features South African Jazz Is a Cultural Exchange That Goes Back Centuries How SF Ballet and Tamara Rojo Are Giving Raymonda a Powerful Feminist Update Celebrating the Bay Area Legacy of Legendary Tabla Player Zakir Hussain Reviews SF Conservatory Students Join With Joshua Bell and Academy of St Martin in the Fields In S.F. Debut, Pianist Yunchan Lim Goes Bold With Bach West Bay Opera’s La sonnambula Showcases the Company’s Many Virtues Music News Hollywood Bowl’s 2025 Season Ranges From Brahms to Broadway Continued Illness Forces Michael Tilson Thomas to End Conducting Career SF Symphony and SF Conservatory of Music Come Together for Los Angeles Benefit Concert Artist Spotlights Violinist Lucia Micarelli on Getting to the Heart of Music Seong-Jin Cho Always Follows His Instincts Composer David Lang on Art as a Space for Reflection Previews Black Choreographers Festival Embraces Vast Expression The Camp, a World-Premiere Opera About Japanese American Internment Bringing Atom Egoyan’s Adoration to the Opera Stage Media Countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Shares His Love for Lieder Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja Ventures Into the Music of Exile Cellist Joshua Roman on Long COVID and “Immunity” From the Archives Adler Fellows Deliver Their “Future Is Now” Promise Review San Francisco Opera’s young singers show their stuff in a performance that goes far beyond standard fare. Tosca Twosome Switches From Suicide to Marriage Music News An onstage proposal surprises the intended and elates cast, orchestra, and audience alike. Lara Downes and Los Angeles Master Chorale Revive Music by Margaret Bonds Review The composer’s rarely performed Credo shares a concert with works by J.S. Bach and a premiere by Zanaida Stewart Robles. Politics and Romance Rage in PBO’s Production of Radamisto at Bing Review Handel’s complex 18th-century opera resonates with contemporary issues.
