Rebecca Wishnia

New music aces Volti and Left Coast Ensemble team up for a program based on personal letters.

In their first concert in the series, the venerable ensemble delivered a mixed performance that ranged from murky to transcendent.

Unusual instrumental techniques highlight gorgeous soundscapes in a varied program of new music.

In the guise of a wildly imaginative inventor, Schick works magic with his musical contraptions.

With pianist Inon Barnatan, the orchestra was in tip-top form covering Mozart and Philip Glass.

Sometimes a walk on the wild side leads to new perspectives.

After playing second fiddle to text on Lang’s new piece, cellist Maya Beiser shines on his earlier world to come.

West Edge Opera’s production of Leoš Janáček’s masterpiece was much stronger musically than dramatically.

Pianist Yefim Bronfman is outstanding in the S.F. Symphony premiere of a new piece bustling with musical ideas and technical challenges.

The pianist’s remarkable technique and musicianship added sparkle to the pedestrian and clarity to the obscure.