Daniel Pollack has fulfilled endless requests to return to perform in Russia, where he and Van Cliburn triumphed in the first-ever Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, 53 years ago.
The siren songstress of '60s social causes, home for the holidays in Woodside, joins Maestro Michael Morgan for the Oakland East Bay Symphony's annual celebration.
Leila Josefowicz talks with SFCV prior to performing a work that Esa-Pekka Salonen wrote for her and will conduct at the S.F. Symphony. To her it, "is a dream that became true. It’s the biggest sense of purpose an instrument can have."
The acclaimed composer/conductor reflects on balancing his life-after-the-L.A.-Phil with time for creating, for leading performers, and for enjoying family life.
The multitalented bass-baritone preps for the physical and emotional demands of his first Bay Area recital, with songs ranging from gloomy to soulful and intense.
Director Peter Sellars, now 54, can still be occasionally controversial, but as he explains in this interview, provocation is at the heart of his conception of theater. Here is insight on the mix of arts and politics.
