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

The much-loved children’s book The Secret Garden becomes a modern and accessible opera, premiering in Berkeley in March.

The S.F. Symphony just won its 15th Grammy award since 1992, and fifth in the category of Best Orchestral Performance. Here’s a salute to this great ensemble, showcasing some of their award-winning recordings and favorites of the orchestral repertoire.

Recorder players and a bansuri flute virtuoso get their place in the sun at Other Minds. Here’s how the surprising, eclectic 18th Festival came together.

Teen filmmaker and cellist Hana Dahl uploaded the video "Where Did All The Cellos Go" on YouTube. We think you'll want to see it and share it, so here it is, all seven minutes of awesome.

With Lunar New Year coming up this weekend, take a few minutes to listen to these ear-opening Chinese classics.

“High art” is a vital subject for critical discourse as presenters of classical music face a multitude of challenges for their very survival.

In honor of Mozart’s birthday (Jan. 28), this week’s playlist is all-Mozart all-the-time.

The New Century Chamber Orchestra has been on tour for two weeks and SFCV asked them for some stories and reflections from the tour. Here, including an interview with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, is what they came up with.

A well-known physician who treats addiction faces his own: buying music in classical record stores.