Features

Janos Gereben - June 19, 2012

Making Summer Top Ten a Baker's Dozen

The effort to select 10 summer music/dance events is daunting, to say the least, when considering such lists as the 400 free summer attractions in the city, so we carry on, ad

Jonathan Bibayan - June 19, 2012

Many composers have a flair for dying in unusual and creative ways, which only adds to their mythic status. Here are some of the best musical tales from the crypt.

Janos Gereben - June 15, 2012

SFCV critic Janos Gereben picks 10 events for the summer, just as summer festivals are springing up and other seasons are in full bloom. 

Mark MacNamara - June 12, 2012

It’s a tale for our times, though not an uplifting one. In the end, no one would or could do what was necessary to save a local professional orchestra.

Janos Gereben - June 12, 2012

As Orchestras Implode, Infant New Millennium Tunes Up

Co-founder and second fiddle Dagmar Dolatschko Photos by Bruce Robinson
Janos Gereben - June 5, 2012

Stanford Consecrates Bing Hall With Auditorium

Midori is featured in Stanford Photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
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Georgia Rowe - June 5, 2012

John Adams’ opera has outlasted its critics and finally makes it to San Francisco, thanks to its original commissioner, David Gockley.

Peter Dobrin - June 4, 2012

As the Philadelphia Orchestra counts pennies, can it count on remaining a top-tier orchestra?