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Oakland East Bay Symphony: Gold at 20

Jason Victor Serinus - March 3, 2009
Oakland, long recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the United States, is a microcosm of the new face of America. For Oakland's arts organizations to remain relevant to the city's multicultural population, they must pioneer new forms of outreach and expression.

Music News: February 24, 2009

Janos Gereben - February 27, 2009

Teenage Composer at SFSYO Concert

On the program of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra's March 8 concert: the premiere of 17-year-old Preben Antonsen's Thresh of Gear. The conductor is Wattis Foundation Music Director Benjamin Shwartz; the concert also includes Beethoven’s Symphony No.
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Written in Blood: Sofia Gubaidulina’s Artistic Testament

Georgia Rowe - February 17, 2009

Who is Sofia Gubaidulina? Audiences unfamiliar with the name (pronounced goo-bye-DOO-lee-nah) may be surprised to learn that she is one of the most distinctive, highly regarded composers in the world today.

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Classical Times Two: China and Western Music

Chelsea Nicole Spangler - February 10, 2009
Melody of China

The New Year’s parade may be over, but San Francisco has not finished ringing in the year of the ox.

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Making Time for Mendelssohn

Heuwell Tircuit - February 3, 2009
Of all the underrated genius-level composers of the 19th century, none is more undeserving of his second-tier status than Felix Mendelssohn, whose bicentennial occurs this Tuesday, February 3. Few displayed a more natural or more all-encompassing talent than he, and from a remarkably early age, at that. In a way, he was the Mozart of the Romantic age.
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Passion for Bach

Michael Zwiebach - January 20, 2009
The American Bach Soloists, a charter member of the Bay Area’s thriving early music community, turns 20 this season.
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Welcoming the Dawn

Michael Zwiebach - January 13, 2009
It's rare that an interesting new opera simply appears, without the fanfare of commissions and publicity surrounding the premiere. Yet composer Allen Shearer's second opera, The Dawn Makers, is poised to do just that, when it debuts at San Francisco's Herbst Theatre on Feb. 4, conducted by J. Karla Lemon, directed by Brian Staufenbiel, and produced by Composers, Inc.
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LeRoux: A Life in Music and Motion

Janos Gereben - January 6, 2009

What better way to start the new year than by looking back at half a century in the life of one of our most distinguished musicians?

In Memoriam: Jorge Liderman(1957 - 2008)

Michael Zwiebach - December 24, 2008

The Bay Area music community and the world lost an important voice and a respected, beloved teacher on Sunday, when composer Jorge Liderman died in an apparent suicide after being hit by a BART train at the El Cerrito Plaza station. He had recently taken a leave of absence from the music department at UC Berkeley in order to treat his depression.

Music News: December 24, 2008

Janos Gereben - December 24, 2008

The Seven Percent ‘Solution’

UPDATE: According to reports from San Francisco City Hall Tuesday afternoon, the Board of Supervisors tabled Aaron Peskin’s budget-cutting proposals, including the 50 percent reduction in support to the Opera, Symphony, Ballet, and other organizations.