Features

Janos Gereben - September 18, 2017

An extraordinary season at Sunset, Nick Di Scala connects, and a robot at the podium

Jim Farber - September 16, 2017

Women film composers are banding together to have their voices and their music heard.

Brett Campbell - September 12, 2017

The Philharmonia Baroque premieres a new oratorio inspired by Bach but with a very 21st-century twist.

Andrew Gilbert - September 11, 2017

The award-winning classical Indian vocalist is an unlikely pop star.

Paul Kotapish - September 6, 2017

Traditional-music mavens from around the country converge for a week of fiddle and banjo tunes, ancient ballads, workshops, sprightly dancing, and lots of jamming.

Mark MacNamara - September 5, 2017

American Bach Soloists is training dozens of young artists in the discipline of early music performance just as the early music movement itself opens up.

Mark MacNamara - August 29, 2017

On the eve of the S.F. Electronic Music Festival, intermedia artist Pamela Z talks about her career and the new music community, in which she is now both adventurer and patron saint.

Janos Gereben - August 29, 2017

Harvey hits Houston Opera, Phonochrome takes on censorship, and royal digs for the Vallejo Symphony this coming season

Paul Kotapish - August 28, 2017

The results are in: Congratulations to the winners of our third-annual Best of the Bay reader poll.

Jim Farber - August 21, 2017

The lauded film derives much of its power from an intricate tapestry of music, sound, and effects.