Features

Jeff Kaliss - September 9, 2016

A century-old opera from a classic story, gets a makeover in a collaboration between the Silk Road Ensemble, vocalist Alim Qasimov, and the Mark Morris Dance Group.

Mark MacNamara - September 1, 2016

The influential guitarist and long-serving S.F. Conservatory of Music professor, David Tanenbaum, gives us a piece of his mind.

SFCV Contributors - August 30, 2016

SFCV writers peer into the future to find cool and unusual events (and one evergreen) worth getting on your calendar now.

Janos Gereben - August 30, 2016

A Dutchman in Livermore, Rainbow Music, SFMusic Day, and all the news that fits.

Paul Kotapish - August 29, 2016

The results are in. We look at the winners of our second-annual Best of the Bay reader poll.

Lou Fancher - August 26, 2016

Getting to the core of Cao Xuequin’s epic novel and translating it into opera has been an epic journey in itself for the creative team.

Janos Gereben - August 16, 2016

Free Concerts From the Morrison Artist Series, Robert Commanday on the Founding of SFCV, and news from Opera Parallèle.

Janos Gereben - August 2, 2016

Conductors Khuner and Jobin have adventures, the S.F. Choral Society scales the heights of Verdi’s Requiem, the S.F. Symphony brings in the stars for the fall season, and more.

Mark MacNamara - July 26, 2016

Author/pianist Stuart Isacoff recounts the dramatic story of Van Cliburn’s Tchaikovsky Competition victory at the height of the Cold War.

Janos Gereben - July 15, 2016

Your cheat-sheet to the next few weeks of the BBC Proms, S.F. Opera percussionist Patti Niemi's view from the back, classical musicians on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and more.