Features

The new Taube Atrium Theater will host a variety of small opera and theater pieces, and its director of programming is looking to fill it with exciting surprises.

Chamber Music San Francisco's exciting new series, New Opera NYC comes to San Francisco for the first time.

The winner of the 2013 Pulitzer likes “janky mandolin,” hip hop, random sounds and, oh yeah, Bach and Beethoven. Discover how she finds inspiration in exploring different “worlds of music.”

An opera premiere about a Marine returning from Iraq is grounded in the experiences of a veteran of the recent war.

Although she’s grown smarter about her work habits, Sarah Chang is still learning and pushing herself with new challenges.

Mark Morris takes on Layla and Majnun for Cal Performances, and Rossini's Italian Girl heads to Livermore.

For Lara Downes the personal is musical, and she’s building her career on connecting audiences to artistic process. And she’s thinking carefully about how music connects to human events.

Trios take over Music at Kohl Mansion, and Stuart Canin is back in the news with The Rifleman's Violin.

The Cypress Quartet musicians are ending their run together, after 20 years. Cellist Jennifer Kloetzel fills in the details.

Seniors are experiencing the health and wellbeing benefits of regular music practice as part of a scientific study on music and aging.