Previews

Lou Fancher - December 8, 2015

Urioste, performing Dec. 9-10 with the San Francisco Symphony, talks about the pieces that inspire her and Bikram yoga.

Jason Victor Serinus - December 1, 2015

Jake Heggie’s latest work sets the poetry of a woman losing her battle to cancer.

Lou Fancher - December 1, 2015

A master luthier founds a charity to put instruments in the hands of students.

Janos Gereben - November 10, 2015

Festival Opera puts Gustav Holst’s rare one-act Savitri together with Jack Perla’s River of Light, which premiered at Houston Grand Opera last year.

Lou Fancher - November 3, 2015

The violinist brings her four-part project to San Francisco with a diverse group of composers.

Lou Fancher - October 29, 2015

Tarek Atoui’s MATRIX 258 project aims to introduce a new way of “hearing” music.

Jim Farber - October 27, 2015

The city of Los Angeles costars in a new opera from the company that created Invisible Cities.

Jeff Kaliss - October 22, 2015

The annual event, which celebrates the diversity of the Bay Area musical community, examines Asian-American jazz for this year’s “Field Report.”

Mark MacNamara - October 21, 2015

Company C Ballet tries out a seasonal piece for the Day of the Dead, the first of several full-length pieces to come.

Lou Fancher - October 20, 2015

The chorus and early music ensemble will collaborate in two performances Oct. 30 and Nov. 1 of music mostly written by female composers in 17th-century Italian convents.