Previews

Hewitt, whose ambition and dedication know no bounds, returns with a busy schedule: an all-Beethoven recital in San José, a "concert with conversation" at the S.F. Community Music Center, and The Art of Fugue at SFJAZZ.

The Young Artists Competition finals are at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis this weekend.

Don't miss this yummy production of The Magic Flute, which has three upcoming performances and features free artisan waffles.

Composer Mohammed Fairouz addresses global issues directly through his music, which merges dozens of styles in a borderless world.

A Spaghetti Western, a comedy set on the frontier, features great music and silliness in a tale of characters blazing a path westward while chasing the American dream but leaving large piles of pasta in their wake.

Stanford's Pan-Asian Music Festival’s 10th anniversary features four great performances by a group from Tibet and another from Mongolia.

Audiences will have a chance to hear why the Kronos Quartet chose Bay Area native Mary Kouyoumdjian from nearly 400 applicants for its latest Under 30 World Premiere commission.

Keisuke Nakagoshi, and half of the Grammy-nominated piano duet ZOFO, will perform a debut solo recital featuring the premiere of Jack Curtis Dubowsky's Moth.

These family events, a creative introduction for young people to classical music in the Bay Area, offer three animal-themed concerts and an engaging example that music is for all ages.

Vadym Kholodenko, the 27-year-old Ukrainian pianist who won the Van Cliburn, is on a tear around the world. He will make his Bay Area debut on Feb. 1.