Previews

Lisa Houston - February 2, 2014

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.

Stephanie Jones - January 31, 2014

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.

Molly Colin - January 30, 2014

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.

Janos Gereben - January 27, 2014

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.

Janos Gereben - January 23, 2014

In what seems to be perfect typecasting, Viennese-born George Cleve makes his Lamplighters conducting debut in the most Viennese of operettas, Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus (The Bat).

Mark MacNamara - January 23, 2014

How better to celebrate Black History Month than at SFJAZZ; more than a great jazz venue, it features a series of outreach programs with education classes, events, and now a “family matinee.”

Molly Colin - January 23, 2014

What better musical way to ring in the Year of the Horse with the entire family than the San Francisco Symphony's 14th Annual Chinese New Year concert.

Brett Campbell - January 22, 2014

On Jan. 23, Sarah Cahill and the Ives String Quartet will play Henry Cowell’s music in two concerts at San Quentin State Prison, where the Menlo Park-born composer was locked up from 1936-1940.

Jeff Kaliss - January 16, 2014

Just extended for a two-week Bay Area run, The Girls in the Band offers entertainment and good music in big band jazz style, as well as artful explanation of why “girl bands” were both a rarity and a refuge.

Mark MacNamara - January 16, 2014

What’s the energy level like when 500-plus youth orchestra players get together to share great music? You have to experience it to understand.