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Old First Concerts has a sharp eye for artists who are on the edge of stardom, which is what makes this low-priced concert series so successful.

An example of how, through great programming, classical
and contemporary music can illuminate each other.

An unknown piano work by the iconoclastic Lou Harrison will rise from the dead, along with an East–West fusion work for large chorus, La Koro Sutro.

If you’re in the South Bay and you haven’t checked Symphony Silicon Valley out already, here are two good opportunities to do so.

If you’re waiting for other orchestras in the area to do a similar program, well, don’t hold your breath.

You have to be ready to
receive it, but if you are, this concert of last masterworks by some of
history’s great composers is a refreshing find, and an all-too-rare opportunity
to take some time for yourself.

The Portland Cello Project plays almost anything, almost anywhere, in its mashed-up world of all-embracing music.

Steven Isserlis performing all of Beethoven’s cello music is a treat; his doing it in company with fortepianist Robert Levin promises to be an adventure.

Fans of the Oakland East Bay Symphony should be on pins and needles for its upcoming May concert.

The New Century Chamber Orchestra is one of the great Bay Area institutions.