Previews

Cauvin is a technical wizard, of course, but
one who seems entranced by the possibilities that opens for him.

The young women of Chorissima always perform to a standard that blows away the uninitiated.

The renowned Bustan Quartet performs works from Israeli and Arabic classical traditions at the Jewish Musical Festival.

Zakir Hussain delivers brilliant performances that have established him as a national treasure in his native India.

The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and musical theater force-of-nature Stephen Schwartz gang up to perform hit show tunes plus classical nuggets.

A Latino-based ensemble strives to provoke audiences to see immigration issues with fresh and more-tolerant eyes.

Musical sisters know how to shake it, for audiences that enjoy a variety of styles.

A pianist besotted with the music of Sondheim presents variations on his brilliant songs by an A-team of composers/arrangers.

This is it: The Oakland East Bay Symphony, conducted by Carl Davis, and the S.F. Silent Film Festival, in the most complete restoration possible of Napoleon, will screen the 5 1/2-hour film four times at Oakland’s Paramount Theatre.

San Francisco Conservatory is about to set loose its annual Hot Air Music Festival, which offers something for everyone — plus it’s all free and high-flying!