Reviews

Jessica Balik - January 22, 2015

A star-studded week wrapped up as John Adams conducted his Grand Pianola Music and Malcolm MacDowell and Elvis Costello headlined A Soldier's Tale.

Molly Colin - January 22, 2015

Only months after retiring from the New York City Ballet at 47, the famous principal ballerina performs new works by four male choreographers who also dance with her on stage.

David Bratman - January 20, 2015

Jon Nakamatsu teamed with Symphony Silicon Valley, the 1927-designed California Theatre, and works by Gershwin and Ravel to transport audiences back to the roaring ‘20s.

Steven Winn - January 20, 2015

A night of stars that felt more like a great, improvised house concert, full of wit and humor.

Jeff Dunn - January 18, 2015

Two works that are worlds apart but complement each other shared the bill at Thursday's Berkeley Symphony concert.

Jim Farber - January 17, 2015

The Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series harbors a Frankenstein and other offbeat works conducted by John Adams.

Niels Swinkels - January 17, 2015

Warm and fuzzy it wasn't, but Gidon Kremer's traversal of two pieces by Soviet composer Mieczysław Weinberg were worth the price of admission.

Monica Hunter-Hart - January 17, 2015

SFCV introduces one of the members of the Emerging Writers Program with a review of a cheery winter concert in Northampton, MA.

Zoe Madonna - January 15, 2015

With an emphasis on women creators, New York's Prototype Festival challenges stereotypes but also delivers powerful music theater.

Zoe Madonna - January 13, 2015

The New York vocal octet brought Caroline Shaw's Pulitzer-winning Partita and a set of edgy, shorter works to the Twelfth Night Festival.