Jeff Kaliss

Despite a debilitating illness, the singer has a memoir out and is helping local cultural arts academy Los Cenzontles.

Rent Romus and Heikki Koskinen’s Itkuja Suite has its premiere in Berkeley this week.

The recording producer and collector made a giant contribution to the preservation and dissemination of many genres of music.

Benjamin Britten’s opera is pleasant if mostly uninteresting, like its titular hero.

Opened just five months ago, the “sacred space” for jazz has plugged a lot of gaps for S.F.-connected musicians.

Initially tapped for the group’s “50 for the Future” project, Wiancko was still surprised to be invited to join Kronos as a performer.

Rembetiko, a gritty tradition of song and dance engendered by a nearly forgotten war, is celebrated by the Greek Chamber Music Project.

Proteges from the SF Conservatory of Music’s precollege guitar program make their mark in “The Young Virtuosos” concert.

The great jazz player is remembered for his mentorship and collegiality, as well as masterful musicianship.

The saxophonist and longtime SFSU faculty member has carved an idiosyncratic path and brought up a new generation of players his own way.