Jessica Balik

Four composers tackle the technical challenges of virtual performances and weave solutions into the fabric of their works.

Livestreamed from The Midway SF, the concert highlighted delightfully varied chamber works by three African Amercian composers.

Soprano Julie Adams joins the collaborative chamber orchestra in Samuel Barber’s poignant Knoxville.

The Telegraph Quartet joins Bleckmann in a lineup of dark cabaret numbers at SF Performances.

A powerful concert at Kohl Mansion makes the enormity of the Holocaust tangible and personal through music.

The underplayed Polish composer gets a top-notch festival in her honor.

The violin virtuoso is masterful in Mozart’s third concerto, but Button sparkles throughout the concert.

A concert titled “Low Hanging Fruit” gathers a bounty of challenging new works.

S.F. Symphony’s experimental performance space is hip and busy.

The hip, conductorless ensemble ranges seamlessly from a contemporary work based on an Indian theme to a Mozart classic.