Jessica Balik

Guest concertmaster Anthony Marwood leads the ensemble in its season opener.

Violinist Ray Chen dazzles his adoring fans in Edouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.

Pianist Javier Perianes Is a revelation.

The local power violin-piano duo explores contemporary music in a way that everyone should celebrate.

Violinist Benjamin Beilman wows with a powerful rendition of a Jennifer Higdon concerto.

Fascinating compositions and understated virtuosity transcend the program’s ambiguous concept.

Peace prevails in a program exploring “the artist’s struggle.”

Two musicians from the Brooklyn Art Song Society perform new works by UC Davis composers and poets.

Edgy, polygenre music underscores Lamar's idiosyncratic philosophy in a 10-song cycle.

The accent was on the sounds that words and phonemes make in music that slurs and blurs meanings.