Lou Fancher

The voraciously curious cellist is taking it all in — music, language, running, and the interests of his young nieces.

The winner of the 2013 Pulitzer likes “janky mandolin,” hip hop, random sounds and, oh yeah, Bach and Beethoven. Discover how she finds inspiration in exploring different “worlds of music.”

Although she’s grown smarter about her work habits, Sarah Chang is still learning and pushing herself with new challenges.

The musical is running at the Berkeley Playhouse through March 6.

For Lara Downes the personal is musical, and she’s building her career on connecting audiences to artistic process. And she’s thinking carefully about how music connects to human events.

The newly reopened Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive revives it’s new-music series.

The Next Wave Choreographers Showcase, Feb. 20-21, is bursting with new talent and well-regarded mid-career artists doing challenging and ambitious work in a variety of styles.

The composer/performer is taking the Bay Area by storm with a series of premieres and performances this month.

The San Francisco Girls Chorus will join Kronos for Iranian-American composer Sahba Aminikia’s piece, which blends recordings from the 30s with sound clips from modern-day Iran.

For the pianist, age is nothing but a number. It’s playing with soul that counts.