Michael Zwiebach is the senior editor/content manager for SFCV. He assigns all articles and content, manages the writing staff, and does editing. A member of SFCV from the beginning, Michael holds a Ph.D. in music history from the University of California, Berkeley.
The guitar virtuosi Susana Prieto and Alexis Muzurakis have spent the last 12 years together as Duo Melis. Their upcoming appearance in San Francisco should not be missed.
Cellist Tanya Tomkins completes the cycle of Bach's cello suites this weekend in concerts sponsored by Voices of Music. Historically-informed practice aside, Tomkins' urgent, impassioned playing is a great match for these pieces.
Last year's Persian concert at Oakland East Bay Symphony was so successful that they're at it again, and bringing back piano soloist Tara Kamangar, who scored with the audience last year.
Of the two major pianists visiting San Francisco this weekend, Di Wu may be the less well known, but she was a finalist at the Van Cliburn Competition last year, showing that she has technique to burn.
Goaded by The New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini's predictable list of the top 10 composers of all time, here's a list with more surprises in it. Look for the second part next week.
If your week will be made by a really fine performance of a Brandenburg Concerto, as well as music by other German luminaries like Telemann and Handel, then Cal Performances is the place to be on Friday.
Kui Dong is a composer who is just now getting the wider notice she deserves. The upcoming Volti concert includes her Painted Lights alongside works by David Lang, Tamar Diesendruck, and Ted Hearne.
The Jewish Music Festival kicks off in Berkeley with the Ger Mandolin Ensemble, a mandolin orchestra, inspired by a pre-World War II group that was destroyed during the Nazi occupation of Poland.
Though you won't be invited on to the dance floor, if you take in the Gold Coast Players' Rhythm and Shoes concert, you'll at least hear a stylistically varied program that's all about the power of movement and dance
This week the extremely cool Anne Sofie von Otter visits the San Francisco Symphony to perform songs by Grieg and Sibelius. Sibelius' songs are achingly Romantic and deserve to be better known, but the concert promises more than that.
