Rebecca Wishnia

The long-running European ensemble is a new sensation here, and for good reason.

Despite four delightful, beautifully performed works, the program left the listener wanting more.

Arcadiana and The Four Quarters hold their own in the ultimate comparison — with Beethoven.

Composer Aaron Gervais pairs intriguing guitar music with expressive dancers to explore a culture steeped in pharmaceuticals.

The Icelandic quartet plays brand-new music on Baroque-period instruments.

Both polished performers shone, but not always at the same time.

Bard Music West — an alluring conglomeration of tastes from the life of György Ligeti.

Marek Janowski brought strongly individual ideas to Hindemith’s Violin Concerto and Brahms’ Fourth Symphony.

The student-run Hot Air Festival at S.F. Conservatory is always fresh, with a few highlights for new music fans.

A program of contemporary excerpts reveals both rough edges and refined ideas.