Steve Osborn

Prokofiev's cantata Alexander Nevsky wowed, beyond John Adams's The Dharma at Big Sur.

The violinist closes her Green Center concert with an unexpected twist.

The fifth contender for conductor position shows his style in a program featuring Bernstein’s score for On the Waterfront.

Pianist Stewart Goodyear dazzles in Ravel’s Piano Concerto.

Chen is the second candidate in the orchestra’s music-director search and showed many strengths in her weekend set.

The pianist with deep ties to the county and the string quartet brought music back to the Green Music Center.

Contender Francesco Lecce-Chong acquits himself best on sprightly material from Bates and Beethoven.

New music and old mixed together in a concert that showed how a balanced playlist can refresh the ears.

First chairs take the limelight in a program featuring string soloists.

The pianist’s lightning-fast concerto was just one highlight in a solid program from the Santa Rosa Symphony.