Steven Winn

Steven Winn is a San Francisco-based writer and critic and frequent interviewer for City Arts & Lectures. His work has appeared in Gramophone, Musical America, Opera, Symphony, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Steven Winn - March 21, 2025

Tenor Michael John Butler gives a stunning account of Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe in a program that also features baritone Olivier Zerouali.

Steven Winn - March 16, 2025

The South African artist and a team of collaborators combine surrealism, time travel, and stagecraft in this production at Cal Performances.

Steven Winn - March 4, 2025

An overabundance of character dances doesn’t dampen the show’s overall effect.

Steven Winn - February 18, 2025

Cool Britannia, a triple bill of works by Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon, and Akram Khan, invites visceral reactions.

Steven Winn - February 15, 2025

The star soloist strides confidently through Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

Steven Winn - February 11, 2025

Cho plays a completely captivating concert that features the composer’s complete solo piano works.

Steven Winn - February 1, 2025

The orchestra’s former music director leads a program of Schubert and Brahms with grace, if occasional shakiness.

Steven Winn - November 2, 2024

Acclaimed director Mary Zimmerman has adapted the classic opera in a production of captivating charm that feels both familiar and fresh.

Steven Winn - October 28, 2024

Superb singing from the chorus and vocal soloists can’t entirely carry this performance of the symphony under Music Director Eun Sun Kim.

Steven Winn - October 7, 2024

This season, the orchestra is bringing smaller-scale performances to a venue it’s never played before.