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.

Articles By This Author

Steven Winn - March 5, 2018

The Spanish conductor deftly led some high-octane music-making.

Steven Winn - March 2, 2018

Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma meld spirits in a sublime evening of chamber music.

Steven Winn - February 17, 2018

An intriguing concept and strong performances lift short operas by Jake Heggie and Leonard Bernstein above an overly fussy production.

Steven Winn - February 12, 2018

The orchestra shows versatility supporting Isserlis and in a lithe performance of a Haydn symphony.

Steven Winn - February 5, 2018

Janáček and Tchaikovsky topped the bill, but smaller, less-familiar pieces provided the real highlights.

Steven Winn - January 30, 2018

The North Bay orchestra demonstrates why it should be on any music-lover’s radar.

Steven Winn - January 19, 2018

S.F. Symphony’s stripped-down staging highlights the operetta’s strengths and weaknesses.

Steven Winn - January 17, 2018

The general director mixes the fresh and the familiar in a season of "emotive storytelling."

Steven Winn - January 9, 2018

Soloists Nikolas Nackley and Tonia D’Amelio straddle the spiritual and the erotic in a charged performance of two cantatas.

Steven Winn - December 18, 2017

The violinist’s musicality and technique lit up four sonatas and partitas in a recital at Davies Hall.