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 3, 2015

A season-long survey of Robert Schumann's symphonies, with recordings, is the next big project, as the Symphony announced its coming season.

Steven Winn - March 3, 2015

Mezzo Susan Graham was inspiring in an afternoon of art songs about romantic love.

Steven Winn - February 23, 2015

The small company comes up trumps with a compelling production of the modern-day masterpiece.

Steven Winn - February 16, 2015

The Palo Alto-based company offers up a mostly pleasing, musically erratic Abduction from the Seraglio

Steven Winn - February 2, 2015

Powerful American tenor Matthew Polenzani knocked a delightfully eccentric program out of the (First Congregational) Church in Berkeley Saturday night.

Steven Winn - January 22, 2015

Anne Sofie von Otter is a great performer you root for. But her recital with pianist Angela Hewitt was not all gold, despite that.

Steven Winn - January 20, 2015

A night of stars that felt more like a great, improvised house concert, full of wit and humor.

Steven Winn - January 7, 2015

The last S.F. Opera season planned by David Gockley is heavy on thrills, with an unusual double bill and a Sondheim classic.

Steven Winn - December 6, 2014

The young singers who have been through the Operaʼs training program are already shining in mainstage productions. With the spotlight focused on them, they showed great poise and maturity.

Steven Winn - November 10, 2014

S.F. Symphony kicks off its American tour with Ravel’s full “choreographic symphony in three parts” drawn from his 1912 ballet score Daphnis et Chloé, featuring Gil Shaham as soloist.