Women in Music

Richard S. Ginell - February 11, 2025

Conductor Xian Zhang returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall with this rarity, and pianist George Li plays Tchaikovsky.

Jason Victor Serinus - February 11, 2025

On her latest album, Kopatchinskaja gives standout performances of unusual works by composers forced to flee their homelands.

Andrew Gilbert - February 8, 2025

The vocalist is a once-in-a-generation talent, as she again shows in a concert at Cal Performances.

Lisa Hirsch - February 6, 2025

Davidsen, one of the Metropolitan Opera’s reigning divas, shows complete mastery in a varied recital at Cal Performances.

Richard S. Ginell - February 4, 2025

Conductor Susanna Mälkki leads the LA Phil in the great composer’s 2023 trumpet concerto, HUSH.

Rebecca Wishnia - February 3, 2025

Bryan brings together diverse works from a dozen different contemporary composers who represent the global African diaspora.

Andrew Gilbert - January 28, 2025

Yang’s trio revisits a groundbreaking work that bridges jazz and classical, Mary Lou Williams’s 1945 Zodiac Suite.

Emily Wilson - January 28, 2025

The MacArthur “genius” grant winner draws on her deep knowledge of jazz, gospel, and more for the orchestra’s experimental concert series.

Yoshi Kato - January 22, 2025

Spencer uses the MLK holiday to introduce singers from her mentoring program across a weekend of sets at the SFJAZZ Center.

Andrew Gilbert - January 20, 2025

Aftab tours California this month, going deeper into the songs and sounds on her latest album, Night Reign.