World Music

The world’s best-known cellist celebrates collaboration in a new film: The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. He discusses the film with SFCV.

The concert, presented by the Indian Classical Music and Arts foundation, covered centuries of Indian classical music, represented by diverse regions of the sub-continent.

The Inuit throat singer brings emotional depth to the landmark 1922 documentary.

For its first big concert, the newly-established Young Womens’ Choral Projects starts off with some fancy rhythms from Gershwin, leading to a whole set of Latin American polyrhythms, American spirituals, and other traditional tunes. 

Magen Solomon’s San Francisco Choral Artists, having justreceived a favorable review in Fanfare for their recent With Strings Attached CD, should makeanyone’s shortlist of choral concerts to attend.

Sergio and Odair Assad have been the preeminent classical guitar duo of the last 40 years, having set the standard for technical excellence, sensitive musicianship, and innovative repertoire choices.

As an introduction to the riches of the Spanish classical tradition, you could not do any better than this concert.

Fans of the Oakland East Bay Symphony should be on pins and needles for its upcoming May concert.

Cauvin is a technical wizard, of course, but
one who seems entranced by the possibilities that opens for him.

Zakir Hussain delivers brilliant performances that have established him as a national treasure in his native India.