Like father, like son: John and Samuel Carl Adams appear in a concert by the string quartet that has embraced their music.
The quartet’s dazzling technique serves to bring out the best in a program spanning decades and continents.
The composer talks about his musical influences, the role of electronics in his writing, and sharing the limelight with his celebrated father.
The technology has been updated, but the music is faithful to the original recording.
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Jonathan Biss commission response pieces to Beethoven’s concertos and Salvatore Sciarrino took the anti-Beethoven role.
A thought-provoking concert at Mills College presents startling ways of making sounds and music.
The Serbian guitarist and composer was feted in a concert at S.F. Conservatory of Music, bringing at least one masterpiece to light.
Eric Zivian and Sarah Cahill shine on Olivier Messiaen’s challenging work.
Janáček and Tchaikovsky topped the bill, but smaller, less-familiar pieces provided the real highlights.
Counting Sheep melds Ukrainian folk traditions, liturgical music, revolutionary songs, and street theater into a multimedia “Guerilla Folk Opera.”
