New Music

Rebecca Wishnia - April 1, 2016

In their "Bridge to Beethoven" series, violinist Jennifer Koh and pianist Shai Wosner set a contemporary composer a near-impossible task.

Niels Swinkels - March 23, 2016

Fresh compositions by Simon Dobson highlight the latest installment of this inventive series.

Joe Cadagin - March 9, 2016

The extraordinary music Monk creates, largely with her own voice, still has the power to amaze, as a recital drawn from her long career showed.

Giacomo Fiore - March 8, 2016

Composer Catherine Lamb creates a composition/soundscape that is both suggestive and familiar.

Rebecca Wishnia - March 8, 2016

The lights were more than dimmed at S.F. Performances’ inaugural PIVOT program at the Strand Theater. They were turned off, and they stayed off for the concert’s duration.

Rebecca Wishnia - February 8, 2016

The premiere of one of the first Fifty for the Future Commissions highlighted the final night of the Kronos Quartet’s second annual festival.

Joe Cadagin - February 1, 2016

The singer-songwriter/composer joined string quartet Brooklyn Rider for a different kind of Schubertiade.

Rebecca Wishnia - January 21, 2016

The three pieces that made up San Francisco Contemporary Music Players’ Jan. 19 concert played with sound as a physical presence in the environment of the concert hall.

Giacomo Fiore - December 7, 2015

Still active at 80, Terry Riley’s music continues to engage us, as the Del Sol’s recent performance demonstrated.

Jessica Balik - November 10, 2015

The ensemble joined students from Aragon High School in the West Coast premiere of Thomas Trachsel’s The Apocalyptic.