The composer-performer has selected a wide variety of music this year that enriches our idea of what a chamber concert can be.
Aftab tours California this month, going deeper into the songs and sounds on her latest album, Night Reign.
The Bay Area composer has written his third piano concerto, After the Fall, for the orchestra and virtuoso soloist Víkingur Ólafsson.
It’s not easy to parse the composer’s ironic, often anguished music, even 50 years after his death.
The ensemble, with a strong connection to both sides of the Pacific, reunites for a series of Bay Area shows this month.
The Bay Area was home to these sage masters, underground legends, and leading lights gone too soon.
Here are the concerts, solo recitals, and opera productions that stood out in a busy year, according to SFCV’s reviewers.
Get the inside story behind the rise of a certain music website.
Offered without critique, a smorgasbord of music that was released this year.
