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Inside 2220 Arts+Archives, L.A.'s Hub of Experimental Arts Audience Choice Awards 2025–2026: Los Angeles Winners Reviews The Vatican’s Sacred Voices Choir Visits San Francisco ODC’s State of Play Festival Debuts Experimental Works Anna Handler Takes the Baton at a Post-Dudamel Bowl Music News San Francisco Opera Orchestra May Strike on Opening Night, Pending Negotiations Arrivals and Departures Among SF Symphony Musicians With the New Season ‘Round the Corner From Boccanegra to Figaro, Matthew Shilvock Previews SF Opera’s Fall Lineup Artist Spotlights Jon Batiste Is This Generation’s Black Mozart Within the Kanneh-Mason Musical Dynasty, Jeneba is a Star in Her Own Right SF Bach Festival’s Yue Qian Finds Freedom Through Baroque Previews After Two Centuries of Obscurity, Donizetti Opera Receives its American Premiere in L.A. Viral Baritone Babatunde Akinboboye Spearheads the Hip Hopera Genre Jon Jang's Musical Call to Arms Against Racism Has Born Amazing Fruit Media Jon Batiste Is This Generation’s Black Mozart The Sublime Antics of Losing Kontrol There’s Nothing These Young Singers Can't Handle From the Archives Jessie Montgomery, a Composer Who Craves Connection Artist Spotlight The Grammy Award winner chats about music as storytelling, how she keeps up her chops on violin, and working with Third Coast Percussion. Santa Rosa Symphony Kicks Off the Season With Beethoven Preview Violinist Julian Rhee and his mentors Wu Han and David Finckel, take the solo parts in the composer’s Triple Concerto. Pianist Zee Zee to Reimagine Liszt and Ravel at Stanford Live Preview The rising star speaks to a new generation, interpreting music through the lens of her own experience. Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Next-to-Last SF Symphony Concerts Promise Renewal Review As the conductor’s tenure with the orchestra nears its end, composer Gabriella Smith is back with a new nature-focused work.
