Audience Choice Awards 2025–2026: Bay Area Winners SFCV Editors - August 24, 2026 Feature Audience Choice Awards 2025–2026: Los Angeles Winners SFCV Editors - August 24, 2026 Feature Jon Batiste Is This Generation’s Black Mozart Jens Ibsen - August 24, 2026 Artist Spotlight Latest From Boccanegra to Figaro, Matthew Shilvock Previews SF Opera’s Fall Lineup Music News As Shilvock embarks on his third term as general director, he shares his thoughts on the upcoming Opera season. ODC’s State of Play Festival Debuts Experimental Works Review The dance festival staged three works-in-progress. Laila J. Franklin’s BABYBABYBABY stole the show on opening night. Anna Handler Takes the Baton at a Post-Dudamel Bowl Review Anna Handler’s first outing since being named the LA Phil’s conductor-in-residence gave audiences a chance to get to know her. Ron Vincent Swings Into the Bay Area Review An unflashy master of form and rhythmic function, Ron Vincent is one of the reasons Bird & Beckett’s Friday jazz is worth the trip to Glen Park After Two Centuries of Obscurity, Donizetti Opera Receives its American Premiere in L.A. Preview Pacific Opera Project will mount the American premiere of Il fortunato inganno from Sept. 4-13. Dudamel Gets a Sendoff Like No Other at the Hollywood Bowl Review Over four August nights, Gustavo Dudamel takes his leave of Los Angeles, though he is careful never to call it a last concert. At SF International Piano Festival, Barber and Liszt Meet an Unexpected Match Review The ninth annual Piano Festival runs through Aug. 30. On opening night, a new work by Derek Bermel stole the show. Dance ODC’s State of Play Festival Debuts Experimental Works August 31, 2026 At The Soiled Dove, Joan Baez Is a Show Within a Show August 18, 2026 Wallace Foundation Provides Boost for Small Minority Art Groups August 11, 2026 “Can You Dig It?” ODC Hosts Eddie Brown Tap Dance Symposium August 11, 2026 Jazz Ron Vincent Swings Into the Bay Area August 31, 2026 Jon Batiste Is This Generation’s Black Mozart August 24, 2026 The Prodigious Players of Motoko Honda’s Simple Excesses Quartet Prevail August 18, 2026 Quirky Nightclub Chronicles is an Endless Playground August 18, 2026 Opera From Boccanegra to Figaro, Matthew Shilvock Previews SF Opera’s Fall Lineup August 31, 2026 After Two Centuries of Obscurity, Donizetti Opera Receives its American Premiere in L.A. 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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 Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería Spotlights Latin American Culture, Music, and Joy Review The top-flight Mexican orchestra performed at Segerstrom Hall on Jan. 29. In “From Ordinary Things,” Cello, Soprano, and Piano Unite as One Instrument Review The recital featured three highly virtuosic musicians in perfect harmony on Thursday night at the UCLA Nimoy Theater. LA Phil and Cellist Seth Parker Woods Take Flight in World Premiere Review Julia Adolphe’s Chrysalis, her third LA Phil commission focusing on metamorphosis, shares the bill with music by Maurice Ravel. Lisa Fischer Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop Feature The star vocalist’s ability to excel across genres comes from her years as a backup singer.
