An up-and-coming Canadian pianist is profiled in the documentary I Am Not a Rockstar now screening on the film festival circuit.
British actress Imogen Poots’ latest film A Late Quartet set her and her fellow actors the task of learning to play string instruments so as to capture the intimacy of a string quartet.
Soprano Patricia Racette digs deep to describe her vision of the juicy, neurotic, “over-the-top” Tosca.
The first violinist and guiding spirit of Quartet San Francisco talks about defying classification, and his new work for QSF and the Marin Symphony.
Violinist Karen Gomyo approaches music with the assurance and sensitivity of someone who is doing exactly what she has always wanted to do.
Khatia Buniatishvili, sometimes compared with Martha Argerich, proudly represents her Georgian culture and has special feelings for Rachmaninov.
The golden tones of Karina Gauvin will soon be heard in her beloved French song repertoire, this time in Green Music Center’s Weill Hall.
Prior to the premiere of Paul Dresher's Concerto for Quadrachord and Orchestra at the Berkeley Symphony, the composer spoke with SFCV.
In a Skype chat With SFCV, tenor Mark Padmore reflects on the arc of his career, his chosen repertoire, and the artistic importance of art song.
As pianist Lang Lang hits the revered age of 30, he’s started to teach others hard-won lessons gleaned from his childhood studies in China.