Love for lieder and years of singing opera made baritone Håkan Hagegård an impassioned artist, who now conveys his insights to young artists around the globe.
Striving to clue audiences in on the music they’re hearing, pianist and teacher Jeffrey Sykes believes in taking new paths to enhance their understanding.
Del Sol Quartet’s violist, Charlton Lee, looks forward to appearing at the Cabrillo Festival, and reflects on the challenge of playing while also vocalizing.
Although his solo careers drew him out of the Romero Guitar Quartet he’d grown up with, the lively, loquacious Angel Romero has retained his vital family connections.
An inspiring voice teacher speaks of the challenges and thrills he experiences with his opera-stars-to-be, at the Merola and Adler programs of S.F. Opera.
Duo-pianists Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe gleefully pursue wide-ranging interests as they promote and perform classical music in its many guises.
Michelle DeYoung returns to San Francisco to sing a favorite role — Judith, wife of Bluebeard, who learns some things she might in retrospect rather not have in Béla Bartók's early opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle.