Artist Spotlights

A composer/cellist Zoë Keating readies for a performance with a venturesome modern dance troupe.

An internationally renowned Baroque music and period performance specialist is on an American tour with his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir. He discusses his approach, in his native Dutch with Niels Swinkels.

San Francisco Choral Artists are joined by the klezmer-flavored Veretski Pass for a celebration of psalms and other music from Jewish composers and tradition.

A remarkable German violinist anticipates her concert with the San Francisco Symphony and tells of how she came naturally to play and love music.

A master recitalist again attempts to scale the Schubertian summit of lieder singing.

Three centuries of mandolin music are embraced by performers Mike Marshall and Catarina Lichtenberg in their conversation with SFCV and their upcoming concerts around the Bay.

Inspired by the work of John Cage, a noted choreographer’s Story/Time didn’t happen merely by chance.

New ways of eliciting sounds from a battery of ancient-to-modern instruments mark the performing style of a world-renowned Scottish percussionist.

A young Russian-born pianist wins awards, emigrates to the West, concertizes widely, and teaches music at a prestigious school — all in a day’s work.

The new music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, headed for performances in San Francisco, reflects on music’s ability to connect people and build the culture.