No one saw it coming, but today everybody wants to write an opera, and audiences are embracing new work. San Francisco Opera’s general director has been squarely in the middle of that revival.
Sonoma’s Weill Hall will host some 400 young musicians at the Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival designed to showcase their talent while helping a youth charity.
In a new collaborative piece, four artists, including former Kronos Quartet member Joan Jeanrenaud, explore their own creative reactions to disease and disability.
In 2012 SFCV reviewed 55 of the top classical CD releases of the year. Here is a lineup of highly recommended recordings that you can use as stocking stuffers, or as an end-of-year splurge for yourself.
In his thorough remaking of a holiday classic, choreographer Mark Morris has created a new tradition showing us how great, new art can emerge from older classics, forging an enduring bond with a new audience.
Ravi Shankar, loved and admired in the West and around the world as a vessel of Indian music and spirituality, passed away on Dec. 11 near his home in San Diego County at the age of 92.
One month from the opening of the new concert hall on the Stanford University campus, where Stanford Live will present most of its events, SFCV takes the tour and gets the details from the architects and acousticians.
