Features

SFCV Editors - December 17, 2019

Offered without critique, a smorgasbord of recorded music released this year.

Annelies Zijderveld - December 12, 2019

This fresh production reimagines the Nutcracker story through African and Afro-Latinx eyes.

Victoria Looseleaf - December 9, 2019

Celebrate the season with traditional regional flair at “Nochebuena” and other L.A. events.

Jim Farber - December 6, 2019

Los Angeles is the land of opportunity for young musicians — but it’s not easy!

SFCV Editors - December 3, 2019

Take a break from working and shopping with one or more of the musical festivities herein.

Lisa Hirsch - November 26, 2019

One myth, four takes, 240 years of opera history.

Jeremy Reynolds - November 23, 2019

Contemporary digital artists bring ideas from Fantasia into the 21st century and attract millions of viewers.

Annelies Zijderveld - November 19, 2019

Lucas Meachem and Andrew Truett have food rules that fuel their singing.

Allan Kozinn - November 19, 2019

The polyglot nature of modern composition means that style is no longer polemics, and women composers can make the music they need to.

Victoria Looseleaf - November 10, 2019

For some, the encounter with the composer’s music is life-changing. What is it about this American original that inspires such devotion?