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Here’s a playlist of standards and unusual pieces from Mozart’s last year, 1791, during which the composer accomplished professionally the likes of which is difficult to believe, especially considering he was suffering a terminal illness.

USC’s Thornton School of Music is betting that two hip, young composers can expand their students’ horizons beyond academia and foster more connections with musicians in the City of Angels.

The remarkable Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, who led some of the world's most revered musical institutions, died at his home in Bolgna, Italy on Jan. 20.

One of the greatest orators in American history, Martin Luther King Jr. made his own music verbally, as many musicians have long understood. Here are King’s words mixed with some of the music that informed his own “symphony of brotherhood.”

For many small arts presenters in the U.S., there’s no way up, and success is defined by survival of the program.

The programming for the S.F. Opera's 2014-2015 season, announced today by General Director David Gockley, reflects his assertion that the company is "getting back to full strength, moving aggressively forward."

Tyler Hayford is about to play a big concert, but he’s asking the usual big questions teenagers have, some that music alone won’t help him answer.

Picking a handful from the Bay Area's hundreds of musical attractions is, by necessity and definition, an eclectic affair. Here's a selection of a wide a variety as possible.

Now an octogenarian, the philanthropist and composer is looking forward to a number of birthday celebrations, beginning with the San Francisco Symphony on January 6.

Read our teenage reviewers’ experiences of the Oakland East Bay Symphony’s holiday concert.