Music News

Michael Zwiebach - June 20, 2013
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach

A German-Jewish musician, a cellist, all of 19, makes his way to Paris to begin a virtuoso career.

Janos Gereben - June 18, 2013
Toscanini
Recognized Soviet war role

In 1944, to honor the Allied victory in Italy, Arturo Toscanini conducted Verdi's Hymn of the Nations, buil

Janos Gereben - June 18, 2013

Getting ready for the end of San Francisco Symphony's 101st season this month, turn your attention to the internet, where there is a wealth of SFS performances.

Janos Gereben - June 18, 2013

East Palo Alto housing advocate William Webster appears in a new role, as the composer of The Little Match Girl, to receive its world premiere on June 20 at a Montparnasse music festival in Paris.

Webster composed the opera, based on the Hans Christian Andersen story, in the 1970s, when studying music at Stanford.

Janos Gereben - June 18, 2013
Anne Hege
Anne Hege

Oakland-born Anne Hege, who has a master's degree from Mills College, returns from Princeton University doctoral studies to beco

Janos Gereben - June 18, 2013
Kronos: at 40 not so old Photo by Michael Wilson
Kronos: at 40, not so old
Janos Gereben - June 18, 2013

Musicologist Fredrick Lieberman, who died on May 4, will be celebrated at the "49th day ceremony" Tibetan Buddhist Gyuto Vajrayana Center Gyuto Monastery in San José on