The world’s longest-running jazz festival features women-led ensembles — and succeeds.
The orchestra seems ready to take on anything, and pianist Charlie Albright impresses again.
Shawn Kirchner’s Songs of Ascent provides a powerful contrast with the Mozart Requiem.
Michael Tilson Thomas teases out lyrical beauty in these Stravinsky masterworks.
The absurd wealth of the Parisian music scene is only hinted at with a pair of recitals by two of the best male vocalists in the world.
The orchestra demonstrates its mettle with a polished Bay Area premiere of a neglected Britten concerto.
L.A. Opera’s Don Carlo proves that Plácido Domingo is forever young.
Two masterful orchestras put the jazz back in “Jazz at the Bowl.”
The promising new-music collective collaborates with Julie Herndon at C4NM.
Two quartets at SFJAZZ showcase Berkeley High’s jazz legacy.