Reviews

The Symphony Silicon Valley offers a Brahms inspired concert with guest conductor Karen Kamensek and guest pianist Jon Nakamatsu.

From moments of tender lyricism to thrilling virtuoso expostulations, the Christian Tetzlaff-Tilson-Thomas axis held San Francisco Symphony patrons in thrall.

The second concert from the S.F. Symphony with Dutch guest conductor Ton Koopman offers a view of the great German composer through the eyes of a Bach scholar, and a lesson in why he considers Bach the center of his musical world.

Alessio Bax proves he has the chops, youthful stamina, and artistic insight to perform two monumental, exhausting works back-to-back in one Music@Menlo recital.

Some of the finest singing that has graced Bay Area stages this year distinguished the finals of the eighth annual Irene Dalis Vocal Competition.

Baritone Florian Boesch and pianist Malcolm Martineau brought their brilliant interpretation Schubert’s stark Winterreise (Winter Journey) to golden-toned Weill Hall.

The inaugural season of maestro Donato Cabrera’s tenure at the California Symphony concluded last Sunday with the concert ‘A Russian Spectacular’ at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek.

Rarely performed music of masters and one younger brother made for a stimulating and surprising afternoon.

The pulse of the West Edge Opera's Aroldo may have been a bit uneven, but there was no doubt that the opera is Verdi’s living, breathing, creation worthy of a live encounter.

Eric Zivian unleashes a fascinating musical lesson about how the piano’s technical evolution has freed certain composers’ imagination.