For her new album, Root Progressions, Cheng commissioned six composers to write music that goes beyond genres and idioms.
Tenor Michael John Butler gives a stunning account of Schumann’s Dichterliebe in a program that also features baritone Olivier Zerouali.
A lucid performance of Beethoven’s Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor highlights a varied program for the San Jose Chamber Music Society.
The production is silly fun, but the cast’s singing and James Conlon’s music direction are serious standouts.
The Polish-Soviet composer has more of his work revived in a Recovered Voices concert at the Colburn School.
The bold and lively Czech ensemble does justice to a pair of underrated works by Tchaikovsky and Dvořák.
In one of his last appearances with the orchestra, Music Director Joseph Young leads a program of works inspired by the season.
The South African artist and a team of collaborators combine surrealism, time travel, and stagecraft in this production at Cal Performances.
Guest conductor Elim Chan returns with a passionate yet graceful program that pairs Swan Lake with the “Pathétique” Symphony.
In a performance at UC Berkeley, the chamber chorus takes on the challenges of Gérard Grisey’s Les Chants de l’Amour.
