Reviews

The pianist combined visuals and electronics to bring a musical archipelago to life.

French pianist Alexandre Kantorow’s emotional Wagner encore leaves Davies Symphony Hall spellbound in a powerful SF Symphony performance led by Karina Canellakis.

Third Coast Percussion marked its 20th year at Zellerbach Hall with Zakir Hussain’s Murmurs in Time.

Sumino delighted a sold-out crowd at Bing Concert Hall with music by Maurice Ravel and the pianist’s own compositions.

Concertmaster Daniel Hope led the orchestra’s genial and joyous concert, highlighted by Dobrinka Tabakova’s Dawn and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

Music Director Eun Sun Kim and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra went back to Beethoven for their fall concert, which also featured music by Manuel de Falla.

The Tony Award-winning musical about the women’s suffrage movement runs in S.F. through Nov. 9, and opens in L.A. Nov. 18.

The clarinetist-composer performed eclectic sets across three nights in Oakland.

The Vallejo Symphony premiered a memorial tribute 15 years in the making, alongside music by Britten, Haydn, and C.P.E. Bach.

Richard Wagner’s symbol-laden drama becomes human in the company’s subtle, dramatically keen production.