Reviews

Harlow Robinson - March 4, 2025

The composer’s latest works are tributes to musicians he has long championed: Julius Eastman and Morton Feldman.

Melissa Hudson Bell - March 3, 2025

In works by Robert Moses, Raissa Simpson, and more, BCF explores the depth and breadth of Black dance in the Bay Area.

Rebecca Wishnia - February 28, 2025

The school’s partnership with artist management company Opus 3 has led to intriguing results, like this concert at Davies Symphony Hall.

Simon Cohen - February 27, 2025

The superstar player, who shot to fame at the Cliburn Competition three years ago, takes on the Goldberg Variations.

Michael Zwiebach - February 25, 2025

Casting this opera well is difficult even for bigger houses, but WBO manages it.

Richard S. Ginell - February 25, 2025

Baritone Simon Keenlyside and mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova perform Mahler’s early songs with Dudamel and the orchestra.

David Bratman - February 25, 2025

In a recital for the San Jose Chamber Music Society, members of the former St. Lawrence String Quartet partner with pianist Ilya Yakushev.

Scott Cmiel - February 25, 2025

The two great masters — one on sarod, the other on guitar — play an impressive and inspiring concert.

Jim Farber - February 24, 2025

Composer Mary Kouyoumdjian’s new opera comes to the company’s Off Grand series in a brilliantly visceral production.

Josef Woodard - February 24, 2025

Violinist Janine Jansen plays Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade, and conductor Antonio Pappano leads Mahler’s First Symphony.