“Steps Toward Ascent” featured the West Coast premieres of Steve Reich’s Jacob’s Ladder and Vivian Fung’s Ominous.
Composer Gabriella Smith worked to integrate music and the natural world on multiple levels in her SoundBox concert.
Guest-conducting the LA Phil, the Pittsburgh maestro brought painstaking care to a revelatory Tchaikovsky Fifth.
Lara Downes and jazz pianist Christian Sands share musical inspiration and conversation.
Presented by SF Performances, Anthony McGill’s April 3 recital was marked by seamless passagework and sensitive dynamics.
The saxophonist's ambitious SFJAZZ commission did best when the music spoke for itself.
In an afternoon that demonstrated the unpredictable allure of live music, the pianist and cellist proved their continued status as esteemed professionals.
A Pat Metheny S.F. premiere highlighted a concert by the guitar master and his star student.
The LA Phil put on the U.S. premiere of Gerald Barry’s opera as part of its Green Umbrella New Music Series.
French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet saved the concert during Camille Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 5.
