San Francisco

Suzanne Turley’s contributions to San Francisco’s cultural life were immeasurable.

SFSU professor Hafez Modirzadeh proposes a fresh, far-ranging agenda for the school’s music curriculum.

The saxophonist/composer’s jazzy soundscape for the Michelle Obama documentary gets a full-blooded rendition that benefits from the orchestral treatment.

The youthful pair give robust, fully committed readings of sonatas from Rachmaninoff and Barber.

The filmed production finds the company continuing its intrepid ways.

Music Academy of the West students will benefit from close connection to the famous producing organization next summer.

Gavin Bryars’s haunting tone poem about the last moments of the doomed ship gets a fresh interpretation by this up-and-coming ensemble.

David Hertzberg’s spooky chamber orchestra recasts a Hans Christian Andersen tale of spirit possession.

This year’s San Francisco Dance Film Festival hasn’t missed a step in its transition to the smaller screen.

In concert, the layers and cumulative, syncretic power of Joachim’s music become clear.