San Francisco

Terry Riley, Laurie Anderson, and John Zorn improvise their way to new musical horizons.

The composer has been dinged by critics here and there, but his music continues to inspire musicians, 45 years after his passing.

A collaboration with Marcus Roberts’s jazz trio opens new musical avenues for the NCCO.

The octogenarian jazzman sets the Black Cat ablaze with his fiery trio.

The troupe’s mélange of percussive dance with cutting-edge electronics and live music brings down the house at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Student work is presented alongside pieces by some of ballet’s greatest choreographers.

The premiere of Jake Heggie’s If I Were You is just one of the highlights.

The premiere of Inferno is just part of the evening-length ballet envisioned by the prolific composer.

Raising more questions than it answers, Niloufar Talebi’s unconventional opera boasts fine performances and stylish staging.

The award-winning Orihara explores the intersection of American and Japanese modern-dance traditions as expressed by women choreographers.