San Francisco

SFCV’s writers report on topics relevant to the San Francisco area.

Steven Vargas - February 2, 2025

Sound plays as important a role as movement in Driscoll’s recent work, which arrives on the West Coast this week.

Andrew Gilbert - January 28, 2025

Yang’s trio revisits a groundbreaking work that bridges jazz and classical, Mary Lou Williams’s 1945 Zodiac Suite.

Janos Gereben - January 27, 2025

The small South Bay company is bringing a grand vision and even bigger voices to its upcoming production of a rare work.

Katelyn Simone - January 27, 2025

After a century of silence, Opera Lafayette and OperaCréole premiere the greatest American opera never heard.

Victoria Looseleaf - January 26, 2025

The South African artist’s latest stage work arrives at The Wallis next week and then Cal Performances later this winter.

Yoshi Kato - January 22, 2025

Spencer uses the MLK holiday to introduce singers from her mentoring program across a weekend of sets at the SFJAZZ Center.

Victoria Looseleaf - January 21, 2025

LAB’s artistic director is reviving her 2023 evening-length Holocaust remembrance piece set to Max Richter’s music.

Aimée Ts'ao - January 21, 2025

The Bay Area dance company may be shutting down this season, but it’s set to present one more protean production, Magma.

Andrew Gilbert - January 20, 2025

Aftab tours California this month, going deeper into the songs and sounds on her latest album, Night Reign.

Andrew Gilbert - January 14, 2025

The eminent jazz artist also brings in an East Bay-reared rhythm section of bassist David Ewell and percussionist Sameer Gupta.