The performance of Mahler's Third by the S.F. Symphony and MTT — a decades-long partnership that's created the constant challenge of playing against the highest expectations — remains a special occasion.
Hewitt, whose ambition and dedication know no bounds, returns with a busy schedule: an all-Beethoven recital in San José, a "concert with conversation" at the S.F. Community Music Center, and The Art of Fugue at SFJAZZ.
Alice Herz-Sommer, a renowned concert pianist who was believed to have been the world's oldest known Holocaust survivor, died in London on Sunday at the age of 110.
The S.F. Symphony's next season will highlight the 20th anniversary of Michael Tilson Thomas as music director, and celebrate his 70th birthday at special events.
