Janos Gereben

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Janos Gereben - April 9, 2010

Festival del Sole to Shine Again

Napa's Festival of the Sun will have its fifth season, July 16-25, with its usual star-studded list of artists.

Janos Gereben - April 9, 2010

Even Poor Tom Can Afford This 'Rake'

Eleazar Rodriguez in a 2008
performance of L'Egisto,
Janos Gereben - April 8, 2010

The transformation in the title of Yuja Wang's latest recording does not refer to her playing. Just as in her recitals and appearances with orchestras — more than a hundred each year — she sounds powerful but never loud, brilliant without arrogance, and always, always serving the music first, eliminating all the superficial stuff that so often plagues pianists.

Janos Gereben - April 3, 2010

As someone coming from that neck of the woods, I will walk the plank with this about Eastern Europe: Notwithstanding the many splendid composers of the region, it has not done well as a source of great operas.

Janos Gereben - March 23, 2010

Funding Mill Valley Freebies

Laurie Cohen's Mill Valley Philharmonic has been performing free concerts y

Janos Gereben - March 16, 2010

'Tomorrow's Sounds & Stars' at Crowden

Alexis Alrich with some Mozart rivals
Janos Gereben - March 13, 2010
Every time I hear what Gustav Mahler did not call his “Resurrection Symphony” — but others did — I think about what the work must have sounded like to the first listeners 115 years ago.
Janos Gereben - March 9, 2010

Win a House, Give Kronos a Home

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is running the second annual Dream House Raffle, a big fund-raising lottery with the grand prize a San Francisco house valued at $3 million or $1.5 million in cash.

Janos Gereben - March 2, 2010

S.F. Symphony Ramps Up to Its Centennial

The San Francisco Symphony, launched in December 1911, is turning 99 next season (which runs from Sept.

Janos Gereben - February 23, 2010

S.F. Symphony Ramps Up to Its Centennial

The San Francisco Symphony, born in December 1911, is turning 99 next season (which runs from Sept.