Janos Gereben

Baroque ensemble Musica Pacifica opens the new year with concerts throughout Northern California, presenting music of "galanterie" from 18th-century Europe.

Herbert Bielawa, a prolific composer and long-serving music professor at San Francisco State University, passed away on Dec. 23 at age 85.

Opera Parallèle has commissioned a work about the iconic American artist, Georgia O'Keeffe.

Pianist Audrey Vardanega will pay tribute to the late George Cleve at a memorial recital on Jan. 3 at the Hillside Club in Berkeley.

Prominent conductor Kurt Masur died on Saturday at age 88 of complications from Parkinson's disease.

Dream of the Red Chamber, adapted from the Qing Dynasty epic, will premiere at the War Memorial, Sept. 10-29, 2016.

The Conservatory of Flowers will continue to celebrate the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition through April 10, 2016, and the San Francisco Merola Opera Program is honoring Patricia Racette.

As Musae prepares for its first program with a medieval theme on Dec. 12 and 13, in San Francisco and Tiburon, SFCV talks to founding member Sabrina Adler.

A look at the classical nominations for the 2016 GRAMMY Awards.

Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra will celebrate its 50th anniversary with January gala concerts in Hertz Hall.