Janos Gereben

Opening the 2015-2016 season in style and with generosity, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music is gifting the community with a weekend festival of free performances and events.

Riccardo Chailly, know to Bay Area music lovers as the man who conducted the San Francisco Opera's famed 1977 Turandot premiere , has been appointed music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

Remembering Joseph Scafidi, his accomplishments with the San Francisco Symphony, and his impact on the city.

Oakland Symphony's "new name" is just the good, old one, replaced for some years with the awkward but legally-financially necessary "OEBS."

After Les Troyens, the S.F. Opera Chorus is preparing for a new season with more opportunities to stand out.

Curious Flights announces its upcoming season, and Seiji Ozawa suffers a hip fracture after a fall.

Merola does it again with the excellent Don Pasquale, but the production deserved more than just two performances.

A roundup is of the many gems of musical theater coming to the Bay Area this fall.

The orchestra's board ousted Executive Director Edmund Feingold last week, effective immediately.