Jeff Kaliss

Jeff Kaliss has featured and reviewed classical, jazz, rock, and world musics and other entertainment for the San Francisco Chronicle and a host of other regional, national, international, and web-based publications. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, is a published poet, and is the author of I Want to Take You Higher: The Life and Times of Sly & the Family Stone (Backbeat Books) and numerous textbook and encyclopedia entries, album liner notes, and festival program notes.

Articles By This Author

Jeff Kaliss - February 24, 2015

Ye-Eun Choi has everything going for her, and now she has a Guarneri violin on long-term loan.

Jeff Kaliss - February 19, 2015

The latest premiere at the Oakland-East Bay Symphony is a concerto from a well-known jazz and fusion violinist.

Jeff Kaliss - February 17, 2015

CounterPulse, ODC, and AXIS Dance Company are among the companies that won grants to produce new work in 2016-17.

Jeff Kaliss - February 14, 2015

In a recital that was almost a house concert, the music was well-served.

Jeff Kaliss - February 11, 2015

Announcing a new program aimed at “millenials” to promote art through digital media.

Jeff Kaliss - February 9, 2015

Speaking to us from his home in Paris during a well-deserved break from the road, virtuoso violinist Renaud Capuçon discusses the women, repertoire, and violins in his life.

Jeff Kaliss - February 4, 2015

Sister Helen Prejean, composer Jake Heggie, and Opera Parallele artistic director Nicole Paiement reflect on the creation and artistic success of the opera.

Jeff Kaliss - January 22, 2015

The celebrated organist talks about Messiaen’s Livre du Saint-Sacrament, which he performs this weekend, and about advocating for his instrument.

Jeff Kaliss - January 12, 2015

The teaching of the great Indian classical musician has been preserved on tape and is now going to be available to the public.

Jeff Kaliss - January 7, 2015

A cellist heralds in the New Year with two concerts, both of them involving old acquaintances, as well as new music.