Rebecca Wishnia

Rebecca Wishnia is a freelance violinist and writer.

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Rebecca Wishnia - December 3, 2025

Although the score to the live-action film isn’t particularly symphonic, Davies Hall sparkled on Nov. 28.

Rebecca Wishnia - November 25, 2025

What you see is not what you get with Benjamin Britten’s opera, as Hallmark descends into horror.

Rebecca Wishnia - November 18, 2025

The ensemble’s appearance at SF Performances was a primer on its technical prowess and depth.

Rebecca Wishnia - November 10, 2025

French pianist Alexandre Kantorow’s emotional Wagner encore leaves Davies Symphony Hall spellbound in a powerful SF Symphony performance led by Karina Canellakis.

Rebecca Wishnia - November 4, 2025

Music Director Eun Sun Kim and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra went back to Beethoven for their fall concert, which also featured music by Manuel de Falla.

Rebecca Wishnia - October 18, 2025

The San Francisco Symphony shines in Märkl's debut, while violinist Leonidas Kavakos solos in Bela Bartok's Violin Concerto No. 2.

Rebecca Wishnia - September 22, 2025

Conductor James Gaffigan returns to the San Francisco Symphony with a program of American works by George Gershwin, Carlos Simon, and Duke Ellington.

Rebecca Wishnia - September 9, 2025

The Banff International String Quartet Competition gave a prize package worth $500,000 CAD to the Cincinnati-based Poiesis Quartet.

Rebecca Wishnia - August 4, 2025

SF Opera’s training program for young singers performed the comic opera on July 31.

Rebecca Wishnia - June 3, 2025

The brother-and-sister duo get their separate chances to shine in several lesser-known works for cello and piano.