Rebecca Wishnia

The lights were more than dimmed at S.F. Performances’ inaugural PIVOT program at the Strand Theater. They were turned off, and they stayed off for the concert’s duration.

The S.F. Symphony Chorus put on an unhip but engaging performance in SoundBox’s third program of the season.

The premiere of one of the first Fifty for the Future Commissions highlighted the final night of the Kronos Quartet’s second annual festival.

Mariana Sadovska joined Kronos in a riveting performance of her Chernobyl.The Harvest, new music that, at last, took some risks.

The Ives Quartet has morphed into the Ives Collective, which began 2016 with Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time

The three pieces that made up San Francisco Contemporary Music Players’ Jan. 19 concert played with sound as a physical presence in the environment of the concert hall.

The group lived up to its “hip, unstuffy” reputation at St. Mark’s Lutheran in San Francisco.

Festival Opera explored Indian cultural narratives with two noteworthy chamber operas at the Oakland Cultural Center.

Kaija Saariaho is being given a great composer’s retrospective this month, and her music more than justifies the celebration.

In a refreshing departure, the S.F. Symphony, with guest conductor Susanna Mälkki, highlighted the music of Finland.