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A new chamber opera pulled from the headlines packs a wallop.

Christian McBride and Brian Blades join the pianist in an endlessly inventive set of fresh-sounding standards.

The world’s longest-running jazz festival is still tops.

Prodigy Maria Dueñas burns through Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in her debut with the SFS.

SFS principal percussionist Jacob Nissly will be front and center for the premiere of a new concerto.

Harassment allegations force the legendary singer’s departure.

The soprano was one of the greatest and most celebrated voices of her generation.

The orchestra’s chief operating officer moves up to the hot seat.

The rapier-witted, cantankerous, prizewinning classical-music critic for the LA Times died Sept. 29.

A critic’s thoughtful essay looks at the recent history and near future of arts journalism.