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The annual event, commemorating the summer solstice, brings together over 40 groups for a unique experience.

When Simon Rattle concludes his 16-year run at the helm in 2017, the new principal conductor will be Kirill Petrenko.

The festival, which paid tribute to composer Pierre Boulez, featured atmospheric performances held outdoors as well as an emphasis on percussion.

The man who led the drive to save Ballet San Jose in March, is leaving the company.

A trio (plus some friends) provided excitement in a party of French chamber music.

The founders of the festival talk about its inception, the apprenticeship program, and why someone would have to be crazy to not want to visit Sonoma.

The four-and-a-half-hour marathon had everything except the composer himself.

When Orquesta Victoria comes to the Bay Area, June 23-27, the group will skip the tried-and-true presentation of the tango (dancers front, musicians in the back) and instead feature a 12-piece orchestra and, sparingly, two pairs of dancers.

The June 18 performance of the San Francisco Opera's production of Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) was dedicated to the memory of Sandra Bernhard, who died earlier the same day in a Houston hospice.

The San Francisco Symphony's principal violist talks about un-selfconscious music making and being “in the zone.”