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Independent recording label Naxos has flourished in an age of downloading and streaming music. Its head, Klaus Heymann, reflects on his successes and on industry trends.

The festival of Wagner operas at Bayreuth continues to confront the composer’s fraught and complicated legacy with fascinating, sometimes crazy productions. SFCV’s critic reports on the entire thing.

Love for lieder and years of singing opera made baritone Håkan Hagegård an impassioned artist, who now conveys his insights to young artists around the globe.

Here is a readable, restless, illuminating study of John Cage, a musician who influenced how all of us think about music.

After a game of musical chairs in recent years, the Artemis Quartet is still up on its game, as heard on its latest CD of Schubert masterworks.

Red Tzar’s libretto is ill served by Lisa Scola-Prosek’s music at
the Thick House.

Globetrotters from the Aleron Trip are returning to the city of their alma mater to give a concert at Salle Pianos.

Great Inspiration to Audition for Napa Valley Youth SymphonyS.F. Boys Chorus AuditionsEast Bay Music TogetherEmeryville Taiko: Drum and You Are on Your Way

Ideas for arts funding and San Francisco policies to better support the arts provoke stimulating discussion at a Town Hall meeting.