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Here's what a crew of teenage reporters noticed, part of a collaboration between SFCV and 826 Valencia, at last month's S.F. Symphony concert. Are you young at heart? Find out if you shared their likes and dislikes.

Four days of musical pleasures by visiting luminaries await voyagers to the Ojai Music Festival in June.

One of last century’s most powerful works of sacred music, which is virtually unknown: Lou Harrison’s La Koro Sutro, was performed in Berkeley.

Noted German violinist Isabelle Faust conveys her mastery of Beethoven at Herbst Theatre, playing her “Sleeping Beauty” Stradivarius and accompanied by the much-praised Alexander Melnikov.

A beloved interpreter of Papageno in Mozart’s Magic Flute talks about the challenges of singing the role in English, adapting to new productions, and even shedding his shirt.

The current West Bay Opera production of Aida channels the work's essence, and does well by the inner Verdi thanks to the orchestra, guest conductor, and a small but ambitious set of players.

The divine Dominique  Labelle, Nic McGegan, and a few pals from Philharmonia Baroque lead off the Berkeley Festival and Exhibition with the kind of concert that you only wish came around more often.

As an introduction to the riches of the Spanish classical tradition, you could not do any better than this concert.