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Faced with the retirement of one famous conductor, the Chicago Symphony went courting and landed its man.

Long Beach Opera’s politicized version of Astor Piazzolla’s surreal “tango operita,” Maria de Buenos Aires treads a fine line.

A magnificent, fantastically controlled string quartet marches up the mountain with four Shostakovich quartets, plus a heartfelt bonus work.

An array of instrumental music, from delightful to incredible, make for an English feast, whipped up by a top guest-chef.

Dreamlike reveries contrast with straightforward neoromanticism in the Berkeley Symphony’s programming of French and Russian composers.

The Royal Philharmonic and pianist Thibaudet prove that the Hungarian half of its program can stand respectably next to the traditionally weighty Brahms German half.

An esteemed European guitarist is cheered to the rafters in his second Bay Area recital.

Fresh from a European tour, the Kronos Quartet hosts a pair of Bay Area presentations of the tantalizing music of Azerbaijan, along with fascinating new additions to their repertoire.

The revered arts and culture of several Asian countries are celebrated in a festival at Stanford, now in its eighth year.

Arts organizations serving their broad constituencies need to fight for — and celebrate — victories in government funding.