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With fine direction and good conducting, this Carmen has the basic pieces in place, though it’s not studded with singing stars.

A Marin audience hails a fine Mahler performance and Kenji Bunch’s pleasurable new piano concerto.

A Chicago string band, despite its credible playing, comes up a bit short on forces and programming choices.

Playing a dual role once common in classical recitals, Marc-André Hamelin scored a double triumph.

Wonderful playing by a youth orchestra, highlighted by an assured performance from a young teen soloist, induces happy thoughts about their future careers.

A young conductor bears all the markings of a major career, evident in her outing with the Napa Valley Symphony and the Cypress Quartet.

La Voix humaine, one of the oddest and most fascinating works in the operatic repertoire, opens at Opera San José in a double bill with Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci on Nov. 12 at the California Theatre.

Lara Downes talks about her latest recording project, 13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg, which she will play live at UC Davis.

Classical musicians do a lot more than just show up for their orchestra gigs. Here are true tales of the city from two musicians whose creativity defies categories.