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Composer Steve Reich turns 75 this year and keeps on rolling. And the 38-year-old Kronos Quartet keeps going with him. On its Cal Performances recital this Sunday, Kronos plays Reich's music composed for the quartet; likely to make it one of the most life-affirming concerts of the season.

A canny pianist takes listeners on a rewarding journey through Bachtian fields on a CD that is at once playful and arresting.

Hoping to lure new ticket buyers and expose fans to the range of events it offers, Cal Performances’ free arts festival showcases a wide variety of Bay Area arts groups.

It’s “Thomas Adès Time” in the Bay Area, as the composer/pianist and the Calder Quartet perform a few of his works, ranging from lyrical and playful to formidably complex.

Bluegrass, banjos, and country-and-western play to happy multitudes in Golden Gate Park.

Symphony Silicon Valley launches its season on a bright note, with a Cuban-inspired work by David Amram and an outer-space adventure.

Approaching her role with the S.F. Symphony, a leading Verdian mezzo talks about big voices, the real meaning of the bel canto style, and the birds in her life.

David Ramadanoff's downbeat for the Vallejo Symphony's season-opening concert marks two remarkable, contrasting events: the 80th season for the orchestra of a small city, and a comeback from last year's seemingly terminal money problems.

A little over a year after handsome Vittorio Grigolo turned heads and hearts with his first album, The Italian Tenor, he brings us Arrivederci. It's a demonstration of how the 31-year-old tenor’s god given instrument has naturally darkened on top while retaining its beauty.