Principal conductor Thomas Wilkins led a concert of Black composers and songs from the Broadway musical Suffs.
The festival's opening weekend stretches Carmel's ears with collages of old and new.
For the Festival’s 89th season, artistic director and principal conductor Grete Pedersen urges audiences to “come with open ears!”
The Americana-laced opening concert involved the famed Young People’s Chorus of New York City and genre-bending string trio Time for Three.
The Michael Morgan Prize carries a $15,000 commissioning award and a performance with the SF Symphony.
All 86 concerts of the 2026 Proms — the summer's greatest music festival — will be simulcast on BBC Radio 3.