SFCV talks with violinist and budding orchestra chair Shiho Takashima about the universal language of music.
The eclectic singer, instrumentalist, and actor joins the SF Symphony for a diverse evening of American music.
The S.F. Symphony, with soloists Sasha Cooke, Nicholas Phan, and Luca Pisaroni, navigated the challenging work in the orchestra’s season finale.
The great pianist graced a Santa Cruz Symphony concert for the second time this year and the results were just as magical as the first.
Sometimes concert extras don’t add that much.
There’s way too much on Luca Pisaroni’s plate, but that’s how it has to be with the baritione who takes the role of Frere Laurence in Berlioz’s Roméo e Juliette with S.F. Symphony
Meanwhile, conductor Vasily Petrenko made a meal of Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony, leading the San Francisco Symphony’s weekend program.
The audience jumps to its feet for S.F. Symphony’s performance of a work that once inspired a riot.
The renowned conductor is in town for Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich with the S.F. Symphony.
California Symphony contrasted Visconti’s lyrical concerto with big-boned, dramatic works.
