New Music

Esteban Meneses - March 24, 2026

The album is always fresh and unpredictable, despite conjuring inscrutable moods.

Lisa Hirsch - March 23, 2026

The “Obi-Wan Kenobi” of the Bay Area opera community will be feted at Opera Parallèle’s gala.

Charles Burns - March 23, 2026

The March 17 concert at Monk Space featured works by Indigenous composers from the Navajo Nation to the Hawaiian Islands.

Victoria Looseleaf - March 23, 2026

The Irish composer's hour-long opera will have its U.S. premiere on March 24 with the LA Phil New Music Group, led by Thomas Adès.

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Richard S. Ginell - March 17, 2026

Isabelle Faust championed Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto and Dinis Sousa conducted Huang Ruo’s topical Tipping Point.

Collin Ziegler - March 17, 2026

The “Luminaries” concert highlighted powerful pieces, and made a case for the contemporary.

Jason Victor Serinus - March 17, 2026

In collaboration with Ogi, Alexander Lloyd Blake releases Running From, Running To: A Musical Reflection on Ahmaud Arbery.