New Music

Lisa Houston - April 18, 2017

Murat Eyuboglu’s film, set to a live-performed score, brings environmental issues “upstream.”

Rebecca Wishnia - April 18, 2017

Arcadiana and The Four Quarters hold their own in the ultimate comparison — with Beethoven.

Jim Farber - April 17, 2017

The Los Angeles Philharmonic explores the phenomenon that is contemporary Icelandic music.

Lucy Caplan - April 14, 2017

Composer Lucie Vítková stretches sonic boundaries to expose the essence of music-making.

Rebecca Wishnia - April 13, 2017

The Icelandic quartet plays brand-new music on Baroque-period instruments.

Mark MacNamara - March 21, 2017

Ensemble for These Times presents a show grounded in a call-and-response piece to Picasso’s famous painting.

Rebecca Wishnia - March 7, 2017

The student-run Hot Air Festival at S.F. Conservatory is always fresh, with a few highlights for new music fans.

Lou Fancher - March 7, 2017

Jennifer Higdon’s Piano Trio is just one highlight in a strong program from the Gold Coast Chamber Players.

Lucy Caplan - March 7, 2017

The cellist’s Forward Music Project brings social issues affecting women to the fore.

Jeff Kaliss - March 3, 2017

The latest work by Lisa Mezzacappa is being performed at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, and imagines the frontiers of science in musical terms.