In the guise of a wildly imaginative inventor, Schick works magic with his musical contraptions.
Sometimes a walk on the wild side leads to new perspectives.
A rousing retrospective ranges from minimalist to expansive, and celebrates both the somber and the spontaneous.
The expansive festival embraces everything from cassette culture to the hip-hop/noise frontiers of Daveed Diggs’ clipping.
The composer enters his ninth decade with new ideas and fresh energy for creating, teaching, and performing.
After playing second fiddle to text on Lang’s new piece, cellist Maya Beiser shines on his earlier world to come.
Two commissions honor Marin Alsop, the festivals founder and guiding light.
Recent works by Christopher Rouse and James MacMillan highlight the 2016 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music’s opening concert.
A collaborative song cycle explores the intersection of photography and music.
Pianist Yefim Bronfman is outstanding in the S.F. Symphony premiere of a new piece bustling with musical ideas and technical challenges.