New Music

Jim Farber - June 2, 2026

Responding to the French modernist’s provocations, the group’s performers and composers took the prompt and ran with it.

Esteban Meneses - June 1, 2026

Ensemble for These Times surveys nine composers on El Tiempo Latine, with highlights from León, Ortiz, and figgis-vizueta.

Date:
City:
San Francisco
Price Range:
FREE
Date:
City:
Livermore
Price Range:
$55 to $85
Lisa Hirsch - May 27, 2026

The newly appointed San Francisco Symphony music director talks about repertoire, her influences, and the role of a conductor. 

Tamzin Elliott - May 27, 2026

The vocalist and composer demonstrated an impressive range of vocal techniques, and showcased some of her “live compositions.”

Collin Ziegler - May 27, 2026

The opera delineates the real-life friendship between librettist Howard Reich and Elie Wiesel, Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor.

Lisa Hirsch - May 26, 2026

After the appointment of SF Symphony’s next music director, Cristian Măcelaru led a blazing program featuring Tyler Taylor’s Embers.

Date:
City:
San Anselmo
Price Range:
$30