Things have changed since the last time Oakland musicologist-composer Robert Greenberg presented his Saturday morning San Francisco Performances concert-lecture series…
Chamber music and oratorios, symphony concerts and intimate recitals with top artists in compelling programs, the classical music calendar is…
Virtuosity abounds – with chamber ensembles, orchestras, soloists and grand opera. Here are some upcoming events, in chronological order. Turandot:…
Plucky virtuoso Mahan Esfahani is seeking to change the perception that the harpsichord should not be associated with avant garde…
San Francisco Performances’ administrator Christine Lim admits that the first of the group’s new, four-concert PIVOT series will be weird….
Leif Ove Andsnes is convinced that the great musicians of the recent past had neither the freedom nor the digital…
Ruth Felt, founder of San Francisco Performances, is about to step down after 36 years. The esteemed arts presenter, responsible…
For Thomas Adès, Chopin is the composer who showed him the secrets and true possibilities of the piano. “He’s the…
San Francisco piano virtuoso Garrick Ohlsson is proud to take on Alexander Scriabin, a composer who believed he was the…
An ensemble of young, acclaimed Czech musicians returns to the Herbst Theatre tonight with the intent to keep conquering San…
