Move Over, Sibelius, Here’s a Jazz Suite Based on Kalevala Legends

There’s something of a homecoming to the world premiere of the Itkuja Suite at Berkeley’s Finnish…

Viet Cuong’s Piano Concerto Enchants at California Symphony

The California Symphony under Donato Cabrera — who is now artistic director as well as music…

Tallis Scholars Celebrate 50 Very Busy Years With a Retrospective

You couldn’t escape the sense of tradition at The Tallis Scholars’ Berkeley show on Thursday, celebrating…

Music Is More Than Accompaniment at 95th Academy Awards

Seldom has music played such a major role at the Academy Awards as it did at…

Seeing South Asian History Through the Lens of Dance

Although Forrest McGill, senior curator of South and Southeast Asian Art at San Francisco’s Asian Art…

SF Symphony Boldly Goes Where Not Many Orchestras Have Gone Before

When Esa-Pekka Salonen succeeded Michael Tilson Thomas as music director of the San Francisco Symphony in…

Composer Nina Shekhar Finds Her People

The beginnings of a family tree are growing out from certain giving, fostering musicians. It was…

“Age Cannot Wither” Conductors: It’s Just Science

Guinness World Records will tell you otherwise, but in fact, the world’s oldest active “mainstream” symphony…