Artist Spotlights

After successfully rebounding from colon cancer in 2010 and an embolism in July of this year, 72-year-old Plácido Domingo has proven that you can't keep a good tenor down.

Quadruple threat Audra McDonald warms up her extraordinary pipes for opening night at the S.F. Symphony, and talks about her love for educating youth.

From Bach to bluegrass to “salongrass,” Chris Thile plays the mandolin as if there’s no tomorrow.

Newly appointed as music director of the California Symphony, Donato Cabrera talks about building a rapport with the audience and musicians, what sparked his passion in music, and how his plans for the future will do the same for others. 

Young stride pianist Stephanie Trick visits SFJAZZ with a plethora of powerful and pleasurable pieces.

International conductor phenom Xian Zhang readies a Merola production of her beloved Le nozze di Figaro.

Nicola Benedetti was recently voted Classical Brit of the Year, and at only 26, has become one of Scotland’s most wanted exports. But she’s not letting success turn her head.

Michael Feinstein, his marriage newly legitimized, talks about his big-band gig in San Francisco, where he’ll salute the Gershwin brothers in his inimitable style.

Pianist Jonathan Biss, about to perform Schumann with the S.F. Symphony, champions him as a perpetually fascinating composer who elicits deep personal feelings.

Singer/composer Rufus Wainwright rides life’s challenges with a light heart and a commitment to reinvent himself regularly.