For the first time, visionary New York City vocalist Meredith Monk and the Oakland-based Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble will showcase four decades of Monk’s dramatic compositions.
The young French artist is well on the rise, performing this week with the S.F. Symphony — and in June playing “live” to hundreds of American theaters with fellow hotshot Gustavo Dudamel.
Christian Tetzlaff, visiting S.F. with his longtime quartet, insists that a chamber musician’s job is to draw listeners into the story — whether of friendship, compassion, intimate feelings, or terrible things happening.
Acclaimed cellist Zuill Bailey talks with SFCV about his love-at-first crush with the cello, doing what he loves for a living in El Paso and Alaska, his passion for musical outreach programs, and working on the television series Oz.
Since winning the lieder prize at the 1997 Cardiff Singer of the World competition, Christopher Maltman has ascended to the top ranks of operatic baritones. Yet Maltman is an avid recitalist. He talks with SFCV about his upcoming performance, his voice, and the future.
S.F.–based musician Pamela Z has been getting rave reviews for her musical wizardry for decades. Yet, exactly what she does is hard to pigeonhole and becomes more hyphenated with time. She talks with SFCV about her upcoming series, art, and experimenting with everything from music to food.