Features

The winner of the 2013 Pulitzer likes “janky mandolin,” hip hop, random sounds and, oh yeah, Bach and Beethoven. Discover how she finds inspiration in exploring different “worlds of music.”

An opera premiere about a Marine returning from Iraq is grounded in the experiences of a veteran of the recent war.

Although she’s grown smarter about her work habits, Sarah Chang is still learning and pushing herself with new challenges.

Mark Morris takes on Layla and Majnun for Cal Performances, and Rossini's Italian Girl heads to Livermore.

For Lara Downes the personal is musical, and she’s building her career on connecting audiences to artistic process. And she’s thinking carefully about how music connects to human events.

Trios take over Music at Kohl Mansion, and Stuart Canin is back in the news with The Rifleman's Violin.

The Cypress Quartet musicians are ending their run together, after 20 years. Cellist Jennifer Kloetzel fills in the details.

Seniors are experiencing the health and wellbeing benefits of regular music practice as part of a scientific study on music and aging.

S.F. Symphony hopes for a touchdown with its collaboration with NFL Films, and West Bay Opera gets ready for Onegin.

It’s not your dad’s electronic organ. At 16 tons, Marshall and Ogletree’s International Touring Organ is (barely) portable, but it’s the expanded range of things it can do that is really interesting.