Terry Riley, Laurie Anderson, and John Zorn improvise their way to new musical horizons.
Peter Sellars’s masterful, minimalist direction provides the perfect setting for LAMC’s powerful performance.
SFSYO’s Young Mahlerites are taking the music to the Old World — again.
Students from the School of Music and Dance excel in a production-heavy performance.
The composer’s Eleven Bagatelles for the Piano, performed by pianist Inna Faliks, has brilliant parts but no through line.
A collaboration with Marcus Roberts’s jazz trio opens new musical avenues for the NCCO.
Bernstein’s still-vibrant musical gets a thrilling account at the Paramount from the Oakland Symphony and a bevy of strong soloists and choirs.
The group brings an experimental touch to every piece of repertoire, from a medieval rondeau to Elliott Carter.
The octogenarian jazzman sets the Black Cat ablaze with his fiery trio.
The troupe’s mélange of percussive dance with cutting-edge electronics and live music brings down the house at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.