Reviews

Lou Fancher - November 21, 2016

Violinist Kelly Hall-Tomkins shines in a new Siegfried Matthus concerto.

Niels Swinkels - November 15, 2016

The early music group delves into love, Italian style.

Joe Cadagin - November 15, 2016

Composer Andy Akiho evokes computers instead of using them in his piano quintet. Maybe that’s the secret of his success.

Lou Fancher - November 14, 2016

A compelling new documentary traces the creation of the phenomenally successful hip-hop musical about the hippest Founding Father.

Rebecca Wishnia - November 14, 2016

With help from The Living Earth Show, the composer delivers an eerie, waterborne work inspired by Moby Dick.

Janice Berman - November 14, 2016

Madness and high art mingle in this kaleidoscopic one-dancer show.

Jeff Kaliss - November 8, 2016

A new documentary explores many facets of the noted philanthropist and composer.

Ken Iisaka - November 8, 2016

Conrad Tao isn’t an ordinary 22-year-old piano prodigy. He provided some surprises at the Peninsula Symphony’s season opener.

Ken Iisaka - November 8, 2016

The Korean winner of the Chopin Competition transcends high expectations in his collaboration with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra.

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - November 7, 2016

Leslie Swackhamer’s revival of the Jun Kaneko production at S.F. Opera is as forcefully anti-imperialist as the opera will allow.