Janos Gereben

Robert Paul Commanday, who died last night in his Berkeley home at age 93, was a prominent presence and inspiring gadfly to generations of musicians, audiences, and journalists.

Francesca Zambello is in town again to direct S.F. Opera's Sept. 11 season-opening Luisa Miller by Verdi.

The San Francisco Symphony started its big European tour on Thursday and Friday, performing at the Edinburgh Festival.

San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley created verbal fireworks in New York when he criticized George Benjamin's Written on Skin.

The Bay Area mourns the loss of George Cleve, from former students and musicologists to fans.

Tributes pour in after news of George Cleve's death on Thursday morning.

Effective immediately Giuseppe Finzi is leaving the post of resident conductor at the S.F. Opera, to be replaced by Spanish maestro Jordi Bernàcer.

The Proms bring summer to an end, and autumn's personnel searches heat up.

Opening the 2015-2016 season in style and with generosity, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music is gifting the community with a weekend festival of free performances and events.

Riccardo Chailly, know to Bay Area music lovers as the man who conducted the San Francisco Opera's famed 1977 Turandot premiere , has been appointed music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.