Jeff Kaliss

S.F. Symphony musicians Scott Pingel and Jacob Nissly like to swing out whenever jazz gigs beckon. They tell why.

Noted for his “reimagining” of works by Mahler and Mozart and their ilk, Uri Caine discusses his Jewish roots, classical improv, and wide-ranging jazz influences.

San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music not only hands out grants to many small music groups in all kinds of different genres, it also offers practical business advice to working musicians.

The S.F. Girls Chorus launches Noah’s Ark on a flood of gorgeous Britten music, in a beautifully sung yet bare-bones performance.

The much-recorded, much-loved tabla artist prepares for his Zellerbach Hall concert and discusses matters ranging from his childhood influences to his latest ensemble colleagues.

The Rumi Symphony Project – Cycle I: Untold, will be presented by Persian Luminary Hafez Nazeri at the Flint Center on March 23.

Pianist Dmitri Alexeev discusses the stylistic differences among pianists from the Soviet era versus Russians playing in recent decades.

For first-generation electronic musicians like Don Buchla and John Bischoff, creating or remaking electronics as instruments is part of their creativity. This month they’re being celebrated at Other Minds New Music Festival.

One of the founding fathers of New Age music, Kitaro continues to blur boundaries, and will do so with the Santa Rosa Symphony.

New Grammy-winner Osmo Vänskä, no longer with the Minnesota Orchestra, prepares a varied Finnish/Russian concert with the S.F. Symphony.