In California for concerts this month, Chan speaks about her path to the podium and the challenges faced by women conductors.
Whether it’s preparing the SFS Chorus or conducting the LA Master Chorale, Wong has a knack for bringing musicians together.
Cheng is one of the great explorers of new music, pushing herself beyond her comfort zone and finding delight in the unexpected.
You still hear the influence of the Great American Songbook, but younger vocalists are taking inspiration and material from other genres, too.
The star violinist and entrepreneur arrives in Walnut Creek to play Wynton Marsalis with the California Symphony.
Crediting her parrot, Lulu, as a collaborator, Reid brings her piece Ambient Bird to Berkeley’s Live Oak Park for the fall equinox.
The mezzo-soprano is singing in back-to-back productions of Don Giovanni and The Barber of Seville this fall.
The company is prioritizing innovation and inclusion by collaborating with all-woman writing teams in 2024.
In a work laced with action-movie passion, soprano Angel Blue and mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk are incisive and alluring.
The singer has a commanding voice, but she continues to train and extend it, enjoying all of the practice and rehearsal along the way.
