St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Jonathan Biss commission response pieces to Beethoven’s concertos and Salvatore Sciarrino took the anti-Beethoven role.
A thought-provoking concert at Mills College presents startling ways of making sounds and music.
The Serbian guitarist and composer was feted in a concert at S.F. Conservatory of Music, bringing at least one masterpiece to light.
Eric Zivian and Sarah Cahill shine on Olivier Messiaen’s challenging work.
Janáček and Tchaikovsky topped the bill, but smaller, less-familiar pieces provided the real highlights.
Counting Sheep melds Ukrainian folk traditions, liturgical music, revolutionary songs, and street theater into a multimedia “Guerilla Folk Opera.”
Piano duo ZOFO presents a dazzling suite of commissioned musical responses to 15 contemporary paintings.
The young ensemble is breaking new ground musically and culturally in Los Angeles.
Adapting the piano accompaniment for string quartet elicited the operatic quality of Schubert’s songs.
Elegant, understated playing in a cozy setting brings out the best in a program of Couperin, Marais, Balbastre, and Telemann.
