Awadagin Pratt’s “Art of the Piano” Festival Comes to SFCM
Awadagin Pratt’s long-running Art of the Piano festival has come with him from Cincinnati to San Francisco and will be taking place at SFCM through … Read more
Classical Music
Handelians Alert: SF Opera Stages “Partenope”
San Francisco Opera’s 2024 Summer Season continues June 15 with George Frideric Handel’s Partenope in director Christopher Alden’s award-winning production. Last seen on the War … Read more
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Impresses Bay Area Dance Critics
San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) continues to stage A Midsummer Night’s Dream, George Balanchine’s choreographic take on the classic tale by William Shakespeare, through 23rd. This marks … Read more
Polar Music Prize Goes to SF Symphony Director
San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen has been announced as a recipient of the 2024 Polar Music Prize; also named was Grammy Award-winning songwriter, … Read more
SF Ballet Receives Historic “Gift”
San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) recently announced a historic $60 million gift—the largest single gift ever given to the company, and what SF Ballet believes … Read more
San Francisco Symphony Features Guest Soloist in Sibelius Concert
Visiting artist Lisa Batiashvili will perform in the San Francisco Symphony’s “all-Sibelius” program virtuosic Violin Concerto on March 14-16. This was the only concerto Sibelius … Read more
Yuan Yuan Tan’s Swan Song at SF Ballet
San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) Principal Dancer Yuan Yuan Tan will give her final performance with San Francisco Ballet on Wednesday, February 14 at 7:30pm, … Read more
Nutcracker Returns to SF Ballet
Single tickets to Nutcracker and the 2023-24 Season go on sale Wednesday, September 20 San Francisco Ballet’s (SF Ballet’s) Nutcracker returns to the War Memorial Opera House … Read more
Lohengrin Features Innovative Staging By San Francisco Opera
Given the fact that global conflict is escalating of late, it should come as no surprise that producing an opera as bellicose as this Wagner … Read more
San Francisco Opera Stages “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs”
San Francisco Opera’s 101st season continues with the highly anticipated Bay Area premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs opening on Friday, September 22. The San Francisco Opera … Read more