Orchestral Music

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Your S.F. Symphony Is Playing for Free to Mark Its 100th Birthday This Week

Chris Wahlberg​What do we get when an orchestra turns 100 years old? (Besides very well-tuned renditions of "Happy Birthday," that is.) In the case of the San Francisco Symphony, we get a free concert with pianist Lang Lang. The centennial birthday bash, which will be held in the Civic Center ... More >>

S.F. Symphony Summer Conductor Michael Francis on the Joys of Performing Outdoors

Chris Cristodoulou​In the conducting world, Michael Francis is a rising star. Young, talented, and armed with a devastatingly cute British accent, this is a conductor to keep an eye on. Fortunately for us, Francis will be in town this summer, conducting the San Francisco Symphony's annual summer c ... More >>

The Top Five Rap Cameos on The Simpsons

Kid Rock!​The squeaky-pitched funk of "Do The Bartman" might not come up often when rap nerds talk about hip-hop's golden era, but during The Simpsons' near 500-episode reign, the show has proved more than willing to spoof the rap world's biggest stars. So with the somewhat curious news that N ... More >>

"The Composer Is Dead": Berkeley Rep takes on Lemony Snicket

Kid Rock!​The squeaky-pitched funk of "Do The Bartman" might not come up often when rap nerds talk about hip-hop's golden era, but during The Simpsons' near 500-episode reign, the show has proved more than willing to spoof the rap world's biggest stars. So with the somewhat curious news that N ... More >>

Show Preview: Christian Fennesz

Kid Rock!​The squeaky-pitched funk of "Do The Bartman" might not come up often when rap nerds talk about hip-hop's golden era, but during The Simpsons' near 500-episode reign, the show has proved more than willing to spoof the rap world's biggest stars. So with the somewhat curious news that N ... More >>

Fall Arts: Classical music and operas to see this fall

Kid Rock!​The squeaky-pitched funk of "Do The Bartman" might not come up often when rap nerds talk about hip-hop's golden era, but during The Simpsons' near 500-episode reign, the show has proved more than willing to spoof the rap world's biggest stars. So with the somewhat curious news that N ... More >>

Was a Miner, '49er

Kid Rock!​The squeaky-pitched funk of "Do The Bartman" might not come up often when rap nerds talk about hip-hop's golden era, but during The Simpsons' near 500-episode reign, the show has proved more than willing to spoof the rap world's biggest stars. So with the somewhat curious news that N ... More >>

Do Make Say Think

Kid Rock!​The squeaky-pitched funk of "Do The Bartman" might not come up often when rap nerds talk about hip-hop's golden era, but during The Simpsons' near 500-episode reign, the show has proved more than willing to spoof the rap world's biggest stars. So with the somewhat curious news that N ... More >>

10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

​Finally! The decade from hell is officially over and now, with the world out of its childish '00s on to its '10-plus tweens, we have so many growing pains to look forward to. So what's your New Year's resolution? If it's to party like a charmed indie pop star on a meager roadie budget, why no ... More >>

Spanish Harlem Orchestra

​Finally! The decade from hell is officially over and now, with the world out of its childish '00s on to its '10-plus tweens, we have so many growing pains to look forward to. So what's your New Year's resolution? If it's to party like a charmed indie pop star on a meager roadie budget, why no ... More >>

Five Classical Music and Opera Events to See This Fall

​Finally! The decade from hell is officially over and now, with the world out of its childish '00s on to its '10-plus tweens, we have so many growing pains to look forward to. So what's your New Year's resolution? If it's to party like a charmed indie pop star on a meager roadie budget, why no ... More >>

We Salute You

​Finally! The decade from hell is officially over and now, with the world out of its childish '00s on to its '10-plus tweens, we have so many growing pains to look forward to. So what's your New Year's resolution? If it's to party like a charmed indie pop star on a meager roadie budget, why no ... More >>

Master of Puppets

​Finally! The decade from hell is officially over and now, with the world out of its childish '00s on to its '10-plus tweens, we have so many growing pains to look forward to. So what's your New Year's resolution? If it's to party like a charmed indie pop star on a meager roadie budget, why no ... More >>

The Day The Music [Subsidy] Died -- Peskin to Take Symphony Off Dole

By Matt Smith SF Weekly wasn't the only one annoyed to discover that SF Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas pulls down in the ballpark of $3 million annually from symphonies that happen to be publicly-funded charities. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin was so outraged ... More >>

Strings Attached

By Matt Smith SF Weekly wasn't the only one annoyed to discover that SF Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas pulls down in the ballpark of $3 million annually from symphonies that happen to be publicly-funded charities. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin was so outraged ... More >>

Classical & Opera

By Matt Smith SF Weekly wasn't the only one annoyed to discover that SF Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas pulls down in the ballpark of $3 million annually from symphonies that happen to be publicly-funded charities. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin was so outraged ... More >>

Gettin' brassy with the Hornucopia Festival

By Matt Smith SF Weekly wasn't the only one annoyed to discover that SF Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas pulls down in the ballpark of $3 million annually from symphonies that happen to be publicly-funded charities. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin was so outraged ... More >>

Go Grove

By Matt Smith SF Weekly wasn't the only one annoyed to discover that SF Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas pulls down in the ballpark of $3 million annually from symphonies that happen to be publicly-funded charities. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin was so outraged ... More >>

Charo says "Cuchi Cuchi" to flamenco

By Matt Smith SF Weekly wasn't the only one annoyed to discover that SF Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas pulls down in the ballpark of $3 million annually from symphonies that happen to be publicly-funded charities. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin was so outraged ... More >>

LastNight: Video Games Live at Nob Hill Masonic Center

By Matt Smith SF Weekly wasn't the only one annoyed to discover that SF Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas pulls down in the ballpark of $3 million annually from symphonies that happen to be publicly-funded charities. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin was so outraged ... More >>

Zelda, Halo, BioShock get Symphony Orchestra Treatment at Video Games Live in SF

By Matt Smith SF Weekly wasn't the only one annoyed to discover that SF Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas pulls down in the ballpark of $3 million annually from symphonies that happen to be publicly-funded charities. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin was so outraged ... More >>

Mercury Soul Merges Visual Art with Classical Music and Contemporary Electronica

By Matt Smith SF Weekly wasn't the only one annoyed to discover that SF Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas pulls down in the ballpark of $3 million annually from symphonies that happen to be publicly-funded charities. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin was so outraged ... More >>

Tom Middleton

Lifetracks Six Degrees

Silent Cult Flicks Gain Volume with Live Orchestras: the Valerie Project and the Willem Breuker Kollektief

Vintage flicks Faust and Valerie a týden divu play to live musical accompaniment

They Really Are the World

Vintage flicks Faust and Valerie a týden divu play to live musical accompaniment

I Shot the Maestro

Vintage flicks Faust and Valerie a týden divu play to live musical accompaniment

Adams vs. Glass

Two contemporary music giants descend upon the Bay

Prokofiev the Provoker

Russian Firebrand fest spotlights a radical composer

Wearing It Well

CanStage's wordless version of The Overcoat explores the soul of a dreamer in a workaday world

The World on a String

As the San Francisco Conservatory of Music moves to fancy new digs, its students struggle with a shrinking professional marketplace.

Dances for Dark Days

It's hard to imagine a piece better suited to these times

What's Up, Doc?

Bugs Bunny on Broadway is a multimedia salute to cartoons and classical music

Best Place for Old-Fashioned Fun

Musée Mécanique

Dance to the Music

Two local choreographers bring the songs onto the stage

Hear This

Mingus Big Band

Hear This

Garrick Ohlsson and the San Francisco Symphony perform Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2

Asian-American Summit

Beijing Trio

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Joshua Bell

Review

Charlie Haden Quartet West with Chamber Orchestra's The Art of The Song

Boxed Ears

From minimalism to Nixon in China to the pop musical, Berkeley composer John Adams has gleefully ignored the boundaries of composition

Imports and Domestics

From minimalism to Nixon in China to the pop musical, Berkeley composer John Adams has gleefully ignored the boundaries of composition

Fanfare for the Common Band

Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony play the Berkeley Community Theater for two nights, and for what?

Local Rites for Universal Rights

Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony play the Berkeley Community Theater for two nights, and for what?

Swing Shift

Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony play the Berkeley Community Theater for two nights, and for what?

Classical Discord

For three decades, Mariedi Anders has used Old World grace and negotiating acumen to create significant American careers for serious European musicians. Now, the doyenne of West Coast classical music agents faces a new challenge: the globalization of the

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For three decades, Mariedi Anders has used Old World grace and negotiating acumen to create significant American careers for serious European musicians. Now, the doyenne of West Coast classical music agents faces a new challenge: the globalization of the

Night+Day

For three decades, Mariedi Anders has used Old World grace and negotiating acumen to create significant American careers for serious European musicians. Now, the doyenne of West Coast classical music agents faces a new challenge: the globalization of the

Night+Day

For three decades, Mariedi Anders has used Old World grace and negotiating acumen to create significant American careers for serious European musicians. Now, the doyenne of West Coast classical music agents faces a new challenge: the globalization of the