SAN FRANCISCO / BAY AREA CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS COVERAGE

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, the San Francisco Symphony celebrates Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas's 80th birthday with a one-night-only performance featuring MTT alongside the Orchestra. ...

Mezzo TV, in association with Cartier, will present the world premiere of a documentary and performance film of the San Francisco Symphony and Cartier's 2024 multisensory presentation of Alexander Scriabin's Prometheus: The Poem of Fire....

Russian concert pianist Alexander Malofeev will perform live in concert for Steinway Society - The Bay Area on Sunday, January 26, 2025, 2:30 p.m. at the Montgomery Theater in San Jose, CA....

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Pianist Vikingur Ólafsson will premiere John Adams's new piano concerto, After the Fall, with the San Francisco Symphony. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets. ...

Silicon Valley Gay Men's Chorus will present JOURNEY, a festive concert from December 13-15, 2024, featuring 60 singers from diverse backgrounds at Campbell United Methodist Church....

The Choral Project (TCP) and the San José Chamber Orchestra (SJCO) will present Winter's Gifts: WISH, a special wintertime concert celebrating the 20th anniversary of this cherished collaboration....

San Francisco Opera Orchestra has signed another short-term contract extension to allow for additional negotiation time toward a long-term contract. The extension will continue through May 30 and has the same terms as their current contract....

Festival Napa Valley honors the legacy of Jan Shrem, a founding benefactor and visionary patron, reflecting on his contributions to the arts and the community from 1930 to 2024....

Check out photos from San Francisco Opera's October 26th performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, conducted by Eun Sun Kim, here!...

The Nazareth-based POLYPHONY music ensemble will make its San Francisco debut on December 7....

Berkeley Symphony, led by Music Director Joseph Young, will open the 2024–25 Symphonic Series with Stories From Home on Sunday, November 10 at 4 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall. ...

sjDANCEco and the San José Chamber Orchestra collaborate for ELEVATE, a performance on October 11 and 12, showcasing contemporary dance and orchestral music in San José....

San José Chamber Orchestra (SJCO) will open its 34th concert season with ANOTHER OPENING, ANOTHER SHOW in San José on Sunday, October 20. ...

Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova will open the 30th season of the Steinway Society - The Bay Area on October 5....

The San Francisco Symphony Chorus went on strike Thursday amid ongoing financial challenges at the orchestra, leading to the cancellation of the scheduled performances of Verdi’s Requiem....

San Francisco Opera is presenting the West Coast premiere of composer Poul Ruders and librettist Paul Bentley’s opera The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the bestselling novel by Margaret Atwood. Check out production photos here!...

California Symphony announced its season launch with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and a pop-up event featuring San Francisco's Amateur Music Network on September 21-22....

Symphony San Jose has announced its season opener featuring Jon Nakamatsu and The Jazz Age on October 5 and 6. ...

The SF Symphony's All SF Concert on Sep 12 features conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, Principal Harp Katherine Siochi, and the Orchestra in a special performance....

Merola Opera Program's 2024 Summer Festival comes to a triumphant conclusion with the Merola Grand Finale, where the best and brightest of tomorrow's operatic stars offer up a sampling of opera's greatest hits and hidden gems....

Single tickets for all SF Symphony 2024–25 season concerts will be available starting Saturday, July 20. Purchase at the box office from 10am, or online and by phone from 12pm....

Chamber Music Marin has unveiled its 2024-2025 concert series. Learn more about the programming and see how to purchase tickets....

Berkeley Symphony has announced its 2024–25 season, led by Music Director Joseph Young. Across eight dynamic programs (four Symphonic Series performances and four Chamber Series performances), the historic institution will highlight the music of movement and hope, celebrating both the classical cano...

The SF Symphony Youth Orchestra has announced Radu Paponiu as the new Wattis Foundation Music Director starting in the 2024–25 season....

London-born Broadway and film actress and singer Cynthia Erivo will join Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony in concert at Davies Symphony Hall in September. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Launching Opera San José’s 41st season is a family-friendly production of The Magic Flute, to be conducted by prodigy composer/conductor Alma Deutscher. Learn how to purchase tickets....

The San Francisco Symphony, in partnership with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music has named Tyler Taylor is the winner of the fourth annual Emerging Black Composers Project prize. Learn more about the prize!...

PianoSonoma will present 2024 Vino & Vibrato concert series. See the artists who are performing, and learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Symphony San Jose will present REMEMBER THE TITANS on Saturday, June 1 2024 at 7:30pm and Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 2:30pm at The California Theatre....

Join the SF Symphony Youth Orchestra as they honor Music Director Daniel Stewart in his final concert on May 19. Celebrate the end of an era with stunning performances and heartfelt tributes....

San José Chamber Orchestra (SJCO) will continue its 33rd concert season with SJCO CHAMBER MUSIC, an intimate evening featuring special guests San Francisco-based Telegraph Quartet and SJCO principal players for one performance only, on Saturday, April 27. ...

Multi-platinum, 12-time Grammy Award-winner John Legend will join the San Francisco Symphony to bring John Legend: A Night of Songs and Stories with the San Francisco Symphony to audiences this summer. Learn how to purchase tickets....

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) has named conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) as the institution's Distinguished Professor of Music. To celebrate MTT’s artistic achievements in the year of his 80th birthday, SFCM's allied record label PENTATONE will release a box set co...

Steinway Society – The Bay Area will present one of the world's foremost chamber ensembles on April 20, 2024 at 7:30 pm PST at St. Francis Episcopal Church in San Jose, CA....

Steinway Society – The Bay Area will present the daring and imaginative classical pianist Pavel Kolesnikov in concert on April 7, 2024 at 2:30 pm PST at Cubberley Community Center Theatre in Palo Alto, Ca....

San José Chamber Orchestra continues its 33rd concert season with SJCO CHAMBER MUSIC, an intimate evening featuring special guests San Francisco-based Telegraph Quartet and SJCO principal players for one performance only, on Saturday, April 27....

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