Bach Collegium San Diego to Present LAST BLASTS! in October
Bach Collegium San Diego will present Last Blasts! October 20-21, 2023.
San Diego Classical Music News Coverage — Page 2
The latest news on performances of Classical Music in San Diego.
Le Salon de Musiques Presents The Stellar Quartet Integra
Welcome to LE SALON DE MUSIQUES SEASON 2023-2024 GRAND OPENING! Join us for an evening of exquisite chamber music featuring the stellar Quartet Integra.
Review: THE LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY'S FANTASTIC TALES at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
What did our critic think of THE LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY'S FANTASTIC TALES at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center?
Review: THE LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY'S SUMMERFEST OPENING at The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
What did our critic think of THE LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY'S SUMMERFEST OPENING at The Baker-Baum Concert Hall?
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Welcomes Sameer Patel as New Music Director & Orchestra Conductor
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus is thrilled to welcome Sameer Patel as their new Music Director and Orchestra Conductor.
Review: THE MAINLY MOZART ALL STAR ORCHESTRA PERFORMS BEETHOVEN'S NINTH at The Epstein Family Amphitheater On The UCSD Campus
What did our critic think of THE MAINLY MOZART ALL STAR ORCHESTRA PERFORMS BEETHOVEN'S NINTH at The Epstein Family Amphitheater On The UCSD Campus?
Review: THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY PERFORMS TWO CLASSICS AND A WORLD PREMIERE At San Diego's Rady Shell
What did our critic think of THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY PERFORMS TWO CLASSICS AND A WORLD PREMIERE at San Diego's Rady Shell?
Review: San Diego Opera's Production of GHOSTS at Balboa Theatre
Nicolas Reveles was diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer shortly after completing Ghosts, and it is tragic that he died just weeks before its world premiere in a San Diego Opera production.
THE EMPIRE STRIPS BACK: A BURLESQUE PARODY San Diego Announces Final Extension
The internationally acclaimed The Empire Strips Back: A Burlesque Parody is extending their run in San Diego by popular demand at the Alderaan Memorial Theatre.
Review: THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY at San Diego's Civic Center Theater
Edo de Waart is now in his fourth year as Principal Guest Conductor of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra.
Review: THE SAN DIEGO OPERA'S PUCCINI DUO at San Diego Civic Center Theater
The big question for the evening was how mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe would do as the first woman in professional opera to sing the baritone title role in Gianni Schicchi.
Interview: Stephanie Blythe of SAN DIEGO OPERA'S PUCCINI DUO at The San Diego Civic Theater
Stephanie Blythe looks for “creativity, imagination and curiosity” in her students.
Interview: Stephanie Blythe of SAN DIEGO OPERA'S PUCCINI DUO at The San Diego Civic Theater
Stephanie Blythe’s dad had no use for singers.
Review: Tarmo Peltokoski Makes His U.S. Debut with The San Diego Symphony Orchestra at the Southwestern College Performing Arts Center
What did our critic think of TARMO PELTOKOSKI As He MAKES HIS U.
San Diego Symphony Announces 2023-24 Inaugural Season In Newly Renovated Jacobs Music Center
The San Diego Symphony has announced the wide-ranging programs of its 2023-24 Jacobs Music Center season that will introduce audiences to the organization's renovated and revitalized indoor home, Copley Symphony Hall at Jacobs Music Center, beginning November 4, 2023.
Interview: Stephanie Blythe of SAN DIEGO OPERA'S PUCCINI DUO at San Diego's Civic Theater
Stephanie Blythe is probably the only opera singer who represents an ukulele company.
La Jolla Symphony to Present Mary Kouyoumdjian's 'Walking With Ghosts' Led By Steven Schick
On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:30pm and Sunday, February, 12, 2023 at 2:00pm, the La Jolla Symphony will present Armenian-American composer and documentarian Mary Kouyoumdjian's Walking with Ghosts for bass clarinet solo and orchestra at UC San Diego.
Review: ANNE AKIKO MEYERS And THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY at The California Center For The Arts, Escondido
What did our critic think of ANNE AKIKO MEYERS AND THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY at The California Center For The Arts, Escondido? Review: A New Violin Concerto Delights the Audience!
Review: ISABEL LEONARD and PABLO SÁINZ-VILLEGAS Together at The Conrad in La Jolla
Mezzo Isabel Leonard and classical-guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas are stars in their fields.
San Diego Master Chorale Names Jen Rogers New Executive Director
The San Diego Master Chorale's Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Jen Rogers as its new Executive Director.
San Diego Master Chorale Names Jen Rogers New Executive Director
The San Diego Master Chorale's Board of Directors has appointed Jen Rogers as its new Executive Director.
Orange County Women's Chorus To Perform THE SISTERHOOD OF CECILIA
Orange County Women’s Chorus will perform The Sisterhood of Cecilia on November 19 and 20 at St.
Review: THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at The Rady Shell
On this storm-threatened evening, Symphony CEO Martha Gilmer was clad in a yellow rain-slicker worthy of a bout with a North Atlantic gale as she told a surprisingly full outdoor-amphitheater audience, 'Now I know how much you love your San Diego Symphony!' She went on to explain a late change in co
Review: The San Diego Symphony Plays Tchaikovsky at The Rady Shell
Few composers reach the depth of emotions found in Tchaikovsky, and few conductors seem to react more passionately to musically expressed emotion than the San Diego Symphony's Rafael Payare.
Review: THE NEW ROMANTICS at The Conrad 's Baker-Baum Concert Hall
What did our critic think of THE NEW ROMANTICS at The Conrad 's Baker-Baum Concert Hall?
Review: SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY CONCERT at The Rady Shell
What did our critic think of SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY CONCERT at The Rady Shell?
BWW Review: SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY CONCERT at Rady Shell Amphitheater
Musical impressionism ruled the San Diego Symphony’s early-evening Rady Shell concert this past weekend.
BWW Review: San Diego Opera's Production of AGING MAGICIAN at The Balboa Theatre Shows Off Magical Mystery
'What the hell was that?' an opera fan asked her friend as we shuffled into a parking-garage elevator.
Rafael Payare Music Director and Conductor of THE SAN DIEGO AND MONTREAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS
The San Diego Symphony’s Music Director and Conductor Rafael Payare took up the notoriously difficult French horn at the age of 13.
San Diego Symphony Announces 2022-2023 Concert Season, Featuring 16 Programs at 6 Venues
The San Diego Symphony today announced its 2022-23 Jacobs Masterworks Classical concert season, offering 16 programs of classical and contemporary masterworks from October 1, 2022 through May 27, 2023.
Laura Reynolds of THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY at The Rady Shell And Jacobs Music Center
Can a symphony orchestra have a role in solving problems like homelessness and global warming? If you don't think so now, you might change your mind after a conversation with Laura Reynolds, the San Diego Symphony's recently appointed Vice President of Impact and Innovation.
Hong Kong Pianist Rachel Cheung Performs For Steinway Society, May 8
Pianist Rachel Cheung has won over audiences and critics alike as a finalist at the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition with interpretations marked by, and was awarded the Audience Prize by online vote.
Orange County Women's Chorus Presents HAYDN: LORD NELSON MASS
Haydn composed his Lord Nelson Mass during a time of storms and stress, when the world was scary, the future was murky, and music served both to reflect and to relieve the anxieties of the day.
San José Chamber Orchestra Presents EINE KLEIN(E) EVENING OF MUSIC, May 15
San José Chamber Orchestra presents “Eine Klein(e) Evening of Music” on Saturday, May 15, 2022 at 7:00 p.
Namus Classics to Present 시음 /si-úm/ with Pianist Jeeyoon Kim
Award-winning classical pianist, Jeeyoon Kim is thrilled to announce her newest project, 시음 /si-úm/ which blends classical piano with poetry and black and white photography by Allen T.
BWW Review: THE LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY PRESENTS JOSHUA BELL AND THE ACADEMY OF SAINT MARTIN IN THE FIELDS at San Diego Civic Center
When he was four-years old Joshua Bell's parents found him making music by plucking rubber bands stretched to different lengths on dresser drawers.
West Coast Premiere of AGING MAGICIAN to Close San Diego Opera's 2021-2022 Season
San Diego Opera's 2021 2022 will close with the West Coast Premiere of Aging Magician a hybrid opera/theatre piece that combines singing, choral work, puppetry, and performance art to create an incredibly unique theatrical experience.
San Diego Symphony Announces 2022 Season at The Rady Shell
The San Diego Symphony announced today its 2022 Conrad Prebys Summer Season of concerts at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, the orchestra’s new, captivating waterfront venue that opened August 2021.
Yves Abel of SAN DIEGO OPERA'S ROMEO AND JULIET at San Diego Civic Center
Conductor Yves Abel arrived in San Diego from Europe a few days ago to begin rehearsals for Romeo and Juliet by French composer Charles Gounod.
SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY Concertmaster Jeff Thayer at The Conrad In La Jolla
Jeff Thayer was at the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony in Temecula when we spoke for an hour on Zoom.