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Exuberant and Colorful: The SF Symphony Youth Orchestra
Boisset tendered a performance that became more fluid and supple with every passing measure, as he threw off riffs picked up by the orchestra, and…
Lang Lang, Elvis, and the San Francisco Symphony
Any pianist - and any critic who thinks seriously about classical music – has to wrap his or her mind around the phenom that is…
All Things Greek: Review of A.C.T.’s ‘Elektra’
A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff remarks that Elektra “shows us what happens to a human being who cannot forget… Forgetting is, in fact, very healthy.…
Dark in the Swedish Winter: Strindberg at the Cutting Ball
Rob Melrose astutely writes that in many ways, The Pelican is "the modern chamber version of Hamlet and Electra – a father murdered by the…
Atelier Crenn receives two Michelin Stars (Complete San Francisco List)
Chef Crenn joins a prestigious group of two-star winners that includes repeats Baume (Palo Alto), Benu (San Francisco), Coi (San Francisco), Manresa (Los Gatos), and…
San Francisco Symphony: Channelling Bach, Schiff brings out the best of us
Bach’s Prelude in C Major from Book I of the Well Tempered Clavier might be the classical equivalent of Stairway to Heaven.
San Francisco: Vertical Dance Company Bandaloop presents ‘Touching Up’
The two performances take place on Thursday, November 1st at 12:30pm at the Mint Plaza in San Francisco; and Saturday, November 3rd at 1pm at…
Not in an Election Year: Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson
By the time Andrew Jackson opined “I’m so that guy,” one wished that Romney or Obama had Davaran’s kind of energy.
András Schiff: In Residency at San Francisco Symphony (Verdict: A Gem)
The two main foci of all three movements of this concerto were: (1) Schiff the soloist; and (2) Schiff and the symphony playing together. While…