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With an enterprising Baroque band and a cast and crew of mostly locals, a major opera director sets up a local festival in a community hall.

The new piece, written for Emanuel Ax, is bookended by two familiar staples.

At SF Performances, the group premieres a new quintet that has its moments, with Andres on piano.

Whether it’s preparing the SFS Chorus or conducting the LA Master Chorale, Wong has a knack for bringing musicians together.

Cheng is one of the great explorers of new music, pushing herself beyond her comfort zone and finding delight in the unexpected.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason takes on Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, while Dudamel leads a Villa-Lobos ballet and Stravinsky’s Firebird.

The San Francisco Symphony plays Naïve and Sentimental Music, plus a new violin concerto with soloist Pekka Kuusisto.

The maverick saxophonist and composer busts open the recital format and makes it exciting with his multidirectional improvisations.

As he gets ready to play Lohengrin in San Francisco, O’Neill talks about his life as one of the leading Wagner tenors of his generation.

Did Stephen Sondheim’s celebrated portrait of creative obsession spark ideas for composer Mason Bates and librettist Mark Campbell?