Joshua Kosman
SF Chronicle
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Review: Clarion Choir shines in a Berkeley oratorio performance
Clarion Choir dazzles, but Handel's 'Solomon' gets an otherwise somber rendition by the English Concert. → Read More
‘Clue’ comes to S.F. Playhouse with an extra mystery attached
A new production of the board game-inspired play will feature an immersive puzzle hunt for patrons to solve. → Read More
Review: Pianist Yuja Wang keeps on dazzling with the S.F. Symphony
In a taste of San Francisco Symphony's upcoming European tour, virtuoso Yuja Wang delivered a powerful performance of Rachmaninoff. → Read More
Review: S.F. Symphony celebrates spring with a beautiful new commission
With the world premiere of 'No Such Spring,' composer Samuel Adams takes a powerful stride forward. → Read More
Review: S.F. Symphony puts a tremendous capper on a Bartók recording project
With pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard as the virtuosic soloist, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the orchestra tore through the composer's Piano Concerto No. 2. → Read More
Bach and his family spend a harrowing week on deadline
In 'That Week With the Bachs,' William Kinsolving's new play with music, a new cantata is rushed into being. → Read More
S.F. Symphony musicians’ contract talks become increasingly heated
After taking a pay cut during the COVID-19 pandemic, the orchestra's players are seeking to make up lost ground. → Read More
Review: Opera San José romps its way joyfully through a Verdi masterpiece
The South Bay company's 'Falstaff' offers a skilled blend of comedy and sentiment. → Read More
Review: S.F. Symphony’s former music director, a giant at 95, shows the power of experience
Herbert Blomstedt led the orchestra in magnificent performances of two Czech symphonies. → Read More
California orchestras plan a statewide festival of new music
The San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic and San Diego Symphony will spearhead a collaboration with more than 50 ensembles. → Read More
Review: MTT makes a splendid return with some long-overdue music
Michael Tilson Thomas' program with the San Francisco Symphony included a work by Olivier Messiaen, mostly absent during his music directorship. → Read More
Elayne Jones and the S.F. Symphony brouhaha that still resonates 50 years later
The dismissal of the orchestra's timpanist in 1974 spotlights lingering issues of race, gender and artistic judgment in today's landscape. → Read More
S.F. Opera announces a 2023-24 season with an emphasis on new commissions
The company's 101st season includes three commissioned local premieres, along with music by Verdi, Wagner and more. → Read More
Review: S.F. Symphony makes a brilliant new score sound drab
In a dismaying debut, conductor Robin Ticciati turned music by Jörg Widmann and Gustav Mahler into a meandering slog. → Read More
S.F. International Arts Festival announces its first full schedule in three years
A long slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will come to an end with two weeks of performances on the theme of shifting American demographics. → Read More
Cabrillo Festival’s longtime executive director to step down
Ellen Primack, who has been with the influential festival of contemporary orchestral music since 1991, will retire after the 2023 August season. → Read More
Review: S.F. Symphony gets the new year off to a ravishing musical start
A dynamic conducting debut, a gorgeous world premiere, the return of an eloquent soloist — a person could get used to this. → Read More
Joyce DiDonato conjures up world of nature in an innovative song recital
The gifted American mezzo-soprano brings her eclectic new program, 'Eden,' to the Bay Area. → Read More
Dungeons and Dvorák: how music infuses the world of role-playing games
Among the Bay Area's countless fans of tabletop fantasy games, a subculture of musicians adapts that world to their own passions. → Read More
A garland of musical events — chamber, orchestral, operatic and more — coming in 2023
A look ahead to the musical calendar for the coming months is enough to inspire optimism. → Read More