Janos Gereben

San Francisco

Journalist at San Francisco Classical Voice

Journalist at The San Francisco Examiner

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Articles

Doubt Takes the Stage in Opera Parallèle’s 2025-2026 Season

3 weeks ago | sfcv.org | Janos Gereben

Opera Parallèle, San Francisco’s small but mighty champion of contemporary opera, is continuing its musical crusade for the 16th year. The company’s 2025–2026 season will feature three “bold productions” that represent a continued “commitment to innovative storytelling and community engagement,” according to an official press release.
The SFCV Summer Music Festival Guide, 2025

1 month ago | sfcv.org | Janos Gereben |Michael Zwiebach |Peter Feher |Simon Cohen

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival | May 10 – Oct. 4San Francisco Opera Summer Season | June 3–27Ojai Music Festival | June 5–8Britt Music & Arts Festival | June 6 – Sept. 18Hollywood Bowl | June 7 – Sept. 28San Francisco Jazz Festival | June 13–15Healdsburg Jazz Festival | June 13–22Music Academy of the West | June 15 – Aug. 9Stern Grove Festival | June 15 – Aug. 17Mainly Mozart | June 18–28San Francisco Symphony Summer Season | June 26 – Aug. 3Merola Opera Program | June 26 – Aug.
Berkeley Community Chorus Connects With Sergei Taneyev and Camille Saint-Saëns

1 month ago | sfcv.org | Janos Gereben

Among the estimated 42 million Americans singing in the country’s 270,000 choral groups, the members of the Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra (BCCO) have some special claims to fame. Founded in 1966 by conductor Eugene Jones, BCCO has now seen several generations of non-auditioned singers contribute to decades of concerts that have received rave reviews and have always been offered free of charge.
SF Ballet’s Next Season Offers New Works and Spectacular Classics

1 month ago | sfcv.org | Janos Gereben

San Francisco Ballet, the country’s oldest major ballet company, is getting ready for its 93rd season, full of large, ambitious programs. Artistic Director Tamara Rojo has curated a 2026 schedule that consists of new commissions and old favorites paying homage to the company’s past. Rojo told SF Classical Voice: “When I program a new season, I try to explore new ways of experiencing ballet, and we’ve found that audiences in San Francisco are excited by the unexpected.
As NEA Cancels Grants, Small and Midsize Arts Organizations Are Hit the Hardest

1 month ago | sfcv.org | Janos Gereben

Federal support for the arts in the United States is minuscule. The 2024 budget of $207 million for the National Endowment for the Arts came out to around 60 cents per U.S. citizen. But the financial situation at some performing arts organizations is so precarious that a radical change ordered from Washington, D.C., on Friday, May 2, hit many projects still in progress.
SF Conservatory of Music Provides the Soundtrack for This Year’s SFFILM Festival

2 months ago | sfcv.org | Janos Gereben

“This program expanded my understanding of filmmaking far beyond music,” said 22-year-old composer Caroline Feitosa. “I stepped into new roles, leading postproduction sound teams, editing dialogue, collaborating closely with the director on music placement, organizing and engineering a recording session, and rallying my peers to work on this project.” We’ll meet Feitosa later, but first, what program she is describing?
Next Season, Cal Performances Stands Strong in Presenting Big and Inclusive Programs

2 months ago | sfcv.org | Janos Gereben

In the face of economic uncertainties and changing international relations, Cal Performances is persisting in presenting large-scale shows and top-notch artists from around the world next season. Along with star-studded chamber concerts and recitals, the 2025–2026 lineup offers dance companies, visiting orchestras, new music, and theater presentations.
Ukrainian Folk Vocal Group YAGÓDY Tours the U.S.

2 months ago | sfcv.org | Janos Gereben

Representing their war-torn homeland fighting for survival, four Ukrainian women are bringing traditional music and calls for resilience and freedom to the U.S. The group, called YAGÓDY (“berries” in English), is on an extensive American tour of some 20 cities, which began in March in Silver City, New Mexico, and will end this month in Lafayette, Louisiana. YAGÓDY will perform at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage on April 20.
The “American Art Form” of Musical Theater Is Alive and Well in the Bay Area

2 months ago | sfcv.org | Janos Gereben

Musicals are an essential component of the Bay Area’s once exceptional — and still vibrant — theater life. “The musical is inherently an American art form,” Pam MacKinnon, artistic director of American Conservatory Theater, told SF Classical Voice. A.C.T. has been a prominent presenter of musicals throughout its six-decade history, from the tenures of William Ball, Edward Hastings, and Carey Perloff to now MacKinnon.
SF Performances’ Next Season Gives Space to Artists’ Best Ideas

2 months ago | sfcv.org | Janos Gereben

San Francisco Performances, the once tiny group established by Ruth Felt 46 years ago to present chamber music, has blossomed into a major organization offering a large roster of world-class artists — and “not only gentlemen in powdered wigs,” as SFP President Melanie Smith told SF Classical Voice.