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Hilary Hahn Draws a Packed House for Esa-Pekka Salonen and SF Symphony

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Peter Feher

1 hour ago14 Stunning National Park Hotels You Need To Put On Your Bucket List ASAPBeautiful views and exciting activities aren't just for the parks. These accommodations also have their own charms. People are exploring National Parks more than ever before.
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.
SF Symphony and Giancarlo Guerrero Deliver Orchestral Showstoppers

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Peter Feher

2 hours agoThe price of a plane ticket can feel completely arbitrary: One day a flight costs $350, a week later it jumps to $450, and a month after that it might drop to $300. Because complicated algorithms govern pricing, it’s often hard to tell if you’re getting a good deal. But a new study reveals that how …
For Pianist Yeol Eum Son, Expression Is Key

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Peter Feher

Think you don't like classical music? 7 works to change your mind | Classical MusicIf you think you don't like classical music, read on to discover the 7 works that will help you to change your mind... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – …
Pianist Evgeny Kissin Delivers a Master Class in Chopin and Shostakovich in S.F. Recital

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Peter Feher

1 day ago25 Things You Should Know About ViennaStrolling around Austria’s biggest city, dubbed the City of Music, is like simultaneously stepping back in time and stepping up in class. You can …3 days agoGeorge Gershwin wrote some of the 20th century's most joyous music. Here are seven of his best worksGeorge Gershwin blurred the lines between classical music and jazz like no one else, crafting tunes that swing, soar, and stick with you. From smoky …
Forgotten Folk Tunes of Ukraine and Belarus, Revived by Veretski Pass

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Peter Feher

16 hours agoDonald Trump has said he was informed that Russia’s missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy was a “mistake”. Two Russian ballistic missiles struck Sumy on Sunday (April 13), killing at least 34 people and wounding at least 117 in one of the war’s deadliest strikes. “I think it was terrible, and I was told they made a mistake, but I think it's a horrible thing,” the US president told reporters on Sunday evening.
Sculptures Take the Stage in SF Symphony’s SoundBox Series

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Peter Feher

NowHe spent $1M restoring a cruise ship he bought on Craigslist. Now he’s mourning its ‘horrible death’CNN — It was a passion project that spanned around 15 years and cost over $1 million, but nearly two decades after technology entrepreneur Chris Willson purchased a cruise ship on Craigslist, the vessel has met its end. The 293-foot ship, which was towed from California city Stockton to nearby …2 hours agoAll the Celebrities at Coachella 2025It’s Coachella time.
At Disney Hall, The Handel Project Unfurls in Impeccable Style

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Peter Feher

2 days agoRanked: the 15 greatest jazz singers of all timeSince its beginnings at the dawn of the 20th century, jazz music has always been a happy hunting ground for singers with expressive power.
Banned Books, Defiantly Celebrated in Music

Mar 25, 2025 | sfcv.org | Jim Farber |Peter Feher

“Banned!” That was the succinct title of VOX Femina Los Angeles’ concert on Sunday, March 23, at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. The program, conceived and conducted by the 42-member female choir’s founding artistic director, Iris S. Levine, could not have been more perfectly timed as libraries across the country take books off the shelves at the direction of government administrations, politicized school boards, and the like.
Pianist Gloria Cheng Jazzes It Up

Mar 21, 2025 | sfcv.org | Peter Feher |Richard Ginell

A champion of contemporary music and a fixture on the Southern California scene for decades, pianist Gloria Cheng is expanding her horizons further with an enterprising new release, Root Progressions (Biophilia Records). Cheng commissioned six jazz-rooted composers to write pieces for her in contemporary classical idioms, wanting to see what would come out of their cross-pollinating imaginations.