Category Archives: Classical Music Industry

Baroque boom in China?

While Europe has been probing the depths of the Baroque repertoire for over 60 years and here in the U.S....
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Philharmonia Baroque featured in SFCV today

Learn about where we’ve been and where we’re going in Jesse Hamlin’s article “The Joyful Long Life of Philharmonia Baroque”...
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Robert Levin interviewed by Wall Street Journal

In case you missed it, Robert Levin was interviewed in today’s Wall Street Journal. Like the recent San Francisco Classical...
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A needed change of perspective

Most of our staff will be attending the Association of California Symphony Orchestras 42nd Annual Conference this Thursday, Friday and...
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More Nic News

Last week, Juilliard’s Historical Performance program announced that Nic will conduct Juilliard415 on Saturday, November 20 at 8 PM in...
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Closing out 20 years: Nic and the Göttingen International Handel Festival

Today, our Music Director Nic (right) conducted the final performance of the Göttingen International Handel Festival – the dark opera...
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Dudamel on education

It’s been a week since he swept through town, but we have Dudamel fever too! We were truly inspired when...
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Musicianship, sensitivity, dramatic flair… grace, elegance, personal warmth

Joining us in March of 2011, Flicka has begun touring the country to say farewell to her adoring audiences before...
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Congratulations SFRV!

Have you picked up your issue SF Weekly‘s “Your San Francisco?” We just wanted to take a minute to congratulate...
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Glorious sounds of centuries past

On June 10-12, come say hello to us at our table at “BFX TEN” – the 10th bi-annual early music...
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Congrats Jordi and Viktoria!

This just in: Viktoria Mullova, who plays with us in February, and Jordi Savall, who plays with us in March,...
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Jordi Savall’s Jerusalem Best Album of the Year?

Steve Hochman, rock critic for Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Spin and then some, declared Jordi Savall’s Jerusalem the best...
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PBO a "Silver Lining?"

According to San Francisco Chronicle‘s Jesse Hamlin in a special feature with San Francisco Classical Voice, PBO is a “Silver...
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"Sex, drugs and baroque and roll"

Greg Mitchell wrote a piece today for The Huffington Post inspired by his experience listening to what he has dubbed...
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