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Isabel Hagen stands in front of curtains cast with ultramarine blue light in the Bing Concert Hall Studio.

Isabel Hagen wins hearts through deadpan existential comedy. And viola.

Cate Burtner
  •  
Jan. 22, 2025
Music
Crowds of students and audience members are seated at Frost Amphitheater watching the San Francisco Symphony perform.

On a summer night, SF Symphony shines at Frost with Spanish favorites

Brandon Kang
  •  
Aug. 23, 2024
Music
Bruce Liu, head bowed, plays a grand piano under a dramatic spotlight

Bruce Liu: Between heaven and hell

Esther Ji
  •  
June 3, 2024
Music
An 11-person Mariachi band

Stanford Live releases 2024-25 schedule

Cameron Duran
  •  
June 3, 2024
Music
A group of musicians stand in a semi-circle on the stage of Bing Concert Hall with musical instruments from a variety of different cultures. The stage is lit with bright pink and violet lighting.

‘Sirocco’ earns standing ovation with lively cross-cultural music

Eric Wang
  •  
April 18, 2024
Music
Jaap van Zweden, clad in black jacket and blue jeans, leans against brick wall on building roof.

Five and five: Jaap van Zweden conducts SF Symphony

Peyton Lee
  •  
Jan. 16, 2024
Music
A photo of a symphony orchestra in the dark. In the background is a screen displaying an image of a woman in red.

Generative AI pales against human artistry at SF Symphony

Peyton Lee
  •  
Sept. 26, 2023
Arts & Life
DiDonato sits in a baby blue dress on a black platform illuminated by yellow and orange light. She sings, surrounded by a dark orchestra

Joyce DiDonato challenges the conventions of opera with immersive design of ‘Eden’

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Jan. 24, 2023
Music
a photo of three musicians performing at a classical concert; left to right, they respectively play a violin, a piano and a cello

Chad Lawson trailblazes a new paradigm for classical music in Bing Studio

Aya Aziz
  •  
Oct. 24, 2022
Arts & Life
Stanford Symphony Orchestra and Stanford Symphonic Chorus perform on the sunken stage of the packed Bing auditorium

Stanford Symphony Orchestra delivers rejuvenating performance of Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’

Linda Liu
  •  
May 16, 2022
Music
A close up of the conductor.

Stanford Symphony Orchestra performs thought-provoking rendition of ‘The Rite of Spring’

Linda Liu
  •  
March 6, 2022
Arts & Life
SCOr serenades hungry lakeside patrons

Stanford Collaborative Orchestra charms Lakeside diners

Bhumikorn Kongtaveelert
  •  
Nov. 16, 2021
Music
Two violinists playing together.

Wooden Fish Ensemble rethinks classical music with East-West influences

Bhumikorn Kongtaveelert
  •  
Oct. 18, 2021
Arts & Life
Stanford Philharmonia performing on Meyer Green

Live music returns to Stanford with Philharmonia performance on Meyer Green

Peyton Lee
  •  
May 23, 2021
Pile of rocks

Finding God in all things

Robert Castaneros
  •  
Feb. 9, 2021
Arts & Life
Photo of Itzhak Perlman talking on Zoom

Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman visits Stanford’s SSO Online

Peyton Lee
  •  
Jan. 13, 2021
Arts & Life
A piano in a well-lit room flanked by two large plants.

Despite the pandemic, young musicians in the Bay Area attempt to keep the spirit of classical music alive

Yejin Song
  •  
July 15, 2020
Arts & Life
Photo by Jocelyn Woods and Mariam Sulakian.

The Sphinx Organization: Bringing Diversity to the Classical Music World

Prithi Srinivasan
  •  
July 14, 2020
Arts & Life
"Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima" contemplates the nature of memorial (Picture: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park) Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Music + X: Humanity

Adrian Liu and Elizabeth Lindqwister
  •  
Oct. 10, 2019
Arts & Life
Jasmine Liu '20 heard the San Francisco Symphony perform Mahler's Sixth Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Ways of listening to a symphony

Jasmine Liu
  •  
Oct. 4, 2019
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