Local Artist Feature May 29, 2026: Pulitzer Prize Winner for Music This Year Happens to be LocalWhat a month: Gabriela Lena Frank was named Musical America’s Composer of the Year. Her opera about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera is being performed at the Met. And earlier this month she won the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Wow! Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Local Artist Feature May 22nd, 2026: From the New York Philharmonic to Founding the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento
Violinist Gregory Harrington Plays with Our Perception Of TimeJuly 21, 2021Violinist Gregory Harrington joins conductor Mark Shapiro and the Janáček Philharmonic in celebrating Philip Glass in their new album, Glass Hour.
We Should Tell Stories Of Black Joy: Will Liverman Talks With Lara DownesJuly 18, 2021The rising young baritone, searching for diversity in the opera house, tries on his composer hat by putting a Black spin on Rossini's The Barber of Seville.
Summer Concert SeriesSpring Bloom Duo Blossom In The CapRadio GardenJuly 16, 2021Former Sacramento native Dr. Beverly Hoehn and Sacramento Philharmonic flutist Elizabeth Coronata comprise the Spring Bloom Duo. They will celebrate the CapRadio Garden setting with a performance of Hovhaness’s Garden of Adonis in full.
Pianist Andrew Von Oeyen Revisits Timeless ClassicsJuly 14, 2021Pianist Andrew von Oeyen was going to celebrate the 250-year birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven, but then the pandemic. Instead he decided to use the time to revisit timeless classics on his new album, Bach — Beethoven.
From Haydn To Flying Lotus, Attacca Quartet Embraces Music Non-StopJuly 12, 2021Known for its deft handling of canonical classics and contemporary music, the Attacca Quartet breaks new ground on a major-label debut featuring music by Flying Lotus, Squarepusher and other EDM acts
Summer Concert SeriesPianists Sakurako Kanemitsu, Erina Saito Highlight Music To Combat Anti-Asian HateJuly 9, 2021 | Jennifer ReasonBoth women have chosen their programs as a testament to the violence against Asians occurring at this time, and against all forms of racial judgement. You will hear a variety of musical styles, and diversity in gender and ethnicity in the music.
Gil Shaham Finds Friendship In Two Violin ConcertosJuly 7, 2021Violinist Gil Shaham teams up with cellist and conductor of the Knights, Eric Jacobsen, to forge a friendship through their new album, Beethoven, Brahms: Violin Concertos.
Caroline Shaw Is Not Here To Save Classical MusicJuly 6, 2021The Pulitzer-winning, Kanye-collaborating composer began her career with a creative blank check, but she's spent much of the past decade moving sideways. Her latest trick: reinventing as a songwriter.
Shaking Up The Classical Canon: Randall Goosby Talks With Lara DownesJuly 4, 2021The rising young violinist discovers his musical roots and questions the traditional borderlines of the repertoire.
Summer Concert SeriesBrennen Milton And Carol Chuang Celebrate Living ComposersJuly 2, 2021 | Jennifer ReasonBrennen Milton has twice been invited to Carnegie Hall, once as the winner of the Golden Classical Musical Awards, and will speak to that journey as a Black man. He will also talk about his second passion: designing clothes!
