Kristina and LaRob invite the all-Black music collective D-Composed into the studio for a live performance and a closer look at their mission: amplifying the music of Black composers and sharing that history with communities!

These musicians didn’t just navigate the classical and jazz realms… they transcended and redefined them.

Kristina and LaRob invite the all-Black music collective D-Composed into the studio for a live performance and a closer look at their mission: amplifying the music of Black composers and sharing that history with communities!

Conductor Cristian Măcelaru leads the San Francisco Symphony in Dmitri Shostakovich’s madcap First Symphony and Wynton Marsalis’ celebration of Black history and folklore, Blues Symphony. San Francisco Symphony English horn player Russ de Luna stars in Outi Tarkiainen’s Milky Ways.

The season is the first programmed by 2023-appointed general director Lawrence Edelson and the first following the departure of Lidiya Yankovskaya as music director.

Terence Blanchard’s stirring drama returns following its landmark company premiere in 2021, with bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green starring as Charles.

Season Premiere: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the SF Symphony in Gustav Mahler’s glorious Symphony No. 2 with vocalists Golda Schultz and Michelle DeYoung and the world premiere of Push by Trevor Weston.

Marian Anderson, an acclaimed and boundary-breaking Black contralto, was born in Philadelphia in 1897.

“This work is a fabulous example of Perry’s modernist style,” says LCO music director Orlando Cela.

Operas from the 19th century to today that depict Black stories.

Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last.

Just a few of the Black voices from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive.

Honor Black artistry with an entire month of exciting musical events — operas, chamber concerts, jazz orchestras, broadcasts, and more!

This year alone, composer and pianist Kris Bowers’ credits include “Origin” and “The Color Purple” in addition to “Chevalier,” “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story,” and “Haunted Mansion.”

The luminous score—composed by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels—incorporates distinctive West African traditions with traditional opera instrumentation.

The Gateways Brass Collective, an all–African American quintet, was founded in 2018 to inspire artists from all backgrounds.

A special program commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans

A self-conducted chamber orchestra, Sphinx Virtuosi is the most prestigious group of musicians to represent the magnificently impactful Sphinx Organization.

Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green is the young boxer Emile Griffith, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion.

In Chicago composer Shawn E. Okpebholo’s new opera, three chefs vie for cooking show glory — and $100K — by tackling the classically American dish macaroni and cheese.

Special events, dance, and more are on deck for the Auditorium.

Next year’s lineup of six mainstage operas offers choices for traditional and contemporary opera fans alike.

Despite an upturn, William Grant Still’s music remains under-performed. We spoke to Judith Anne Still about her five favorite pieces by her father.

Sanders, who launched his career playing alongside John Coltrane in the 1960s, died in Los Angeles early Saturday.

A dynamic balance of intensity and optimism holds true throughout the season, which features such program titles as Next, Boundless, and Unapologetic.