Mercury News, California — Friday, in the first of three area performances, New York's Trio Cavatina was commanding, expressive and as exciting as it is refined. more info

Mercury News, California — The Nobilis Trio was 'soloist' in Saturday's memorable performance of Beethoven's 'Triple Concerto,' with Guillermo Figueroa conducting Symphony Silicon Valley. The trio opened the program alone with music by Tchaikovsky, and its pianist, Stephen Pru... more info

Mercury News, California — In the second week of the “Beethoven and Bates” festival at the San Francisco Symphony, the performance of Beethoven’s Mass in C major had integrity; the musicians receded into the music, so that we could hear what Beethoven had done. more info

Mercury News, California — Wednesday's opening of the San Francisco Symphony's 'Beethoven and Bates' festival gave the audience a sense of 'This is how it should be in the concert world,' with a great orchestra showing (and enjoying) its command of both new (Bates) and old (Be... more info

Mercury News, California — Wednesday's opening of the San Francisco Symphony's 'Beethoven and Bates' festival gave the audience a sense of 'This is how it should be in the concert world,' with a great orchestra showing (and enjoying) its command of both new (Bates) and old (Be... more info

Mercury News, California — On a program with Haydn and Beethoven, the St. Lawrence String Quartet opened its season at Stanford's Bing Concert Hall Sunday with the West Coast premiere of Samuel Carl Adams' String Quartet in Five Movements. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — At the Troubadour, Camper Van Beethoven makes a case for the livelihood of expert musicians dedicated to making art for the long haul and for proper compensation.Camper Van Beethoven celebrated the 30th anniversary of its first gig at the Troubadour ... more info

Mercury News, California — Guest conductor Teddy Abrams leads a program that includes soloist Valentina Lisitsa playing the Piano Concerto No. 3 more info

Mercury News, California — Also: Peter Murphy does Bauhaus at Fillmore; two big smooth jazz festivals set for Bay Area. more info

Discobelle.net — The piano maestro Chilly Gonzales drops three new mixtapes for your summer relaxing, the first one “Piano Music” is available below while Vol. II and Vol. 3 will be released soon. Tracklist after the jump. 0:00 to 00:57 “Kylikki” by Sibelius ... more info