CONDUCTOR GEORGE CLEVE DIES AT 79

ALL-AROUND versatile SF Bay Area opera and orchestra conductor with an international career was especially in demand for Mozart. Click HERE

MARIN ALSOP, NEW PEABODY CONDUCTING DIRECTOR

SHE REPLACES retiring Gustav Meier, conducting associate with Cabrillo Festival. Click HERE

ISRAEL & IRAN OPPOSE BARENBOIM CONCERT

SCHEDULED TEHRAN PERFORMANCE by Berlin Staatskapelle provokes outrage over conductor’s citizenship and activism. They were supposed to accompany Angela Merkel on a state visit. Click HERE

PERFORMING ARTS PEOPLE

LUIS VALDEZ, ‘father’ of Chicano Theater, playwright, actor, director, celebrating the 50th anniversary of El Teatro Campesino. Click HERE

FRESH REVIEW

LUIS VALDEZ’ Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution, now at the Western Stage. Click HERE

Scott MacClelland, editor; Cleve photo by Bob Shomler