LOS ANGELES CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS COVERAGE - PAGE 6
The latest news on performances of Classical Music in Los Angeles.
by Blair Ingenthron - November 05, 2022
On Saturday, November 19, Long Beach Symphony, under the direction of Maestro Eckart Preu, is expanding the interpretation of “Classical Music” by delighting audiences with a span of three explosive composers, ranging from the years 1840 to present. ...
by A.A. Cristi - October 28, 2022
The Da Camera Society of Mount Saint Mary's University presents pianist Marisa Gupta in the intimate Pompeian Room of the Doheny Mansion, a spectacular example of Gilded-Age architecture. ...
by A.A. Cristi - October 24, 2022
America's Got Talent's Golden Buzzer-winning vocal sensation and Los Angeles' premier community choir Angel City Chorale has announced their 29th annual holiday concert, The More, The Merrier, at UCLA's Royce Hall....
by A.A. Cristi - October 21, 2022
An evening of firsts – the Israel Philharmonic makes a historic Soraya debut of new music director Lahav Shani who inherited the role from Los Angeles' beloved Zubin Mehta. Maestro Shani will provide The Soraya another milestone – the first ever Mahler symphony to resound in the Great Hall....
by Blair Ingenthron - October 14, 2022
Orange County's major cultural institution and arts destination, Casa Romantica has announced a variety of family activities, concerts from award-winning musicians, educational programs, and community events with picturesque views and a slice of history. Throughout October and November, Casa Romant...
by A.A. Cristi - October 05, 2022
Ukulele virtuoso and songwriter Taimane brings her genre-stretching performance to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre for a performance at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. ...
by Blair Ingenthron - October 01, 2022
The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2022/23 Jazz series at Walt Disney Concert Hall presents restless innovators Julian Lage and The Bad Plus (October 14, 2022); Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour featuring an incredible roster of virtuosic jazz stars including Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kurt Elling, Lak...
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2022
Delphi Trio kicks off the 2022-2023 Recital Series in Raitt Recital Hall on Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 2 p.m.. ...
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2022
Colin Currie Group and Synergy Vocals perform “A Steve Reich Celebration” at Carnegie Hall in New York (Nov 1) and Cal Performances in Berkeley (Nov 3) in a bi-coastal salute to the composer's 86th birthday. ...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 29, 2022
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will present the highly anticipated West Coast premiere of Grammy-winning composer Osvaldo Golijov’s gripping new song cycle, Falling Out of Time, featuring members of the internationally acclaimed Silkroad Ensemble, on Thursday, October 27, 7:30 p...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 26, 2022
LA Opera is continuing its 2022/23 season with the West Coast premiere of Omar, a new opera by composers Rhiannon Giddens (who also wrote the libretto) and Michael Abels. Performances will take place from October 22 through November 13, 2022, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion....
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 23, 2022
This season, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2022/23 Colburn Celebrity Recital series at Walt Disney Concert Hall will present 10 one-night-only performances from world class instrumental virtuosi to stellar operatic voices, from across the globe....
by A.A. Cristi - September 15, 2022
Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles has announcef its extraordinary Season 44, which celebrates Motown, women, and the music of Disney. GMCLA is thrilled to return to Glendale's Alex Theatre for the first two concerts of the season, starting with an all-new wintertime tradition: A Motown Holiday, featur...
by A.A. Cristi - September 12, 2022
Award-winning pop-violinist Lindsey Stirling has announced her new Snow Waltz tour of North America, in support of her newest album Snow Waltz, where she'll bring the holiday spirit from coast to coast. Beginning in Grand Prairie, TX on November 17th and culminating in a special show on December 23r...
by A.A. Cristi - September 09, 2022
Celebrated singer and songwriter Peabo Bryson, two time Rock and Roll inductee Graham Nash, dance companies Pilobolus and Flamenco Vivo, and Broadway stars Megan Hilty, Mandy Gonzalez and Javier Muñoz are just a few of the artists set to appear at the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Peppe...
by Blair Ingenthron - August 28, 2022
BroadStage is inaugurating a new and engaging chamber music series Sunday Morning Music / Santa Monica curated by award-winning cellist and longtime BroadStage collaborator Antonio Lysy, musical director of the annual Incontri in Terra di Siena Chamber Music Festival in Tuscany, Italy that he founde...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 24, 2022
Los Angeles Ballet has announced that Melissa Barak has been appointed as Artistic Director by its Board. Barak, an accomplished ballet dancer and choreographer, will serve as the first solo artistic director in the Company’s history....
by A.A. Cristi - August 23, 2022
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), one of the nation's leading orchestras renowned for its wide-ranging repertoire and adventurous commissioning initiatives, has named Anne-Marie Spataru Chair of the Board of Directors, announced LACO Executive Director Benjamin Cadwallader....
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 23, 2022
The Da Camera Society is back! 2022 Fall concert season tickeets are on sale now....
by A.A. Cristi - August 22, 2022
Hiromi will be joined by PUBLIQuartet to form The Piano Quintet for one evening presented by BroadStage at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica Performing Arts Center on Saturday, September 17 at 7:30pm. ...
by A.A. Cristi - August 16, 2022
On the heels of its launch, Litmus Music has announced that Monti Olson has joined as President. Olson will lead music rights acquisitions for Litmus, co-founded by Hank Forsyth and Dan McCarroll in partnership with Carlyle Global Credit, which initially committed $500 million in both equity and de...
by A.A. Cristi - August 01, 2022
Celebrating its 39th Season, The Verdi Chorus (Anne Marie Ketchum, Founding Artistic Director), has announced that auditions will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica for The Verdi Chorus Fall 2022 Concerts. ...
by A.A. Cristi - July 28, 2022
Chamber Music LA (CMLA), a unique Los Angeles-based collective of six leading presenters reflecting LA's vibrant chamber music landscape, announces Music Box 2022, a historic concert marking the first-ever live concert presentation by CMLA, showcasing all six music organizations, on Sunday, August 2...
by A.A. Cristi - July 18, 2022
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra launches its 2022-23 with Music Director Jaime Martín conducting the West Coast premiere of Shelley Washington’s Both, a LACO Sound Investment commission. ...
by A.A. Cristi - July 18, 2022
Pacific Chorale, the Grammy-winning resident choir at Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts, presents a free community Choral Festival concert, conducted by Artistic Director Robert Istad, on Sunday, August 14, 2022, 5 pm, at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa. ...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 15, 2022
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic performed Antonín Dvořák’s masterful final three symphonies in February 2020. Their interpretations were recorded live at Walt Disney Concert Hall by Deutsche Grammophon for release as a digital album out on July 29, 2022....
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 11, 2022
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announced the musicians who have been selected to participate in the orchestra’s two prestigious fellowship programs, the Dudamel Fellows and the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen LA Phil Resident Fellows, for the 2022/23 season....
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 08, 2022
The Los Angeles Philharmonic will present a summer of Latinx events at the Ford. Upcoming events include Chulita Vinyl Club July 17, Monsieur Periné July 24, and more. ...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 30, 2022
Under the leadership of Gustavo Dudamel and María Valverde, the Dudamel Foundation and the LA Phil will co-present Encuentros LA 2022, their first Encuentros (Encounters) in the United States, July 19–August 5, 2022....
by A.A. Cristi - June 21, 2022
The Los Angeles Film Orchestra announces its debut performance, Basil Poledouris: The Music and The Movies at The Music Center's Walt Disney Concert Hall on July 22 at 8pm PT. The orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Steven Allen Fox, will also be joined by the SoCal Chorale led by Choir Maestr...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 14, 2022
Peter Sellars will direct the Los Angeles Philharmonic performances of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, Music and Artistic Director of the LA Phil. The performances will include Bill Viola’s video....
by A.A. Cristi - May 31, 2022
VOX Femina honors the legacy of two master musicians in their June 11th concert, Being Alive: A Salute to Sondheim....
by A.A. Cristi - May 20, 2022
Forest Lawn will mark its 107th Memorial Day remembrance with a special virtual event streaming on Facebook LIVE. On Monday, May 30, 2022, at 11:00 AM, the celebration will honor the sacrifices and the strength of the members of the United States military with a patriotic music, a gun salute and ...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 18, 2022
LA Opera's 2021/22 season will come to a close on Saturday, June 18, with a 7:30pm concert featuring soprano Renée Fleming and baritone Rod Gilfry, with Gemma New conducting the LA Opera Orchestra....
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 17, 2022
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will present an evening with acclaimed Ukrainian-American pianist Inna Faliks, who breaks new ground with a breathtakingly innovative homage to Beethoven and Ravel that includes the live premieres of imaginative and rich new works for the piano ...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2022
After online convenings in 2020 and 2021, the League of American Orchestras National Conference will take place in person again, hosted this year by the Los Angeles Philharmonic in partnership with the Association of California Symphony Orchestras (ACSO)....
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 11, 2022
Subscription tickets to the 2022-23 Premium Classical Series of seven extraordinary concerts are on sale now through May 24 at The Soraya.org. Only Premium Classical Series subscribers will be guaranteed tickets to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra concert on Saturday, November 5 at 8pm. ...
by Marissa Tomeo - May 07, 2022
Pacific Symphony today announced the 2022-23 Café Ludwig season hosted by longtime artistic partner and curator Orli Shaham, who will be marking her 15th anniversary leading these unique chamber music performances. The Café Ludwig series presents Pacific Symphony’s principal musicians in an in...
by A.A. Cristi - May 05, 2022
Pasadena Chorale has announced that it will partner with Los Angeles Children's Chorus and Yale Glee Club for a benefit concert to raise funds for Urban Voices Project, a music community engagement nonprofit and performance choir composed of currently and formerly unhoused artists of Los Angeles. ...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 03, 2022
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association today announced additional programming for the Hollywood Bowl 100 summer season, featuring a diverse array of emerging and established artists. Single tickets are now on sale for the entire milestone season celebrating the iconic venue's first 100 years....
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