The latest news on performances of Classical Music in Los Angeles.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 28, 2022
Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel and Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock will bring together distinguished artists and guests for Power to the People!, a multidimensional vision of music and social change, May 29 through June 10, 2022....
by A.A. Cristi - April 22, 2022
Pacific Symphony today announced the 2022-23 Family Musical Mornings series presented by Farmers & Merchants Bank. The series includes 45-minute, kid-friendly concerts that engage and entertain young audiences, setting them on the path to a lifelong love of music. The Family Musical Mornings series ...
by A.A. Cristi - April 19, 2022
VOX Femina Los Angeles celebrates a major anniversary by focusing on the future of choral singing, through a collaboration with local treble choir, Serenata from Los Osos High School....
by A.A. Cristi - April 14, 2022
Grammy Award-winning Pacific Chorale, considered one of the nation's leading choirs, wraps its 2021-22 Season in grand style with its annual gala, “A Celebration of the Voice,” honoring two very special friends of the choir – Pacific Symphony's Maestro Carl St.Clair, who has conducted the chor...
by A.A. Cristi - April 14, 2022
Pacific Symphony has once again put together an entertaining SummerFest program for 2022. For this summer's programming, all three concerts will be held in the beautiful setting of FivePoint Amphitheatre (located in the heart of Orange County) in Irvine. ...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 13, 2022
On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 7:00pm, multiple GRAMMY Award-nominated violinist Philippe Quint will return to Irvine Barclay Theatre in Orange County to present the West Coast premiere of his latest docu-concert experience: Astor Piazzolla at 100: Between Angels & Demons....
by Stephi Wild - April 13, 2022
Temecula Valley Symphony will present “THE THREE B'S,” Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, featuring the full symphony orchestra and soloists under the baton of Maestro John Mario, Music Director and Conductor, to be presented on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. at Grace Presbyterian Church, 31143 ...
by A.A. Cristi - April 06, 2022
The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami has announced two members of its world-renowned artist faculty were bestowed the highest honor in the music industry, receiving Grammy Awards at the 64th Annual Awards ceremony held in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, 2022....
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 06, 2022
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Music Director Jaime Martín and Executive Director Ben Cadwallader today announced the Orchestra’s 2022-23 Season, an ambitious set of programs showcasing LACO’s virtuosity and versatility through new and iconic works....
by A.A. Cristi - March 31, 2022
The American Youth Symphony, led by Music Director Carlos Izcaray, will celebrate its landmark 2021-22 season and the exceptional talent of its musicians at the 57th Annual Gala on Saturday, April 30th, 2022. The concert program begins at 5 p.m. and features John Adams' Short Ride on a Fast Machine,...
by A.A. Cristi - March 29, 2022
The Colburn School, one of the world's preeminent schools for music and dance, received a $1 million gift to establish the Beverly, Donald, and David Kobrin Scholarship Fund to provide more opportunities for male dancers from underrepresented communities to study at the School's Trudl Zipper Dance I...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 25, 2022
The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Noon to Midnight: A Day of New Music will return Saturday, April 9 at Walt Disney Concert Hall, offering audiences LA’s most far-sighted ensembles in performances on the stage and in BP Hall of the iconic venue, anchored by an evening Green Umbrella concert focu...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 24, 2022
The Los Angeles Master Chorale, led by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, announced its 2022-23 season during GALA 2022, held on March 23, 2022, at Walt Disney Concert Hall in celebration of Gershon’s 20th anniversary season....
by A.A. Cristi - March 23, 2022
Holocaust Museum LA, in partnership with USC Polish Music Center and supported by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, presents a live concert featuring renowned artists Cracow Duo on Sunday, March 27, at 2 p.m....
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 23, 2022
LACO will host its “2022 Gala Celebration: Simple Gifts” honoring esteemed nine-time Oscar-nominated film composer James Newton Howard and celebrating the musicians of LACO on Friday, April 29, 2022, 6:00 pm, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Multi-platinum recording artist Josh...
by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2022
Special guest singers join the orchestra to celebrate iconic protest music from Latin America and the U.S., ranging from the pro-democracy and workers' rights Nueva canción and tropicalismo, and tonada songs made famous by legendary artists like Mercedes Sosa, Violeta Parra, Caetano Veloso, Gilbe...
by A.A. Cristi - March 18, 2022
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, led by Music Director Jaime Martín, presents the highly anticipated U.S. debut of Franco-Serbian violin sensation Nemanja Radulović performing Tchaikovsky's incomparable Violin Concerto in back-to-back concerts on Saturday, April 23, 8:00 pm, at Glendale's Alex Th...
by Gil Kaan - March 17, 2022
One of Broadway’s favorite leading ladies Kelli O’Hara will be appearing with SiriusXM Radio staple Seth Rudetsky for a one-night concert at The Wallis April 2, 2022 as part of The Wallis Broadway @ concert series. Kelli was gracious enough to carve out a little time to answer a few of my theatr...
by A.A. Cristi - March 15, 2022
The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, America’s longest running festival of new orchestral music, celebrates its 60th Anniversary season with a return to a live, in-person concert season after two years of virtual orchestra and multi-disciplinary explorations. The Festival’s 60th annive...
by A.A. Cristi - March 11, 2022
Pasadena Chorale will announce that tickets are now available for its next performance, 'Listening to the Future,' on Saturday, April 2 at 7 p.m. at the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena. ...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 10, 2022
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will present an evening with acclaimed pianist Timo Andres in his Los Angeles recital debut at The Wallis on Thursday, April 7, 2022, 7:30 pm, in The Wallis’ Bram Goldsmith Theater....
by A.A. Cristi - March 10, 2022
Sitting onstage just feet from world-class performers is an exhilarating experience, even more with the St. Lawrence String Quartet, an exciting ensemble that plays with what the Boston Globe calls “irresistible exuberance” and a sense of joy. ...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 10, 2022
From April 14-16, 2022, Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a star-studded cast in a groundbreaking event directed by Alberto Arvelo....
by A.A. Cristi - March 04, 2022
The Broad Stage presents Simone Dinnerstein, considered one of the foremost interpreters of Bach of her generation, making her Broad Stage debut on Sunday, March 27 at 4pm on the Main Stage. ...
by Gil Kaan - March 02, 2022
LA Opera’s next production St. Matthew Passion will open March 12, 2022, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. LA Opera’s music director James Conlon conducts with choreographer John Neumeier staging Johann Sebastian Bach’s scared masterpiece with members of the Hamburg Ballet. The always busy Mae...
by A.A. Cristi - March 01, 2022
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance presents celebrated pianist Anthony de Mare performing Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano on Sunday, April 10 at 7 p.m. in Royce Hall. Tickets starting at $39 are available now at cap.ucla.edu, 310-825-2101 and the Royce Hall box office. ...
by A.A. Cristi - March 01, 2022
The Grammy-nominated Pacific Chorale, led by Artistic Director Robert Istad, is holding auditions for singers in all sections – soprano, alto, tenor and bass – for entry in the ensemble's 2022-23 season....
by A.A. Cristi - March 01, 2022
A new work by groundbreaking composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic will be premiered on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. ...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 01, 2022
Music Director Carl St.Clair and President John Forsyte today announced programming for Pacific Symphony’s 2022-23 season....
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 01, 2022
Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel and David C. Bohnett Chief Executive Officer Chair Chad Smith today announced the adventurous slate of programs for the 2022/23 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall....
by A.A. Cristi - February 28, 2022
The Broad Stage presents an evening with The Takács Quartet, winners of the Grammy Award, Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2021, Chamber category, and Presto Music Classical Recording Award 2021, make their Broad Stage debut on Saturday, March 19 at 7:30PM on the Main Stage. ...
by A.A. Cristi - February 25, 2022
Two prominent guest artists, esteemed guest conductor Roderick Cox and 26-year-old violin phenom Randall Goosby, make their joint Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra debuts on Saturday, March 19, 2022, 8 pm, at UCLA'S Royce Hall, and Sunday, March 20, 2022, 7 pm, at Pasadena's Ambassador Auditorium....
by A.A. Cristi - February 24, 2022
Grammy-nominated Pacific Chorale, considered one of the nation's leading choirs, continues its season with a program of transcendent choral works by six contemporary composers anchored by Estonian composer Galina Grigorjeva's profound vocal symphony On Leaving, a contemplation on the soul's release ...
by A.A. Cristi - February 18, 2022
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's Westside Chamber Series features a musical twist with Bach's Goldberg Variations for String Orchestra, led by Concertmaster Margaret Batjer, on Saturday, March 12, 2022, 8 pm, at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Bach's monumental work, comprised of 30 variations origi...
by A.A. Cristi - February 16, 2022
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents an evening with pianist Shai Wosner, featuring Variations on a Theme of FDR, a work he commissioned from Derek Bermel, Anthony Cheung, John Harbison, Vijay Iyer, and Wang Lu, five remarkable American composers, on Saturday, March 5, 2022, ...
by A.A. Cristi - February 08, 2022
As part of its spring 2022 Center season, Gibney will present new works by Work Up artists Gabby Carmichael, Ramona Sekulovic, and Emma Rose Brown. Originally scheduled to debut in March 2020, the 2019-2020 artists will share their never-before-shown work with the public two years later March 4-5, 2...
by Stephi Wild - February 07, 2022
Music Director James Conlon will conduct three mainstage productions and Colombian-American conductor Lina González-Granados will make her company debut as Resident Conductor, the first Latina to hold a high-ranking conducting position with a major U.S. opera company. ...
by A.A. Cristi - February 02, 2022
Celebrating its 39th Season, The Verdi Chorus, announced today auditions will be held on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica for The Verdi Chorus Spring 2022 Concerts. ...
by A.A. Cristi - February 02, 2022
The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami has announced the line-up for the Frost Music Live critically acclaimed Signature Series. ...
by A.A. Cristi - February 02, 2022
Due to the serious ill health of an immediate family member, Pekka Kuusisto has postponed his performance in the Green Umbrella series, originally scheduled for February 15, 2022....
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