Skip to main content
My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

LA Phil and Classical KUSC Radio Announce 2021 Broadcast Series

The 2021 broadcast series features the orchestra with an impressive roster of guest artists and conductors and an eclectic repertoire.

By:
LA Phil and Classical KUSC Radio Announce 2021 Broadcast Series Image

Today, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Classical KUSC announce details of their 2021 broadcast series and the continuance of their annual radio broadcast partnership. The 13-concert series, hosted by KUSC's Brian Lauritzen, features audio recordings from both seasons of the LA Phil's online collection of concerts and conversations, Sound/Stage, as well as hand-picked selections of previously broadcast performances. The 2021 broadcast series features the orchestra with an impressive roster of guest artists and conductors and an eclectic repertoire. Through both organizations' ongoing partnership with the WFMT Radio Network (Chicago), the 2021 broadcast series will also be syndicated nationwide.

The first concert in the 2021 broadcast series will air on KUSC's SoCal Sunday Night program, the station's weekly local-concert spotlight, on Sunday, June 13, 2021, at 7:00 PM, and features Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Mozart's Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter," and Brahms' Symphony No. 1, as well as Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate featuring soprano Nadine Sierra. Each concert in the series will also be streamed for one week, on demand at KUSC.org, immediately following the broadcasts.

Additional series highlights include performances by noted soloists (in order of appearance): Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Yuja Wang, piano; Sergio Tiempo, piano; Joanne Pearce Martin, piano; Vicki Ray, piano; Elissa Johnston, soprano; Holly Sedillos, soprano; Kristen Toedtman, mezzo-soprano; David Fung, piano; Martin Chalifour, violin; Robert deMaine, cello; Julia Bullock, soprano; J'Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano; Seong-Jin Cho, piano; Carolin Widmann, violin; Yefim Bronfman, piano; Leila Josefowicz, violin; Ray Chen, violin; Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Mikaela Bennett, soprano; Measha Brueggergosman, mezzo-soprano; Kara Dugan, mezzo-soprano; and Daniil Trifonov, piano.

In addition to many works conducted by Dudamel, guest conductors (in order of appearance) include Esa-Pekka Salonen (Conductor Laureate), Zubin Mehta (Conductor Emeritus), Susanna Mälkki (Principal Guest Conductor, Ann Ronus Chair), Elim Chan, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and Michael Tilson Thomas.

Don't Miss a Los Angeles News Story
Sign up for all the news on the Summer season, discounts & more...


BroadwayWorld TV


Good Night, Oscar in Los Angeles Good Night, Oscar
North Coast Repertory (9/16-10/11)
Much Ado About Nothing in Los Angeles Much Ado About Nothing
McCadden Place Theatre (8/07-8/16)
6 Out of 10 in Los Angeles 6 Out of 10
Theatre 68 (8/20-8/20)
After the Blast in Los Angeles After the Blast
The Broadwater Second Stage (8/05-8/13) PHOTOS
Catch Me If You Can in Los Angeles Catch Me If You Can
Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) PHOTOS
Emily Skinner: In Concert in Los Angeles Emily Skinner: In Concert
Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/14-8/15) PHOTOS VIDEOS
Gershwin and the Golden Age in Los Angeles Gershwin and the Golden Age
Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11)
John Lloyd Young  in Los Angeles John Lloyd Young
Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/21-8/22) PHOTOS
Love, Loss and What I Wore in Los Angeles Love, Loss and What I Wore
Sawyer's Playhouse (8/08-8/30) PHOTOS
Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding in Los Angeles Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20)