The unique creativity in Los Angeles’ chamber music scene is the buzz worldwide. Hear this distinctive metro LA sound downtown at the ASTO Museum of Art Saturday, as the Vientos Trio will perform selections from living LA composers.
Another ensemble devoted to the modern art, Jacaranda, will be in Santa Monica with an intriguing “politically” diverse [...]
The spectrum of our local music scene in Los Angeles sparkles like a brilliant diamond this week. From early to modern, old to new, or green to ocean blue, there’s no place for music like LA!
Begin the big scene Saturday with ensemble green, a great new-music group that features West Coast composers, and take the [...]
Violinists Ilia Korol, with Musica Angelica, and Lorenz Gamma, with Southwest Chamber Music, are in the spotlight this week. Korol will play Beethoven and Schubert with period instruments, and Gamma performs as part of the fabulous Ascending Dragon Festival and Cultural Exchange throughout the week at Zipper Hall.
Musica Angelica with Ilia Korol
Musica Angelica, one of [...]
Stars of the ivories shine this Tuesday night across the generations! Seasoned master pianist Emanuel Ax returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown LA, and fresh young star pianist Yuja Wang will perform at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa.
Emanuel Ax in Recital
The [...]
On April 13, the Pasadena Conservatory of Music presented its fourth “A Tour Through Time” concert with guitarists Scott Tennant and Jason Yoshida at the Norton Simon Museum.
Scott Tennant, of the Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, proved to be a master among masters in the Norton Simon galleries with his incomparable display of [...]
We are so fortunate to live in Los Angeles with this wonderful access to a distinctly rich indigenous new music scene. Berlin is “so last year”; LA has the sound to be heard now.
One outstanding demonstration of this point happens Saturday, April 10, as the Music Series of the ASTO Museum of Art showcases the [...]
On Tuesday, April 6, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Chamber Music Concert will again give rise to your spirit with an inspired program titled “Americas and Americans” in Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Quinteto en forma de chôros will be the best 10 minutes of your week! Inspired by the instrumental ensembles in popular urban Brazilian [...]
There are two “must-hear” chamber concerts this week: Pianist Emanuel Ax will join members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for a diverse program of Schumann, Janácek, and Brahms at Walt Disney Concert Hall; and the fabulous Calder Quartet concludes their playing of the complete set of Bartók string quartets with Nos. 2, 4 and 6 [...]
The Los Angeles area chamber music schedule is packed this week with many fine artists and programs. Saturday night will be well spent with the much sought-after Mandelring Quartet from Germany; they will be playing their signature Shostakovich in Beverly Hills. The week ends with outstanding singing – soprano Dawn Upshaw and pianist Emanuel Ax [...]
Tavis Smiley gave an inspired, one-of-a-kind performance of Aaron Copland’s iconic “Lincoln Portrait” Saturday evening, as the Santa Monica Symphony unequivocally demonstrated why they are among the best community orchestras in America. Maestro Allen Robert Gross brought out the best in the musicians, as well as in the art of each of the distinctive progenitors [...]
