by Henry Schlinger | Dec 13, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
On a cool Monday evening in Downtown Los Angeles at Zipper Hall on the campus of the Colburn School, Piano Spheres presented a tribute to husband and wife Frederick (Rick) Lesemann and Susan Svrček — two individuals who contributed greatly not only to Piano Spheres...
by Henry Schlinger | Dec 9, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured, Spotlight |
At 88 years of age, Zubin Mehta is one of only a few active conductors who are either approaching their 100th year or are already in their 100th year (e.g., Herbert Blomstedt). Although he is frail when he walks and must sit when he conducts, the frailty...
by Henry Schlinger | Nov 15, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Nov. 13, the 35-year-old Uzbekistani pianist Behzod Abduraimov delivered a demanding and commanding performance of four works for piano at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The two major works on the program — Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky and Ten...
by Henry Schlinger | Nov 10, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured, Spotlight |
Everyone knows who Itzhak Perlman is, especially if you’re old enough to remember his introduction to American audiences in three appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show”—two in 1958 when he was just 13 years old and one in 1964, when he shared billing with the Rolling...
by Henry Schlinger | Oct 28, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured, Spotlight |
On an otherwise slow Saturday in Los Angeles (not really — it was game two of the World Series!), two orchestras that were not the Los Angeles Philharmonic performed at different locations. At 2 and 8 p.m. at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, the Pasadena...
