by Henry Schlinger | Mar 1, 2025 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured, Spotlight |
As pianists go, Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson couldn’t be more different. Although both are brilliant, she is a dazzling performer whose reputation of possessing an almost otherworldly technique always precedes her. He is a consummate musician whose subtle...
by Henry Schlinger | Feb 18, 2025 | Classical Music and Opera |
The great Argentinian organist Hector Olivera may be pushing 80, but he was like a kid in a candy store during his organ recital at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday evening. He performed a variety of works either written explicitly for or arranged for the organ —...
by Henry Schlinger | Feb 14, 2025 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured, Spotlight |
What do you get when you pair a great orchestra with a world-renowned conductor and piano soloist performing glorious music in one of the great concert halls? You get an unforgettable evening. On a rainy Thursday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los...
by Henry Schlinger | Jan 19, 2025 | Classical Music and Opera |
Great symphony orchestras always play, well, great. The LA Phil is no exception. But sometimes, just sometimes, these orchestras take it up a notch. Most of the time this is because of the conductor. If one goes to a lot of concerts, as this reviewer does, and hears...
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...
