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...
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...
