by Henry Schlinger | Apr 26, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
Yefim Bronfman, one of the towering pianists of our time, performed a recital on Wednesday evening at Walt Disney Concert Hall featuring works by Schubert, Schumann, Salonen, Chopin and Prokofiev. Bronfman began the program with the Piano Sonata in A minor, D...
by Henry Schlinger | Apr 23, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Sunday night, British organist Anna Lapwood rocked Walt Disney Concert Hall with an out-of-this-world organ recital. You heard me right: an organ recital. It was out of this world not only because she played several arrangements of Hans Zimmer’s music from the...
by Henry Schlinger | Mar 28, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Wednesday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, acclaimed violinist Ray Chen and pianist Julio Elizalde performed a recital — no, a concert — no, it was really an event! Anyone who knows Chen knows that he is not a staid musician. He does not fit the mold of...
by Henry Schlinger | Mar 11, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Saturday night at Barrett Hall at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, members of Salastina performed a chamber music masterpiece: the Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 by Johannes Brahms. Resident Host Brian Lauritzen introduced the program by describing...
by Henry Schlinger | Feb 25, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
The Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki conducted the LA Phil in three works on Saturday night, including the Academic Festival Overture Op. 80 and the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 by Brahms with Daniil Trifonov at the keyboard. Also on the...
