by Henry Schlinger | May 14, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
Yuja Wang made her annual pilgrimage to Walt Disney Concert Hall on Mother’s Day, and, no surprise, her recital was a sensation. It was visually and sonically spectacular. The two halves of her program represented a study in contrasts. The first half consisted of...
by Henry Schlinger | May 3, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
The Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson gave a performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988 for the ages before an almost-packed house at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Wednesday night. It was clear from his performance that the 40-year-old...
by Henry Schlinger | Apr 28, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Saturday evening at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 43-year-old American conductor Karina Cannellakis led the LA Phil in a program of works of Beethoven, Mozart and Bartok. The first work on the program was the Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 by...
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...
