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...
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...
