by Henry Schlinger | Apr 8, 2022 | Classical Music and Opera |
Yuja Wang loves to play the piano. Why do I say that? Because on April 6 at Walt Disney Concert Hall, she performed a marathon recital of eight challenging works followed by no less than six encores — a few more than in her last recital...
by Henry Schlinger | Mar 20, 2022 | Classical Music and Opera |
Paavo Järvi / Image courtesy of LA Phil On March 19, the Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi conducted the LA Phil in three works, Silhouette by Arvo Pärt, the Violin Concerto, Op. 14 by Samuel Barber, and the Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 by Antonín...
by Henry Schlinger | Mar 18, 2022 | Classical Music and Opera |
Midori / Image courtesy of LA Phil On March 16, Midori performed a recital at Walt Disney Concert Hall, which included works by Mozart, Schumann, Bach, Skalkottas and Brahms. She was accompanied by the Turkish-American pianist Özgür Aydin. Upon entering WDCH, the...
by Henry Schlinger | Feb 7, 2022 | Classical Music and Opera |
Yefim Bronfman / photo courtesy of LA Phil On Saturday night, the Swiss conductor Philippe Jordan conducted the LA Phil to a packed house in Walt Disney Concert Hall in an all-Russian program featuring works by Borodin, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. The three works in...
by Henry Schlinger | Dec 4, 2021 | Classical Music and Opera |
Nicola Benedetti / Photo courtesy of LA Phil Australian conductor Simone Young conducted the LA Phil on Nov. 28 in a performance of the Violin Concerto by Korngold with Nicola Benedetti as soloist and the Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 by Brahms. The concert opened...
