by Theodore Bell | Oct 15, 2013 | Classical Music and Opera |
The Colburn Celebrity Series opened the 2013-14 season on Oct. 9 with Hungarian pianist András Schiff performing his Grammy Award-winning Bach English Suites at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Schiff was brilliant. His technique was supernatural, and his artistry was...
by Theodore Bell | Oct 14, 2013 | Classical Music and Opera |
Le Salon de Musiques opened their 2013-14 season on Oct. 6 with a marvelous pairing of string quartets by Franz Schubert and Guillaume Lekeu. Artistic Director François Chouchan, with his keen sense of programming and recruitment of inspired artists, has created a...
by Theodore Bell | Oct 7, 2013 | Classical Music and Opera |
The Los Angeles Philharmonic opened its 10th-anniversary celebrations for Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sept. 30 with a most unusual program led by Gustavo Dudamel and starring cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The program was devised to highlight the world-class acoustics of what...
by Theodore Bell | Sep 14, 2013 | Classical Music and Opera |
Conductor Michael Feinstein and the Pasadena POPS shared an amazing cache of rarely heard Gershwin treasures with a capacity crowd of 4,000 enthusiastic fans of “The Gershwins and Me” on Sept. 7 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. The program was brilliant, the...
by Theodore Bell | Sep 4, 2013 | Classical Music and Opera |
Southwest Chamber Music closed its 20th-anniversary Summer Festival at The Huntington Gallery on Sept. 25 with a unique contribution to the centennial birthday celebrations honoring Benjamin Britten throughout Southern California as part of the Britten 100/LA concert...
