Contemporary composer Mark Abel’s seventh album on the Delos label, titled 4.4.2, will be released on Feb....
Classical Music and Opera
Pasadena Playhouse presents Peter Shaffer’s ‘Amadeus’
Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California and recipient of the 2023 Regional Theatre Tony Award, presents...
Music Review: Zubin Mehta conducts Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 at Disney Hall
On Nov. 9, there was a secular service at the place I call my church — Walt Disney Concert Hall. Former Music Director...
Music Review: LACO performs Farrenc and Brahms with Marc-André Hamelin
On Oct. 25 at Zipper Hall at the Colburn School, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra performed two works—the Symphony...
Music Review: Yunchan Lim performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Upon leaving Walt Disney Concert Hall on Oct. 16 after hearing Yunchan Lim perform Bach’s Goldberg Variations, I...
Music Review: Paul Jacobs performs Bach’s The Art of Fugue at Disney Hall
Internationally celebrated organist Paul Jacobs performed J. S. Bach’s masterpiece The Art of Fugue at Walt Disney...
Music Review: Dudamel conducts Adams and Stravinsky
There was electricity in the air on Oct. 2 as the packed house at Walt Disney Concert Hall awaited the appearance of...
Musica Angelica 2025–26 season and Q&A with Martin Haselböck
Musica Angelica, Southern California’s leading Baroque orchestra, has announced its 2025–26 season: a stirring...
Colburn Orchestra performs Bach, Mozart and Haydn
On Sept. 27, the Colburn Orchestra, the flagship ensemble of the Colburn Conservatory of Music, under the direction of...