The April 29 closing program of the LA Phil Chamber Music Society cut across a wide range of Mozart styles and...
Classical Music and Opera
Review: LACO Westside Connections With Richard Montoya
Performance artist and satirist Richard Montoya brought his pointed history of Chavez Ravine and Dodger Stadium to the...
Review: LA Opera’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’
To composer Gaetano Donizetti, Scotland was a mysterious realm of forbidding landscapes and fierce tribes, no less...
Music Review: Kronos Quartet at CAP UCLA
The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA brought a fantastic weekend of celebration to Los Angeles to honor the...
Review: ‘Carmen’ by Pacific Opera Project
Hey, stagnant economy got you staying at home to save money? Flat wages crimping your entertainment mojo? Well, here’s...
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s ‘Strad Fest LA’ Showcases 8 Stradivarius Violins
There are only about 650 Stradivarius instruments in existence — including violins, violas, cellos, harps and guitars....
Review: Dudamel Conducts Corigliano and Brahms
In some ways, the LA Phil concert at Disney Hall on Saturday night was typical for Gustavo Dudamel. The concert...
Review: LA Phil’s TchaikovskyFest Serves Up a Shakespearean Fantasy
It was the week of the Oscars here in Tinseltown, and Disney Hall could not escape the glitz and glamour of Hollywood....
Valentina Lisitsa Debuts With American Youth Symphony in Free Concert at UCLA’s Royce Hall
In the fog of a mid-life crisis, Ukrainian-born pianist Valentina Lisitsa almost gave up music. Now, she is among...