The focus this week is on the music itself. At the top of my list is Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's...
Classical Music and Opera
Music Review: Bronfman’s Brahms
Works by two composers – Tchaikovsky and Brahms – who didn’t especially like each other’s music, were nevertheless...
Classical Focus, April 19 – 24
Here are just a few of the great concerts this week in Los Angeles – Jacaranda’s “music at the edge” series celebrates...
Classical Encounters
The Hamburg Room at Ronna Binn Hersh's Tarzana home (with two Steinway pianos and great acoustics) has been host to...
Le Salon de Musiques
Did you ever wonder what it might have been like to be present at one of the salons where Schubert or Chopin performed...
Classical Focus, April 11 – 17
The chamber scene is in full gear with four great local organizations in action this weekend and next: the Da Camera...
LA Phil’s ‘Tribute to Ernest’
Music celebrities from around the globe gathered at Walt Disney Concert Hall on March 27 to celebrate and honor Ernest...
Kurt Masur Debuts at Disney Hall
It’s hard to believe that 83-year-old Kurt Masur, the renowned past conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus, London...
Music Review: Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic
On March 22, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by its artistic director, Yuri Temirkanov, visited...