On Sunday, French pianist Hélène Grimaud performed the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 by Brahms under...
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Review: LA Opera’s ‘Salome’ With Soprano Patricia Racette
LA Opera delivers a creepy valentine this month with Richard Strauss’ “Salome.” Of course, creepy can be good in the...
Review: Dudamel Conducts LA Phil with Lisa Batiashvili
On Saturday night, Gustavo Dudamel conducted the LA Phil in works by three Russian-born composers, (K)ein...
Review: ‘The Last Vig’ at the Zephyr Theatre
“The Last Vig” has an intriguing premise: How does an aging, faded Italian mob boss cope with the changes modern...
Review: The Berlin Philharmonic Performs Mahler at Walt Disney Concert Hall
On Saturday night, the Berlin Philharmonic, under the baton of its music director, Sir Simon Rattle, gave LA...
Review: ‘The Barber of Seville’ (a POP opera)
By now, regular Culture Spot readers should know that Pacific Opera Project offers the best value in opera in town....
CD Review: ‘Intimate Letters’ by the Lyris Quartet
Since its inception in 2008, the Los Angeles-based Lyris Quartet — Alyssa Park (violin), Shalini Vijayan (violin),...
Music Review: Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil in San Francisco
A bit of Los Angeles’ music culture came to San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall on Halloween night, Oct. 31, when the...
CD Review: ‘Home Is a Harbor’ by Mark Abel
“Art music” is a coded phrase for music that most people would consider strange, offbeat or eccentric. Mark Abel’s...