A Holy Grail ‘Missa’ at Disney Hall
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The large-scale Missa Solemnis featured 125 voices from Barcelona's Orfeó Català and the Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana…
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New Year's at LA Phil with Yunchan, Yuja and Cate Blanchett
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LA Phil journal of February, 2026 - Elim Chan conducts Mahler Fourth, Yuja Wang plays Prokofiev 2, Yunchan Lim plays Schumann, Cate Blanchett narrates Beethoven’s Egmont…
Read MoreL.A. Phil April Highlights: John Williams, Four Seaons, Nielsen and Evgeny Kissin
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April highlights include John Williams Celebration, McGegan conducting Four Seasons, Evgeny Kissin and Ryan Bancroft conducting Nielsen's Symphony No. 4
Read MoreVibrant Program of Schoenberg, Ravel, Tchaikovsky in Mostly-Asian Week
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A vibrant program of Schoenberg, Tchaikovsky, Ravel features a mostly-Asian lineup: Xian Zhang, George Li, Seong-Jin Cho
Read MoreMTT and Yuja Are Out, But Celebration Continues in High Gear
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Different people, same spirit of celebration in the works featured… The concert opened with a video introduction of MTT’s career, followed by his composition Agnegram.
Read MoreOne Week After L.A.’s Devastating Fires, Concerts Resume and Spirits Lift
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After a week of silence, concerts at the Disney Hall resumed on January 18 with Beethoven & Tchaikovsky. The conductor was Philippe Jordan, from Switzerland, and pianist Yefim Bronfman.
Read MoreIn L.A. Phil’s First Concert of 2025, Violinist Batiashvilli Makes a Forceful Case for Beethoven, and Democracy
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Her violin tone had the needed richness and fullness, but she could play it lightly, conversationally, to etch a beautifully nuanced singing line,
Read MoreZubin Mehta Returns to L.A. Phil with Brahms and a Historic ‘Gurrelieder’
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This month, Zubin Mehta, the L.A. Phil’s beloved Music Director Emeritus, returned to conduct a pair of concerts.
Read MoreHollywood Bowl 2024, a Satisfying Mozart and Beethoven week
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The sound system has been tweaked and improved for classical music. Gone are the crude amplification and ‘spotlighting’ of instruments, particularly the winds and brass.
Read MoreWagner, Brahms and sad decline of classical audience
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In an unusually stimulating pre-concert talk, Russell Steinberg drew a parallel between Wagner and Brahms...
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