Ailing Mehta Returns to Give Strong Brahms Performances
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Zubin Mehta, still ailing in body but very much alert in spirits, gave hugely vital accounts of Brahms Symphonies No. 3 and 4.
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Mandolinist Avi Avital and L.A. Chamber Orchestra Heat Up Winter With Vivaldi
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Avi Avital showed a dazzling exhibition of perfect pitch, precision in fretboard work and pick-strumming tremolos in a unique interpretation of the work.
Read MoreHomecoming Mehta Turns LA Phil Into a Brahms Orchestra
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Plagued by health problems, Zubin Mehta returned to Los Angeles this month for an extended stay – to recuperate and to conduct all-Brahms concerts.
Read MoreThe Old Globe Joins LA Phil in a Multimedia ‘Tempest’
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Shakespeare’s final play “The Tempest” received a colorful, multimedia staging by The Old Globe and LA Phil in the Disney Hall, its shiny, billowing ‘sails’ and boat-shaped auditorium providing an ideal venue for the nautical-themed play.
Read MoreIn Tchaikovsky and Dvorak, Czech Philharmonic Exudes Warmth and Charm
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Semyon Bychkov is an exceptional conductor, and he seemed to draw out effortlessly the warmth of tone and the easy charm of phrasing for which the Czech Philharmonic has long been famous.
Read MoreBack by Popular Demand, Taiwan Philharmonic Shows its French Colors
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Taiwan Philharmonic showed a natural affinity for French Impressionism, in a sea journey full of light, waves and magical vistas, or in a mythical world of Daphnis et Chloé.
Read MoreA Powerfully Moving Bernstein Tribute by a Former Protégé
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There is no better person to host the Bernstein birthday bash than the Pacific Symphony’s Music Director Carl St. Clair, who got to know Lenny personally as his protégé at Tanglewood in the 1980’s.
Read MorePianist Seong-Jin Cho Impresses in LA Recital Debut
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In his Walt Disney Concert Hall recital debut on Wednesday, October 24, Cho played to a capacity audience eager to be enraptured by a piano god with K-Pop star looks, and he did not disappoint them.
Read MoreA Rainbow-Colorful Take on Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet
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LA Phil presents an innovative Romeo and Juliet in collaboration with the LA Dance Project, and features French horn guest star Sarah Willis from the Berlin Philharmonic!
Read MoreClassical Music is New Again in LA Phil's 100th Season
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The celebration of LA Phil’s 100th-anniversary season boldly looked into the future, not the past, with two avant-garde works – “LA Variations” by Esa-Pekka Salonen and “Sustain” by Andrew Norman.
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