Concert and opera reviews from Southern California.
April highlights include John Williams Celebration, McGegan conducting Four Seasons, Evgeny Kissin and Ryan Bancroft conducting Nielsen's Symphony No. 4
Read MoreThe hall on day 1 was decked out with lavish floral extravaganza, and on day 2 with giant poster boards of the Golden Hall (Musikverein), home of the VPO, and no flowers or fancy ball gowns.
Read MoreOver a period of three weeks (2/22 – 3/7), the L.A. Phil celebrated the Mahler Grooves Festival. Youth orchestras from across the greater Los Angeles region assembled at the Disney Hall…
Read MoreLim, who is 20, brought remarkable maturity to the music-making, tackling its technical demands with apparent ease while finding fresh nuances in this familiar work.
Read MoreA vibrant program of Schoenberg, Tchaikovsky, Ravel features a mostly-Asian lineup: Xian Zhang, George Li, Seong-Jin Cho
Read MoreDifferent 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 MoreAfter 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 MoreHer violin tone had the needed richness and fullness, but she could play it lightly, conversationally, to etch a beautifully nuanced singing line,
Read MoreThis month, Zubin Mehta, the L.A. Phil’s beloved Music Director Emeritus, returned to conduct a pair of concerts.
Read MoreThe program was both delightful and ingenious, combining Vivaldi’s familiar “Four Seasons” with the less-familiar Venetian gondola songs. I attended both concerts in Aliso Viejo and Northridge.
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