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 MoreEast Meets West: A Magnificent Chorus of Prayers for Unity
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Esmail’s musical style is unabashedly melodic, a beautifully seamless fusion of Western and Eastern (Indian) classical traditions.
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 MoreDomingo’s Star Shines Brightly in a Dark “Don Carlo”
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At age 78, Mr. Domingo is neither the most elegant of Verdi baritones nor the most lustrous, but his tones are so personal, the expression so warm in humanity, that make his Rodrigo so memorable.
Read MoreA Stirring Mozart Requiem Opens LA Master Chorale New Season
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After the opening concert, the Master Chorale will resume their Lagrime di San Pietro world tour, jet-setting between L.A. and cities in Australia, Mexico and Europe.
Read MoreMother’s Day with Mother Goose and Labèque Sisters
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Bychkov’s version of Antonin Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7 was decidedly not your grandfather’s mellow, good-natured walk in the Bohemian forest. Rather, it was fiery, edgy, dramatic…
Read MoreGergiev Brings Mariinsky Orchestra to L.A. in an All-Russian Concert
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Gergiev met his match in pianist Denis Matsuev, who stunned in the power and clarity of his playing, romping through the four movements of the concerto with equal fun and ease.
Read MoreRiccardo Muti Leads Chicago Symphony in Memorable L.A. Debut
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the hall overflowed to capacity and a long line formed outside hoping to land tickets. Many in the audience were L.A. Phil musicians, past and present, coming to pay homage to a storied American orchestra.
Read MoreMaster pianist Murray Perahia makes the unplayable really beautiful
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Perahia weaved the staggeringly complex contrapuntal lines with note-perfect clarity and, above all, heavenly beauty.
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