A Memorable Week with Violinists Itzhak Perlman and Anne-Sophie Mutter
/As a team, Mutter and Ferrández worked well together, him taking the lead in introducing the themes, and her matching the cello in warmth and brilliance.
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As a team, Mutter and Ferrández worked well together, him taking the lead in introducing the themes, and her matching the cello in warmth and brilliance.
Read MoreFrank Gehry, the hall’s architect, reconfigured the concert stage into an opera house’s orchestra pit. A platform above the pit is the actual stage where the actions take place, as well as the platform ring circling the front...
Read MoreThe greatly expanded orchestra featured four flutes, eight horns, two harps, an assortment of percussion, including a celeste, cowbells and a gigantic purpose-built sledgehammer…
Read MoreSpanish violinist María Dueñas played like a force of nature and with a winning smile, even after she broke the strings on her Strad…
Read MoreMany in the audience were enjoying themselves and applauding in sign language (shaking both hands in the air)…
Read MoreCho, born in 1994, commands the technical brilliance and expressive power to rival and, in some cases, top the best of them. His K-pop star good looks did not hurt, either.
Read MoreThe latest to visit L.A. was German/Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili, who played the Tchaikovsky d-minor Violin Concerto in a glossy, lyrical fashion that matched the shine of her flowing silver gown.
Read MoreL.A. Phil's new confidence of playing could be felt immediately in the heart-pounding opening bars of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture.
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