LA Phil's 'Fidelio' Is an Opera Hit for the Deaf
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Many in the audience were enjoying themselves and applauding in sign language (shaking both hands in the air)…
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A Star-Studded Week With Zubin Mehta, Lang Lang, Yuja
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It’s a star-studded week at the Disney Hall, headlined by LA Phil’s beloved former Music Director Zubin Mehta and superstar (some say popstar) pianists Lang Lang and Yuja Wang.
Read MoreMarch Madness with Hilary Hahn, Mahler Seventh and More
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Hilary Hahn must be the violinist du jour among the Gen Z’s. Large contingents of college kids from around the U.S. showed up in force avidly to hear their idol, and they were not disappointed.
Read MoreSomber Elgar and Tchaikovsky Program Offers Solace, Optimism
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With the war in Ukraine still raging unabated into the second week...this week’s somber LA Phil program is a reflection of the world at large.
Read MoreSalonen Returns with Something Old and Lots of New
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One of the many pleasures of resuming life post-Covid is seeing the return of beloved former Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, always adventurous and daring in his programming.
Read MoreOne Month in Review - 3 Conductors for 3 Pianists in LA
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On February 5, LA Phil went on to new heights with conductor Philippe Jordan, who gave a brilliant Russian program that would not soon be forgotten
Read MoreThibaudet Plays Debussy With a Passion
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Thibaudet produced some marvelous sonorities in “Voiles” and “Des pas sur la neige”, even injecting the impressionist-colored “Hills of Anacapri” (in Sicily) with heated Latin passion.
Read MoreRussian Week 2: Electric Partnership of MTT and Daniil Trifonov
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To describe 28-year-old Daniil Trifonov as classical music’s brightest young star pianist is in a sense to do him a disservice, for he is above all an artist.
Read MoreA Shockingly Good Russian Week with Dudamel and Pianist Seong-Jin Cho
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Cho, 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 Magic Returns in LA Opera's 'Flute'
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Kosky’s staging retains the same whimsical delights– a black widow spider Queen, Monostatos & co. turning to the Rockettes, Pamina and Papageno hopping over rooftops like a video game.
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