A Frenchman In America Plays Gershwin and Ravel
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Hélène Grimaud was the soloist in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G-Major. She brought her own individual stamp of crisp articulation and unsentimental phrasing to the piece
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Ancient Rome Is New Again in L.A. Opera’s ‘Clemenza di Tito’
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Visually, the LA Opera production is a stunner. The grand mise-en-scène of Thaddeus Strassberger, dramatic lighting of JAX Messenger, and brilliant costumes by Mattie Ullrich all come together to evoke the classical grandeur of Ancient Rome.
Read MorePacific Symphony’s “Butterfly” Soars to Tragic Heights
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Korean lyric soprano Yunah Lee is a touching, detailed and delicate Cio-Cio-San, more adapt, perhaps, in emotional force and tragic power of Acts II and III than as a fifteen-year-old Geisha girl of Act I.
Read MoreConductor Simone Young Brings High Drama to Britten and Strauss
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To Los Angeles, conductor Simone Young brought her keen sense of drama and theatricality to the music of Britten and Strauss.
Read MoreLA Phil’s Double-Delight: John Williams Celebration on Dudamel’s Birthday
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Beyond all the pomp, comedy and magic, John Williams’ music is also capable of great emotion, as evidenced in the Theme from Schindler’s Lis, played poignantly by violinist Simone Porter.
Read MoreMozart and Beethoven in Harmony with Modernism
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On January 27, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, in co-partnership with Classical KUSC, presented an evening of new and old “Mozart + Beethoven’s Fifth featuring a world premiere by Sara Gibson” at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
Read MoreHubbard Street Dance Chicago, Mesmerizing Minimalism in Five Numbers
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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Third Coast Percussion premiered excerpts from their collaborative works at Wallis Annenberg Center.
Read MoreAiling 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.
Read MoreMandolinist 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.
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