Reviews

Scott Cmiel - February 13, 2024

The 79-year-old master just keeps getting better.

David Bratman - February 13, 2024

From humor to gloom, these players can craft compelling characters with any composition.

Lisa Hirsch - February 12, 2024

The L.A.-based new-music group expands on its survey of Eastman’s works in two transporting performances.

Richard S. Ginell - February 12, 2024

It’s an upgrade over the HBO film, though the opera has few traces of the singer or Nirvana’s music.

Nicholas Jones - February 11, 2024

The soprano delivers an eclectic program based on her album Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene.

Tamzin Elliott - February 6, 2024

In the aftermath of the pandemic, Long Beach Opera’s latest production envisions healing and transformation.

Lisa Hirsch - February 6, 2024

At Cal Performances, the Eco Ensemble brings Cox’s captivating musical theater work The Road to Xibalba to life.

Chrysanthe Tan - February 5, 2024

Even in a concert full of other composers, Williams’s work shows its enduring, outsized impact.

Lev Mamuya - February 5, 2024

In the Double Concerto, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and cellist Pablo Ferrández are inspired.

Jim Farber - January 30, 2024

The music of composers Leilehua Lanzilotti and inti figgis-vizueta is featured in an outdoor setting.