Los Angeles

SFCV’s writers report on topics relevant to the Los Angeles area.

Tom Jacobs - November 26, 2024

The experimental company takes on the work of one of America’s most vibrant musical thinkers.

Victoria Looseleaf - November 26, 2024

The orchestra’s associate concertmaster understands that, in life as in music, “you can’t sit back and be passive and follow.”

Harlow Robinson - November 22, 2024

Los Angeles’ storied Asian American theater company does justice to this underrated musical masterpiece.

Jim Farber - November 19, 2024

Film and live performance intertwine in this multimedia work about a world on the brink of destruction.

Jim Farber - November 19, 2024

The famous film composer conducts his own work on a program that also includes Pictures at an Exhibition.

Harlow Robinson - November 19, 2024

Abduraimov returns to staple repertoire by Sergei Prokofiev and Modest Mussorgsky in a recital tour of the West Coast.

Victoria Looseleaf - November 19, 2024

Shelley is only the third leader on the podium in the orchestra’s five-decade history, succeeding the long-serving Carl St. Clair.

Richard S. Ginell - November 12, 2024

The orchestra, joined by tenor Andrew Staples, gives its first performances of this rather underrated 1958 song cycle.

Michael Zwiebach - November 12, 2024

Connecting Aaron Copland’s Billy the Kid with the music of Black cowboys started Downes on a journey that she’ll share in this concert.

Victoria Looseleaf - November 12, 2024

The choreographer’s company will be responding to both space and sound in an “exploratory opera” by experimental musician Julia Edith Rigby.