SFCV’s writers report on topics relevant to the Los Angeles area. Music News Long Beach Opera Devotes 2025 Season to Pauline Oliveros Tom Jacobs - November 26, 2024 The experimental company takes on the work of one of America’s most vibrant musical thinkers. Artist Spotlight LA Phil Violinist Bing Wang: Making Music With Purpose 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.” Review Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures Gets a Perceptive Production From East West Players Harlow Robinson - November 22, 2024 Los Angeles’ storied Asian American theater company does justice to this underrated musical masterpiece. Review At Disney Hall, Lightscape Journeys Into an Endangered American West Jim Farber - November 19, 2024 Film and live performance intertwine in this multimedia work about a world on the brink of destruction. Review Joe Hisaishi’s Harp Concerto Gets a First Hearing at the LA Phil Jim Farber - November 19, 2024 The famous film composer conducts his own work on a program that also includes Pictures at an Exhibition. Review Pianist Behzod Abduraimov Relates to the Russian Soul Harlow Robinson - November 19, 2024 Abduraimov returns to staple repertoire by Sergei Prokofiev and Modest Mussorgsky in a recital tour of the West Coast. Music News Pacific Symphony Welcomes New Music Director Alexander Shelley 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. Review LA Phil and Conductor Daniel Harding Illuminate Benjamin Britten’s Nocturne Richard S. Ginell - November 12, 2024 The orchestra, joined by tenor Andrew Staples, gives its first performances of this rather underrated 1958 song cycle. Preview Pianist Lara Downes Explores American Migrations With Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 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. Preview Heidi Duckler Is Los Angeles’ “Queen of Site-Specific Dance” 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. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 … Next › Next page Last » Last page