Los Angeles

A concert staging of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Der Ring des Polykrates is a success for the young company.

Augmented with prerecorded sounds, the Koan Quartet grows a complex sonic ecosystem in Chen’s Other Forests.

The LA Master Chorale sings a serious holiday program.

Organist James Walker and treble vocalist Felicity Robles shine in a delicate David Lang commission.

Pianist Daniil Trifonov gives an electric performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

Soloist Richard Valitutto gives a heroic performance of Sarah Hennies’s SOVT for prepared piano.

The L.A. chamber orchestra veers from Xenakis to classic minimalism to contemporary Baroque and original Baroque in one concert.

The LA Phil New Music Group focuses on the late composer’s works for small ensembles.

The premiere of seven new pieces were just the latest of nearly 50 small-ensemble works that comprise the composer’s magnum opus.

The composer died in the Holocaust, but Jacaranda Music sustains his legacy with a special concert.