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Richard S. Ginell

Richard S. Ginell writes regularly about music for the Los Angeles Times, Musical America.com, Classical Voice North America, and American Record Guide.  He has also contributed to Gramophone and The Strad, among many other publications. In another lifetime, he was chief music critic of the Los Angeles Daily News.

Articles by this Author

Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
October 29, 2018
Thomas Dausgaard Surveys Seldom-Played Nordic Music With the L.A. Chamber Orchestra
BY Richard S. Ginell

LACO shows its strengths throughout the challenging, unusual program from Seattle Symphony’s upcoming music director.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
October 16, 2018
Herbie Hancock Joins Forces With Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil
BY Richard S. Ginell

Hancock’s powerful jazz ignited sparks on stage — with the orchestra and without.

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Jazz Review
October 16, 2018
Angel City Jazz Festival Closes With a Wadada Leo Smith World Premiere
BY Richard S. Ginell

The visionary jazz artist continues to find new expression through his compositions and personal performances.

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Jazz Review
September 24, 2018
Wynton Marsalis Does His Own Carnival of the Animals
BY Richard S. Ginell

Two masterful orchestras put the jazz back in “Jazz at the Bowl.”

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
August 21, 2018
Dudamel, LA Phil Teams With Rodrigo y Gabriela in Latin-American Fest
BY Richard S. Ginell

The orchestra’s contributions were minimal in an evening that featured flamenco-tinged guitar pyrotechnics.

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Opera Review
July 2, 2018
Pacific Opera Project Does It to Rossini's La Gazzetta
BY Richard S. Ginell

Fun, silliness, and some great music abound in the West-Coast premiere of this buffa rarity.

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Artist Spotlight
Patricia Kopatchinskaja Directs Her First Ojai Festival
June 5, 2018
Patricia Kopatchinskaja Directs Her First Ojai Festival
BY Richard S. Ginell

The virtuoso violinist brings her relentless curiosity and unbridled passion for new music to the pioneering festival.

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Opera Review
May 29, 2018
Matthew Aucoin's Crossing Explores Walt Whitman's Psyche
BY Richard S. Ginell

L.A. Opera's ambitious, 28-year-old artist-in-residence brings his first work to the Off Grand series.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
May 22, 2018
Schumann Cycle Launches at LA Phil
BY Richard S. Ginell

Dudamel conducts the Symphony No. 2, and Mitsuko Uchida is soloist in the composer’s Piano Concerto.

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Chamber Music Review
May 22, 2018
All-Spanish Program Closes Jacaranda's 15th Season
BY Richard S. Ginell

A lively concert awakens interest in authentically Spanish composers.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
May 15, 2018
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra Grabs Our Attention and Holds It
BY Richard S. Ginell

Diverse programming and relaxed etiquette make an enjoyable experience.

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Modern Classical Review
February 15, 2018
Morton Subotnick Revivifies Silver Apples of The Moon for Its 50th Anniversary
BY Richard S. Ginell

The technology has been updated, but the music is faithful to the original recording.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
December 18, 2017
Michael Tilson Thomas Steps in for Zubin Mehta at the Los Angeles Philharmonic
BY Richard S. Ginell

S.F. Symphony’s music director was right at home at Disney Hall in a program featuring Bruckner’s Seventh.

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Artist Review
December 12, 2017
Guitar Legend John McLaughlin Retires With an Incendiary Farewell Concert
BY Richard S. Ginell

The founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra burns bright with his innovative mélange of jazz, rock, and Indian themes in the final concert of his last tour.

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Artist Spotlight
John Mauceri on Bernstein and Beyond
November 28, 2017
John Mauceri on Bernstein and Beyond
BY Richard S. Ginell

The noted conductor talks about his mentor, colleague, and friend Leonard Bernstein, and about his own adventures on the podium.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
November 21, 2017
Bernstein’s Theater Music Gets Retrospective From John Mauceri and a Lot of Friends
BY Richard S. Ginell

The show at the Valley Performing Arts Center in L.A. featured the New West Symphony and a lot of lesser-known musical highlights.

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