Simon Cohen

In his “Carte Blanche” recital for Music@Menlo, Bavouzet will play the composer’s complete solo piano works, all in a single afternoon.

The pianist’s interpretation is feisty and exuberant, full of adventurous twists.

The flutist and singer is mesmerizing as she presents her second album live at Cal Performances.

At Cal Performances, the ambitious player takes in works we normally think of as for the piano.

The tenor and pianist Wenwen Du render Schubert’s radical emotional extremes with total commitment.

Igor Levit’s performance of Ferruccio Busoni’s Piano Concerto is a radical and refreshing experience.

Conductor John Nelsons, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, and collaborators give great performances of Roméo et Juliette and Cléopâtre.

Stranger Love, a monumental new opera by Dylan Mattingly, astonishes in its premiere at the LA Phil.

Jane Glover conducts a concert of works by the two Baroque heavyweights, with mixed results.

The Takács Quartet’s first violinist tracks his own history and those of favorite composers in Distant Melodies: Music in Search of Home.