Los Angeles

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

Tim Greiving - March 5, 2024

A number of well-known composers have died on the job and received Academy Award nominations for their final works.

Tom Jacobs - March 5, 2024

In his penultimate year with the orchestra, Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel plans to have fun with a favorite composer.

Victoria Looseleaf - March 4, 2024

Coppél-i.A., arriving in SoCal this week, is a contemporary telling of a classic story from choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot.

Lev Mamuya - March 4, 2024

Conductor Susanna Mälkki leads an LA Phil premiere and then collaborates with Daniil Trifonov on Brahms’s Second Piano Concerto.

Jim Farber - March 3, 2024

Monday Evening Concerts is the city’s longest-running new-music series, but many similar efforts in L.A. share the same family tree.

Richard S. Ginell - February 27, 2024

The six-hour double concert is filled with surprises and welcome guest appearances.

Richard S. Ginell - February 27, 2024

William Grant Still’s Highway 1 captures headlines, but Alexander Zemlinsky’s The Dwarf is powerful in its revival.

Josef Woodard - February 25, 2024

The pianist takes Schubert’s song as a starting point for a wide-ranging and poetic look at dream states.

Victoria Looseleaf - February 23, 2024

The L.A. company is presenting “ACB Jazz” in an underground performance space and bringing in two comedians as well.

Yoshi Kato - February 21, 2024

Musicians are expanding the Gershwin favorite to represent a more diverse understanding of America.