Los Angeles

Lots of firsts for the company as Lina González-Granados takes up the baton, the banjo makes an appearance, and an opera for babies debuts.

An impressive range of talent is expected to make the inaugural jazz festival at the performing arts center at Cal State Northridge a major draw.

The orchestra plays a swath of the great composer’s long-form pieces in arrangements.

The New York company is staging performances of Lesson Plan on (where else?) Zoom.

The conductor delivers ebullient performances over the course of two weekends with the LA Phil.

Glasper’s imagination takes off in the wildly eclectic second set, replete with the String Candy Orchestra, a DJ, and electronic voice-overs.

Bright new works from both the curators and their colleagues enliven this concert with the LA Phil New Music Group.

The revered Hollywood Bowl conductor talks about bringing the jazz legend’s symphonic works into the canon, and reveals the challenges of “COVID conducting.”

How the adventurous and determined are navigating the financial burdens of COVID.

The new grants provide extra support to tentpole projects by a variety of arts organizations.