Los Angeles

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

Richard S. Ginell - January 10, 2023

Unusual works by Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, and Heitor Villa-Lobos highlight a concert with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

Victoria Looseleaf - January 3, 2023

The company is finding the fun in the composer’s seldom-heard Ercole su’l Termodonte.

SFCV Editors - December 20, 2022

Offered without critique, a smorgasbord of recorded music released this year.

Victoria Looseleaf - December 19, 2022

The Music Center’s annual marathon performance on Christmas Eve promises to be bigger and better than ever.

Michael Zwiebach - December 13, 2022

Lina González-Granados will conduct singers of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program in a concert production.

Richard S. Ginell - December 13, 2022

The orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel were once again the stars of this three-night multimedia production.

Josef Woodard - December 13, 2022

Juan Pablo Contreras’s Lucha Libre! kicked off a program that also featured Gil Shaham playing Dvořák’s Violin Concerto.

Richard S. Ginell - December 6, 2022

It’s a heavy lift, but the LA Phil does manage to swing.

SFCV Editors - November 29, 2022

The season of renewal is upon us. Here’s our annual long list of concerts that will help you recharge and prepare for the new year.

Richard S. Ginell - November 29, 2022

The Spanish conductor brings out the very best in the orchestra for what was anything but a routine performance.