Los Angeles

The gala event is filled with star wattage and a delayed world premiere.

The Orange County ensemble is back on stage doing what it does best.

The “first mariachi opera” resonates with timely themes and timeless sentimentality.

Three new positions deliver on an earlier promise to shake up leadership at the orchestra.

The jazz pianist and his touring band sound better than ever, and bassist esperanza spalding provides a perfect opening set.

The music of Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz weaves a thread through a COVID-postponed anniversary season.

Despite the homecoming theme, the limelight was on six emerging composers for this year’s welcome return to a live festival.

The company opens its season with a new production of Verdi’s flawed masterpiece.

The new-music fest celebrates its 10th anniversary online with seven concerts featuring fresh compositions and Hear Now’s first commission.

As performances return, musicians have to be prepared for the stresses of the job. Here’s how they do it.