Los Angeles

Your cheat sheet to great music festivals across California and the West.

Emma O’Halloran’s techno-tinged music clothes the drama perfectly in tales of Dublin’s downtrodden.

Much as he loves Bach and Mozart, the insightful pianist has a lot more than that going on in his performances — and in his personal life.

From audience behavior and revenue to questions of repertoire and representation, arts leaders have a lot on their plates currently.

From world premieres to special guests to concerts at seven different venues around Southern California, LACO will extend its reach in 2023–2024.

Jessie Montgomery’s appealing, resourceful L.E.S. Characters has a happy premiere alongside Charles Ives’s pastoral Symphony No. 3.

The composer and violist make music out of shared memories of the Lower East Side of New York.

With high-energy gestures, Payare brought excitement, lighting a fire under the orchestra.

Concerts from Jacaranda and the Hear Now Festival show a broad spectrum of musical possibilities.

The group’s ambitious Doppelgänger project pairs the composer’s late chamber works with challenging new commissions.