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Music Review: Víkingur Ólafsson at Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson gave a performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988 for the ages before an almost-packed...
‘Spring Dances’ at L.A. Dance Project
Founded in 2012 by dancer/choreographer Benjamin Millepied and others, L.A. Dance Project will premiere new and re-mount signature works from their...
Music Review: Karina Canellakis conducts the LA Phil in Mozart, with Inon Barnatan, and Bartok
On Saturday evening at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 43-year-old American conductor Karina Cannellakis led the LA Phil in a program of works of...
Music Review: Yefim Bronfman at Disney Hall
Yefim Bronfman, one of the towering pianists of our time, performed a recital on Wednesday evening at Walt Disney Concert Hall featuring works by...
Anna Lapwood in recital at Walt Disney Concert Hall
On Sunday night, British organist Anna Lapwood rocked Walt Disney Concert Hall with an out-of-this-world organ recital. You heard me right: an organ...
CAP UCLA presents Urban Bush Women dance/theater
Founded in 1984 by dancer/choreographer/theater director and social activist, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Urban Bush Women takes over the stage at Royce...
A look at Jérôme Bel’s choreography with Ariel Osterweis at REDCAT
French choreographer Jérôme Bel is one of a kind. Internationally acclaimed for his envelope-pushing approach to dance and performance, he shares...
Ray Chen and Julio Elizalde rock at Walt Disney Concert Hall
On Wednesday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, acclaimed violinist Ray Chen and pianist Julio Elizalde performed a recital — no, a concert — no, it...
Performance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Dorothy Chandler
AAADT in Kyle Abraham's "Are You in Your Feelings?" / Photo by Paul Kolnik In the first of their recently agreed-upon four-year residency project at...
Music Review: Salastina performs Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
On Saturday night at Barrett Hall at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, members of Salastina performed a chamber music masterpiece: the Piano...
Popkin brings his dance zoo to REDCAT
Thirty-year dance veteran, interim UCLA dean and REDCAT returnee, Lionel Popkin brings his durational retrospective, “Reorient the Orient,” to the...
Musica Angelica presents A Bach Festival
Musica Angelica presents A Bach Festival on Saturday and Sunday, March 23 and 24, at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. An Afternoon...
Music Review: Susanna Mälkki conducts Brahms with Daniil Trifonov
The Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki conducted the LA Phil in three works on Saturday night, including the Academic Festival Overture Op....
A Double Feature at LA Opera: Highway 1, USA & The Dwarf
Dress yourself to the nines, toast yourselves with champagne, and treat your date to two operas for the price of one in the lustrous Dorothy...