Rick Schultz
Ax at ease playing piano concerto by Schoenberg
Emanuel Ax, one of the most beloved pianists of his generation, is as amiable and ebullient over the phone as he is onstage.
Ax at ease playing piano concerto by Schoenberg
Emanuel Ax, one of the most beloved pianists of his generation, is as amiable and ebullient over the phone as he is onstage.
Kahane’s farewell gift to Los Angeles
Jeffrey Kahane, who steps down as music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) this season, started thinking about a series of concerts and events touching on themes of tolerance, compassion, cooperation and creativity when his tenure, the longest in the orchestra’s history, began 20 years ago.
Israel Philharmonic gets a hand again from violin soloist Julian Rachlin
In the 1930s, the great violinist Bronislaw Huberman envisioned an orchestra that would enhance the prestige of Jews all over the world and become a vehicle for peace.
Schoenberg finds right combo for a concerto like no other
Talk to some contemporary composers about past greats like Mozart or Beethoven and their eyes glaze over.
Recovering classical voices lost to the Nazi regime
“Strip-mining the Jewish musical past, even when done with the best of intentions, doesn\’t serve the goals of remembrance or history,” James Loeffler wrote in a 2013 article for Tablet. Or, he added, of “good music.”
Pianist puts lesser-known music front and center stage
If ever a music series represented one person’s vision, it’s Le Salon de Musiques, founded by French-American pianist Francois Chouchan in 2010.