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los angeles chamber orchestra
Kahane’s farewell gift to Los Angeles
Rick Schultz
January 11, 2017
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.
Conductor Joshua Weilerstein to debut with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Rick Schultz
April 15, 2015
In the old days, the conductor was king. Fritz Reiner, George Szell and Arturo Toscanini, for example, were leaders in the style of the film “Whiplash,” notorious for abusing musicians who didn’t meet their demands. But Joshua Weilerstein is one of a new breed of gentler, kinder conductors.
Charlie Chaplin’s funniest film to be accompanied by orchestra
Rick Schultz
June 4, 2014
Imagine being 23 years old and summoned to Hollywood by Charlie Chaplin to work on his 1936 comedy classic, “Modern Times” — then being fired by the legendary star/director/writer after a week and a half. And then rehired.
The (almost) hardest-working man in classical music
David Mermelstein
September 21, 2007
\”I have the great good fortune to have an ear to the ground and a great many wonderful colleagues,\” Kahane said of his network of music-world sources, mostly fellow musicians with whom the conductor has formed strong bonds.
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