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Horner’s ‘Pas de Deux’ gets U.S. premiere with LA Phil at Hollywood Bowl
Rick Schultz
August 17, 2016
Brooding, elegiac, melancholic, warm and uplifting have been adjectives used to describe the late James Horner’s music.
David Newman brings ‘Star Trek’ to the Bowl
Rick Schultz
June 2, 2016
Not many people can claim the kind of Trekkie credibility that composer-conductor David Newman can.
Pianist Inon Barnatan to bewitch audience with one of Mozart’s greatest concertos
Rick Schultz
August 13, 2014
Soloists such as Van Cliburn and, more recently, Lang Lang, made their mark on the world’s stage at a relatively young age. But such careers often hit a plateau or, worse, suffer burnout. Other artists, like the 35-year-old Israeli-born pianist Inon Barnatan, grow more gradually.
Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s musical Shabbat
Susan Freudenheim
December 10, 2013
If Disney Hall has competition for beautiful acoustics in a magnificent setting, it is Wilshire Boulevard Temple.
Semyon Bychkov on Bruckner
Jewish Journal
November 13, 2013
If anyone can lay claim to the moniker “citizen of the world,” it is Semyon Bychkov. Born in Russia, the conductor, who leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic starting Nov. 15, now boasts U.S. citizenship, but lives in Paris with his wife, pianist Marielle Labèque, among other places all over Europe.
‘Fluid Infinities’ displays architecture in motion at the Hollywood Bowl
Jewish Journal
August 28, 2013
If you were to assume that Jacques Heim, the bold and much-praised founder of the Diavolo Dance Theater was a choreographer, no one would blame you. Diavolo is, after all, a dance company, and Heim, a roguish Frenchman who talks quickly and passionately about his art, seems to fulfill all the prerequisites of the profession. But you would be wrong, at least according to him.
‘Woven Words’ Celebrates Lutoslawski: Salonen reflects on mentor’s symphonies
Jewish Journal
November 21, 2012
Music historians will remember Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) as one of the greatest symphonists of the 20th century. The Los Angeles Philharmonic remembers him as a partner, an artistic collaborator and a regular part of the orchestra’s programming.
Neighborhood Music School hits 100
Jewish Journal
October 11, 2012
While the Emmy Awards were under way at downtown’s Nokia Theatre on Sept. 23, a very different — but no less emotional — celebration of the arts took place less than half an hour away in the leafy residential community of San Marino.
Leonard Slatkin’s last stand at the Hollywood Bowl?
Rick Schultz
June 13, 2012
Maybe it was his heart attack during a concert in Rotterdam in 2009, or perhaps it’s just a matter of aging, but conductor Leonard Slatkin, a venerable fixture with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl for many years, is now thinking about summer as vacation time.
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