Tag: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
BEST BETS: May 11th – May 17th
The world premiere of Tyshawn Sorey's "For Marilyn Crispell" tops my picks this week
Composer Juhi Bansal and the Sound of What Remains
"I’ve never put anything this personal into a piece of music before. I don’t think it ever fully stops affecting you."
Best Bets: March 23rd – March 29th
The first week of spring has many a Giant amongst the cultural offerings!
CONGRATULATIONS: Mx. Justin Vivian Bond – 2024 MacArthur Fellow
"Happiness is a skill that you develop and also something that you can't be all the time."
Composer Nina Shekhar Offers You Her Glitter Monster
"There's no rule that says you can't do this. This tradition has evolved over time because of that."
Marc-André Hamelin: A Franck Conversation About His Music
"A recital is really a one-to-one act of communication. And offering, an act of sharing with the audience."
Brian Lauritzen Makes Classical Music Easy
"Who I am in the world of classical music is someone who says you may think that it's a difficult entry point, but here's how it's easy. "
Marc Lowenstein Lives in This Present Time
"It's only by letting go and having a tremendous amount of throughput, I think, that you can really find the meaning in the moments."
Gabriel Kahane Gets Personal with “Heirloom”
"I think if composers are being honest, whenever we assign a program to abstract instrumental music, we're always doing a little bit of myth-making."
Gabriel Kahane Gets Political
"Trying to open people's hearts feels more politically useful than trying to convince people of something."