Los Angeles

With an ambitious commissioning project, collaborations with major L.A. artists, and festivals and special projects galore, the new season shapes up to be a blockbuster.

The Cello Concerto was one of three Salonen concertos on display in L.A. this weekend.

The creators of this big production avoid the issues.

The young ensemble is breaking new ground musically and culturally in Los Angeles.

It’s a dance! It’s a lifestyle! It’s a whipped topping! Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project seems to be about more than the movement implies.

Your first challenge is finding it, but that’s kind of the point, pilgrim.

S.F. Symphony’s music director was right at home at Disney Hall in a program featuring Bruckner’s Seventh.

The founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra burns bright with his innovative mélange of jazz, rock, and Indian themes in the final concert of his last tour.

The scaled-down song cycle is inspired by stories from Lydia Davis.

If you’re interested in composing for movies, TV, video games, or anywhere else, it’s no longer enough to fill up a page with notes.