Under guest conductor Matthias Pintscher, LACO plays standards by French composers with the requisite elegance and lyricism.
Composer Michael Abels’s searing setting of poetry by Nikky Finney expertly balances string playing, choral singing, and recitation.
Cool Britannia, a triple bill of works by Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon, and Akram Khan, invites visceral reactions.
Choreographer Ohad Naharin’s 2022 masterpiece is filled with hypnotic imagery co-created by company members.
Strong singing and direction give Béla Bartók’s one-act chiller plenty of thrills in this production from OSJ’s Shawna Lucey.
The star soloist strides confidently through Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.
Cellist Inbal Segev, dancers from Berkeley Ballet Theater, and spectacular lighting all contribute to the motion of Clyne’s concerto.
Conductor Xian Zhang returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall with this rarity, and pianist George Li plays Tchaikovsky.
On her latest album, Kopatchinskaja gives standout performances of unusual works by composers forced to flee their homelands.
Cho plays a completely captivating concert that features the composer’s complete solo piano works.
