The ensemble’s annual summer festival is back at the Doheny Mansion with a focus on Dvořák, Janáček, and fellow Czech composers.
The violist and violinist, longtime members of the ensemble who are both retiring this month, reflect on 40-plus years of championing new music.
The company’s current production of Otto Nicolai’s 1849 singspiel might have just a little too much of everything.
In a program of concertos and showpiece arias, VoM has two powerhouse soloists in violinist Augusta McKay Lodge and soprano Amanda Forsythe.
Music Director Mitsuko Uchida uses her Mozart chops to program a festival that, as usual, is wonderfully out of the ordinary.