Los Angeles

With a complement of string players, the Los Angeles-based group has a unique sound and repertory.

Tod Machover’s raucous theater piece is at UCLA this month, part of the Herb Alpert School of Music’s anniversary for Schoenberg.

Julia Adolphe’s Chrysalis, her third LA Phil commission focusing on metamorphosis, shares the bill with music by Maurice Ravel.

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The soloist resurrects the Armenian composer’s Piano Concerto and several solo works in a new recording.

Celebrating Louis Armstrong’s legacy, the project also features classical pianist Cecile Licad and players from Jazz at Lincoln Center.

The orchestra celebrates its connection to the modernist maestro with a bold, innovative concert.

This new ensemble, composed of seasoned Hollywood session players, has its first concert coming up.

The ensemble will dig into lesser-known works by Beethoven, Verdi, and Fanny Mendelssohn, plus several world premieres.

Pekka Kuusisto plays Bryce Dessner’s Violin Concerto, and the orchestra speeds through Beethoven’s “Eroica” with verve.