Los Angeles

A concert version of the singer-songwriter’s 1995 concept album is expected to open the venue’s season in daring fashion.

The new-music series celebrates its 30th season with commissions and tributes to Charles Ives, Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez, and Sarah Gibson.

The star singer is at LA Opera and SF Opera this fall, tackling the types of roles he does best.

Caroline Shaw’s work of the same name is the centerpiece of a program about inspiring action beyond the concert hall.

World-class artists associated with the school, from Esa-Pekka Salonen to the Calidore String Quartet, are set to take the stage as well.

The LA Phil makes a splendid production out of Saint-Saëns, nicely setting up the concert’s second half of opera excerpts from Carmen.

At The Ford in L.A., Dorrance Dance shows off its “sophisticated hybrid of dance and music.”

The young pianist is already a great performer, as he shows in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto.

Igor Stravinsky’s venerable modernist masterpiece still has the power to shock, if only you add in helicopters.

The celebrated Mexican singer-songwriter chats with SFCV ahead of her concerts with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil.