Los Angeles

In Fragments, the acclaimed cellist asks audiences to abandon preconceived notions about contemporary compositions and concert culture.

In a major recital for LA Opera, the tenor sings three world premieres dealing directly with being proudly gay.

The orchestra salutes architect Frank Gehry in its just-announced new season.

SFCV chats with the conductor and pianist, who takes the stage with his former ensemble to solo in a new concerto by his son Gabriel.

The music of Billy Childs, Gabriella Smith, and Steven Mackey interprets the threat to California’s oldest living things.

Music Director James Conlon devises a citywide celebration of the composer ahead of LA Opera’s production of Pelléas and Mélisande.

The company realizes Jack Perla’s one-act An American Dream in vivid detail.

The Soraya brings to fruition a trilogy of works celebrating native California trees that are now threatened by climate change.

The Pasadena Playhouse offers a glimmering revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical about art and artists.

Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice, a 1969 piece very different from his up-tempo jazz standards, gets two performances in L.A. this month.