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The former child prodigy has composed The Euterpides, inspired by Greek myth, for the modishly classical American Contemporary Ballet.

A small country’s outsized artistic impact is being explored in a week of concerts curated by composer Unsuk Chin.

The Venezuelan Armenian conductor will succeed James Conlon in the position starting July 2026.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet solos in Gershwin on a concert that also includes Caroline Shaw’s The Observatory.

Singing Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater and selections from Handel’s operas and oratorios, Mobley’s tone is celestial as promised.

Kelsey, who’s singing the title role in Rigoletto at LA Opera, is in demand thanks to his individual voice.

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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