Los Angeles

SFCV’s writers report on topics relevant to the Los Angeles area.

Steven Vargas - February 2, 2025

Sound plays as important a role as movement in Driscoll’s recent work, which arrives on the West Coast this week.

Richard S. Ginell - January 28, 2025

Under conductor Eun Sun Kim, the Rachmaninoff-heavy concert also includes composer Nico Muhly’s latest work.

Harlow Robinson - January 28, 2025

Brett Mitchell leads the orchestra congenially, with Inon Barnatan soloing in Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement.

Victoria Looseleaf - January 26, 2025

The South African artist’s latest stage work arrives at The Wallis next week and then Cal Performances later this winter.

Harlow Robinson - January 22, 2025

The group’s latest concert, “Lift Every Voice,” comforts fire-ravaged Los Angeles the day before the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Victoria Looseleaf - January 21, 2025

LAB’s artistic director is reviving her 2023 evening-length Holocaust remembrance piece set to Max Richter’s music.

Tom Jacobs - January 20, 2025

Belmont Music Publishers, run by one of the composer’s sons, has lost its entire catalog of some 100,000 scores and parts.

Victoria Looseleaf - January 19, 2025

The ensemble’s Black History Month concerts promise to serve as an ear-opener.

Tom Jacobs - January 10, 2025

The LA Phil, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and other organizations have scrapped or postponed a full weekend of performances.

Richard S. Ginell - January 7, 2025

Violinist Lisa Batiashvili is brilliant in Beethoven, and the orchestra responds marvelously to Ticciati.