The latest in a long line of conductors to tackle the piece with the LA Phil delivers an urgent, exquisitely paced performance.
Guest conductor Robert Spano led the orchestra in a concert featuring composers who have lived in the state.
Alonzo King’s brilliant new work about heritage is complemented by Ode to Alice Coltrane, a tribute to a jazz great.
Upon Ailey’s return to the Bay, “there is perhaps no better hope for America than in the lines and leaps of this historic dance company.”
In the latest revival of Helgi Tomasson’s 1987 staging, Alban Lendorf gives a distinguished lift to a landmark work of ballet history.
The orchestra’s “Temporal Echoes” concert was inspired by the experiences of the 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires.
The eclectic quartet played Shaw’s alluring melodies and tight harmonies with verve. Everyone had an engrossing, high time.
“Steps Toward Ascent” featured the West Coast premieres of Steve Reich’s Jacob’s Ladder and Vivian Fung’s Ominous.
Composer Gabriella Smith worked to integrate music and the natural world on multiple levels in her SoundBox concert.
Guest-conducting the LA Phil, the Pittsburgh maestro brought painstaking care to a revelatory Tchaikovsky Fifth.
