Richard S. Ginell

Conducting his friend Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater, Salonen makes the best case for this disturbing, sometimes dreamlike opera.

The pioneering minimalist composer is honored over two evenings, and his music seems to speak to the ethos of everyone onstage.

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

The soloist resurrects the Armenian composer’s Piano Concerto and several solo works in a new recording.

The orchestra celebrates its connection to the modernist maestro with a bold, innovative concert.

Pekka Kuusisto plays Bryce Dessner’s Violin Concerto, and the orchestra speeds through Beethoven’s “Eroica” with verve.

The world premiere of Chaya Czernowin’s timely lament highlights the orchestra’s latest Green Umbrella concert, curated by Daníel Bjarnason.

Bancroft impresses in a Nordic-themed concert that also has pianist Yeol Eum Son playing Mozart.

Under conductor Jader Bignamini, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra delivers an impressive recording of this endlessly fascinating score.

Kicking off The Soraya’s LA Seen festival, Blanchard plays excerpts from Champion and Fire Shut Up in My Bones.