Richard S. Ginell

Finding roses among the thorns with L.A.’s new-music mavens.

The LA Phil offers a glimpse of their upcoming tour.

The thrilling new composition deserves to be in the front ranks of current orchestral repertory.

Mehta, Salonen, and Dudamel join forces in a concert celebrating the ensemble’s history.

Two major choral works, never before performed by the ensemble.

The Venezuelan conductor brings out the best in his new orchestra in wildly different works by Gustav Mahler and Mason Bates.

Christian McBride and Brian Blades join the pianist in an endlessly inventive set of fresh-sounding standards.

Anne Sofie von Otter shines in a Berlioz song cycle.

The line between pop and classical continues to blur, in a three-concert series presented by Christopher Rountree and Anna Bulbrook.

The jazzy Christian McBride Big Band finds common ground with progressive hip-hop from The Roots.