Black Experience

Rebecca Wishnia - June 3, 2025

The brother-and-sister duo get their separate chances to shine in several lesser-known works for cello and piano.

Andrew Gilbert - May 28, 2025

Concluding his two-season stint as a resident artistic director, Wiley brings the Bay Area music scene together in an all-embracing evening.

Jeff Kaliss - May 28, 2025

As he prepares to leave his music directorship with the orchestra, Young looks back on a time of transition and innovation.

Yoshi Kato - May 17, 2025

Celebrating Louis Armstrong’s legacy, the project also features classical pianist Cecile Licad and players from Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Emily Wilson - May 13, 2025

It’s a happy marriage for the conductor in his first music directorship and the orchestra looking to preserve and extend its legacy.

Tom Jacobs - May 5, 2025

The Grammy Award winner chats about music as storytelling, how she keeps up her chops on violin, and working with Third Coast Percussion.

Richard S. Ginell - April 22, 2025

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

Tamzin Elliott - April 22, 2025

Carlos Simon’s gospel-meets-classical Mass has a splashy premiere, and Randall Goosby shines in Price’s Second Violin Concerto.

Tom Jacobs - April 14, 2025

Between rehearsals for his new work at the LA Phil, Simon chatted about gospel, family, and how he’s committed to his role at The Kennedy Center.

Richard S. Ginell - April 8, 2025

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