Women in Music

Harlow Robinson - May 20, 2025

Julia Adolphe’s Chrysalis, her third LA Phil commission focusing on metamorphosis, shares the bill with music by Maurice Ravel.

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.

Victoria Looseleaf - April 24, 2025

Mack is drawing on wells of passion, charisma, and technique to sing roles in Ainadamar at LA Opera and Idomeneo at SF Opera.

Victoria Looseleaf - April 22, 2025

Son shares how everything from rehearsals to romance to writing a newspaper column has informed her music-making.

Janos Gereben - April 22, 2025

The annual convocation of composers in Santa Cruz has announced its 2025 season, which, like previous summers, is stacked with premieres.

Scott Cmiel - April 15, 2025

Playing for a packed house, Vidovic shows why guitar lovers idolize her.

Michael Zwiebach - April 12, 2025

Alsop’s first subscription appearance with the orchestra is highlighted by Gabriela Montero’s brilliant First Piano Concerto, the composer soloing.

Harlow Robinson - April 8, 2025

Louise Farrenc’s enchanting Nonet, along with recent works by Nokuthula Ngwenyama and Sarah Gibson, highlight an imaginative program.

Rebecca Wishnia - April 8, 2025

The violinist, joined by longtime collaborator Lambert Orkis, shines especially in the rarely played Sonata by Ottorino Respighi.

Janos Gereben - April 8, 2025

The band members say they’ve “witnessed a true renaissance of Ukrainian music” following the 2022 Russian invasion of their country.