The Irish composer's hour-long opera will have its U.S. premiere on March 24 with the LA Phil New Music Group, led by Thomas Adès.
The conductor electrified the orchestra, even as his packed schedule makes him an unlikely music director pick.
The violinist, who played for the on-deck scenes of James Cameron’s Titanic, will turn 100 on April 5.
Isabelle Faust championed Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto and Dinis Sousa conducted Huang Ruo’s topical Tipping Point.
In its first season without Gustavo Dudamel, the orchestra’s appetite for adventure is undimmed.
Conductor Daniele Rustioni and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott made strong first impressions in music by Brahms and Antonín Dvořák.
