Batiashvili’s masterful Beethoven and Ticciati’s vibrant Dvořák was the LA Phil’s music-making at its finest

United StatesUnited States Batiashvili Plays Beethoven: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 5.1.2025. (LV)

Violinist Lisa Batiashvili plays Beethoven at the Walt Disney Concert Hall © Elizabeth Asher

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Mozart’s Messiah in Los Angeles: When size and space matter

United StatesUnited States Handel-Mozart, Messiah: Graycen Gardner (soprano), Hannah Little (mezzo-soprano), Edmond Rodriguez (tenor), Steve Pence (baritone), Los Angeles Master Chorale and Orchestra / Grant Gershon (artistic director). The Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles. 15.12.2024. (LV)

Soprano Graycen Gardner in the Handel-Mozart Messiah at the Walt Disney Concert Hall © Jamie Pham/LA Master Chorale

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Calidore Quartet and Quartet Integra converge on Mendelssohn and Korngold in Los Angeles

United StatesUnited States Various: Calidore String Quartet (Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan [violins], Jeremy Berry [viola], Estelle Choi [cello]) and Quartet Integra (Kyoka Misawa, Rintaro Kikuno [violins], Itsuki Yamamoto [viola], Ye Un Park, [cello]). Thayer Hall, The Colburn School, Los Angeles. 15.11.2024. (LV)

Sketches of the Calidore Quartet and the Quartet Integra © Larisa Pilinsky.

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Ortiz’s ecological vision and Dudamel’s Shakespearean dream at Disney Hall

United StatesUnited States Ortiz, Mendelssohn: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Jana McIntyre (soprano), Deepa Johnny (mezzo-soprano), María Valverde (narrator), Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Disney Hall, Los Angeles, 3.10.2024. (LV)

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, composer Gabriela Ortiz and cellist Alisa Weilerstein after the premiere of Dzonot © Timothy Norris/LA Phil

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Notes of unity, times of division: Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl in the shadow of the debate

United StatesUnited States Bernstein, Beethoven: Key’mon Murrah (countertenor), Hera Hyesang Park (soprano), Rihab Chaieb (mezzo-soprano), Anthony León (tenor), Dashon Burton (bass), Los Angeles Master Chorale (artistic director: Grant Gershon), Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, 12.9.2024. (LV)

[l-r] Dashon Burton, Rihab Chaieb, Gustavo Dudamel, Anthony León, Hera Hyesang Park, Grant Gershon, Key’mon Murrah © Timothy Norris/LA Phil

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Young talents shine at Verão Clássico: a decade of musical excellence in Lisbon

PortugalPortugal Verão Clássico Festival & Academy 2024 [4] – TalentFest Concerts I-IV: 54 players (violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, flute, accordion, piano). Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon, 24, 25, 26 & 30.7.2024. (LV)

Violinist Filipe Fernandes playing at the Verão Clássico © Andreia Carvalho

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