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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LACO’s sad last stand at Royce Hall in Los Angeles

United StatesUnited States Skye, Mozart, Beethoven, ‘Horizons: Beethoven + Skye’: Tereza Stanislav (violin), Yura Lee (viola), Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra / Jaime Martín (conductor). UCLA Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 21.4.2024. (LV)

Tereza Stanislav (violin), Yura Lee (viola) and Jaime Martín (conductor) © Brian Feinzimer

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