Laurence Vittes

From Brahms to Lockenkopf: Tatjana Masurenko’s viola-centric feast at LA’s Colburn School

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United StatesUnited States Various – Colburn Presents Viola Plus: Martin Beaver, Margaret Batjer (violins), Tatjana Masurenko (viola), Peter Lloyd (double bass), Alexandra Hötz (soprano). Los Angeles Viola Ensemble and students. Thayer Hall, Colburn School, Los Angeles, 1.2.2025. (LV)

Martin Beaver, Sam Glicklich, Tatjana Masurenko, Sengyu Meng and Peter Lloyd play Vaughan Williams

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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