Laurence Vittes – Page 4 – Seen and Heard International

From Haydn to tomorrow: Beatrice Rana and the Chaos Quartet under southern stars

23/07/202522/07/2025 by Laurence Vittes

Italy Classiche Forme 2025 [1] – (tra parentesi): Chaos String Quartet (Susanne Schäffer and Eszter Kruchió [violins], Sara Marzadori [viola], Bas Jongen [cello]), Beatrice Rana (piano). Masseria Le Stanzie, Supersano, 19.7.2025. (LV)

Beatrice Rana playing Robert Schumann with the Chaos Quartet at Supersano © Flavio Ianniello

Mozart amid the ruins: classical resilience in Southern California from Melodia Mariposa

11/04/202510/04/2025 by Laurence Vittes

United States Mozart: LA Opera Principal Winds – Leslie Reed, Jennifer Cullinan (oboe, English horn), Heather Clark, Sarah Weisz (flute), Donald Foster, Laura Stoutenborough (clarinet), William May, William Wood (bassoon), Steven Becknell, Allen Fogle (French horn). Presented by Melodia Mariposa, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, 29.3.2025. (LV)

LA Opera Orchestra’s principal winds play Mozart in Westminster Presbyterian Church © Melodia Mariposa

When audiences roar: Yunchan Lim’s triumph with the LSO in Costa Mesa

25/02/2025 by Laurence Vittes

United States Rachmaninoff, Mahler: Yunchan Lim (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa, 20.2.2025. (LV)

Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO at Segerstrom Hall © Philharmonic Society of Orange County/Drew A. Kelley

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra brings classical vitality to the Westside

23/02/202523/02/2025 by Laurence Vittes

United States Impressionists – Pintscher + Debussy + Ravel: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra / Matthias Pintscher (conductor). The Wallis, Beverly Hills, 16.2.2025. (LV)

Matthias Pintscher and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra at The Wallis © Brian Feinsimer

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

06/02/2025 by Laurence Vittes

United 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

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

11/01/2025 by Laurence Vittes

United 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

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

05/01/202523/12/2024 by Laurence Vittes

United 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

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

19/11/2024 by Laurence Vittes

United 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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