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Recommended Concert: ECO ENSEMBLE TOSHIO HOSOKAWA PORTRAIT CONCERT (Cal Performances at UC Berkeley)
CAL PERFORMANCES AT UC BERKELEY PRESENTSECO ENSEMBLETOSHIO HOSOKAWA PORTRAIT CONCERTFEATURING STACEY PELINKA, FLUTESSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 AT 8PMIN HERTZ HALL Cal Performances at UC Berkeley welcomes back the university’s ensemble-in-residence, Eco Ensemble, in a concert showcasing the music of Toshio Hosokawa, one of Japan’s pre-eminent living composers, on Saturday, February 5 at 8pm at Hertz Hall. The…
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Music Review: HOLIDAY SING-ALONG (LA Phil at Disney Hall)
A SING-ALONG WHERE WE DIDN’T SING ALONG WORKED OUT SWELL The matinee performance of LA Phil’s Holiday Sing-Along last Saturday was festive, kitschy and funny. Due to COVID, the concert’s annual sing-along format shifted into a fully presented performance. But truly, except for the returnee, one would ever know that it wasn’t normal that patrons…
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Music, Dance, Theater & Concerts: THE BROAD STAGE (Santa Monica)
The Broad Stage is presenting these twenty-eight attractions Jan to June 2022 Subscription packages, starting at $47, are on sale at thebroadstage.org or 310.434.3200. Premieres — The Broad Stage is a theatre conceived and designed toshowcase new work; 2022 season features a world premiere and three Los Angeles premieres Iphigenia (February 17-19) premiere opera by jazz great esperanza spalding and…
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Music / Dance Recommendation: LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY (2022 Lineup)
EMANUEL AX, WYNTON MARSALIS LEAD STAR-STUDDED EVENTS AT LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY IN JANUARY 2022 La Jolla Music Society (LJMS) opens 2022 with a star-studded lineup of live performances at its world-class venue, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. From international superstars like Emanuel Ax, Wynton Marsalis, and Lang Lang to global artists, dance, jazz, National…
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Music Concert: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (Benjamin De Los Monteros and Marisa Buchheit at CineCity Studios in Chicago)
Join CineCity Studios in Chicago for a night of elegance, flair, wine, champagne and an operatic concert on Saturday, November 27th. 7:30pm Doors Open & Cocktail Reception; 8:30pm Concert; 10pm Post-Show Reception A Night at the Opera features event founders & acclaimed opera singers Benjamin De Los Monteros and Marisa Buchheit. Musical guest on electric violin and Concertmaster…
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Theater Opening: INDRA’S NET (Meredith Monk World Premiere, Mills College in Oakland)
Indra’s Net Conceived, Directed, and Composed by Meredith Monk Meredith Monk’s newest interdisciplinary, evening-length music theater piece is an experiential performance work affirming the interconnectedness of life. Following On Behalf of Nature (2013), a plea for ecological awareness, and Cellular Songs (2018), which turned attention to the fabric of life itself, Indra’s Net is Monk’s third work in a trilogy dedicated…
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Concert Preview: AN EVENING WITH BRANFORD MARSALIS (The Soraya)
MARSALIS IN WONDERLAND Exactly a year before the COVID shutdown, the Branford Marsalis Quartet had just released their new album, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul. The new album finds the celebrated ensemble at a new peak, addressing a kaleidoscope of moods with inspiration and group commitment. This quartet that saxophonist Branford Marsalis…
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Music: AMERICAN TRADITIONS VOCAL COLLECTION (2021-2022 Season in Savannah, GA)
The American Traditions Vocal Collection (ATC), previously known as the American Traditions Vocal Competition, has expanded its organizational name to be more inclusive of its year-round offerings. Originally producing one annual event – its namesake competition — the ATC has grown to include year-round musical concert events, a large-scale education program that takes place in…
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Attraction Preview: EMPIRE CIRCUS (Empire Stores in Brooklyn)
DUMBO, MEET BOZO Here comes the world premiere of Empire Circus, a holiday season limited engagement, November 12, 2021 – January 30, 2022, at Empire Stores in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass); the entrance is at 2 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY. Tickets ($45) are on sale now at Empire Circus. Created by Remarkable…
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Concert Review: HERBIE HANCOCK & ESPERANZA SPALDING (The Hollywood Bowl)
The Hollywood Bowl’s Shortened Jazz Season Ends on a High Note! What a wonderful jazz fusion double-bill at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, September 26 featuring four-time GRAMMY Award-winning bassist Esperanza Spalding accompanied by her long-time cohort, Argentinian Leo Genovese on keyboard, sax and accordion, opening up for the great pianist/composer, and one of the…
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Festival Preview: MÉXICO DE NOCHE (The Ford in L.A.)
OH, WHAT A NIGHT! México de Noche, which plays October 9, 2021, at The Ford (2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East) in L.A., explores the energetic and eclectic music of Mexican nightlife. Whether it’s listening over a romantic dinner to a special serenade by the iconic duo Pepe Martinez Jr. and Susie Garcia, or walking through a…
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Concerts: SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY’S 2021–22 FILM SERIES (Davies Symphony Hall)
SFS’s Film Series, featuring the Orchestra performing the live accompaniment to iconic films as they are projected on a large screen above the stage, returns. And this season is a knockout. Tickets are available now and can be purchased online at sfsymphony.org or by calling the SFS Box Office at 415-864-6000. All performances takes place…
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Concert Hall: THE SORAYA’S 2021-22 SEASON (Northridge, CA)
Handily one of our greatest performance venues, The Soraya just keeps getting better with its programming. And as a 10th Anniversary Gift to the Community, there will be Five Free Events to kick off a spectacular season. Members at any level secure guaranteed seating to all Free concerts. Non-member reservations (limit 4 per household) will be taken…
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Music Concert: MARIACHI ARCOIRIS DE LOS ANGELES (World’s First Queer Mariachi Band at The Wallis in Beverly Hills)
The Wallis’s Summer @ The Wallis Presents Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles, the world’s first queer mariachi band, presents sounds and rhythms from south of the border in back-to-back performances on Thursday and Friday, August 26 and 27, 2021, 8 pm, on the outdoor stage at The Wallis in Beverly Hills….
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Theater Event: STEPHEN SONDHEIM & JAMES LAPINE (with Christine Baranski, Bernadette Peters & Mandy Patinkin)
On August 3, Christine Baranski, who was in the original off-Broadway production of Sunday In the Park with George at Playwrights Horizons, moderated an intimate digital conversation event with playwright and director James Lapine and composer Stephen Sondheim to celebrate the release of Lapine’s new book Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I created…
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Concert: BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV (Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the LA Phil and Gemma New at the Hollywood Bowl)
DO NOT MISS BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL THIS WEEK Pianist Behzod Abduraimov is coming to the Hollywood Bowl this Thursday, August 5, 2021, so prepare yourself for one of the world’s greatest pianists. In fact, the in-demand, rightfully popular 30-year-old Uzbek pianist, who was born in Tashkent in 1990 just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, may…
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Cabaret / Concerts: PROVINCETOWN’S ART HOUSE AND TOWN HALL (August, September 2021)
THE STARS DO ALIGN FOR P-TOWN IN AUGUST Judy Kuhn, Deven Green, Kristin Chenoweth, Ginger Minj, Judy Gold, Unitard, Liz Callaway, Kelli O’Hara, Susie Mosher, Stephanie J. Block, John Hill, Nicolas King, Lillias White, Beth Malone, Marilyn Maye, Beth Leavel The show will go on in Provincetown. The full 2021 summer lineup will proceed as…
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Concert Review: LEDISI WITH THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC (Conducted by Thomas Wilkins at the Hollywood Bowl)
FEELING GOOD, INDEED! Man, what a party! The Hollywood Bowl and Los Angeles Philharmonic hosted the grand dame of soulful fun, Ledisi (pronounced LEH ·duh ·see), for her tribute to Nina Simone. The air was thick with jubilant socializing as guests were more charming, friendly and generous than I have seen in years. Yes, yes, yes, there…
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Music Review: Conductor ENLUIS MONTES OLIVAR & Pianist LUKíŠ VONDRíÄŒEK (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff at The Hollywood Bowl)
OLIVAR TWISTS While it’s fair to say that last night’s concert at the Hollywood Bowl saw Venezuelan conductor (and Gustavo Dudamel fellow) Enluis Montes Olivar in virtuosic splendor, it’s also fair to say that the three works came off more like a technical achievement than an emotional marvel. Which isn’t to say the rather well-attended…
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Concert / Cabaret: OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW (Brian Stokes Mitchell, presented by Lincoln Center Theater)
BEGINS TONIGHT! LINCOLN CENTER THEATER’S CONCERT-CABARET SERIES OF FREE IN-PERSON CONCERTS Lincoln Center Theater inaugurates its concert/cabaret series tonight as part of Restart Stages — Lincoln Center’s initiative to bring back the performing arts to New York — with Brian Stokes Mitchell in his new concert Out with the Old, In with the New. Concerts…



















