Composed in the wake of WWI’s shocking horror, Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto reflects a new seriousness and darkened profundity in his music. Our soloist, Camille Thomas—whose playing Gramophone describes as “unfailingly exquisite in its tonal sheen and imaginative detail”—puts her spin on this cello masterwork. In his subscription series debut, the LA Phil’s dynamic Associate Conductor, Paolo Bortolameolli, takes on the intense and unrestrained emotions of the last symphony Tchaikovsky completed before his death.

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Elgar and Tchaikovsky

Walt Disney Concert Hall

The outstanding American Youth Symphony returns with a program titled INTERSECTIONS that primarily focuses upon living composers—from Unsuk Chin to Jimmy Lopez—highlighted by Jennifer Higdon’s Prize-winning Violin Concerto, featuring Grammy-nominated Tessa Lark. Carlos Izcaray closes with his own work, which draws on his personal and family history of immigration while showcasing various instruments in “a love letter to the orchestra.” 

American Youth Symphony - Sounds About Town

Think “performance art” as you approach this play-oriented re-encountering of the space where live music is made, concocted by the team of boundary-less composer inti-figgis-vizueta and Jay Campbell, the remarkable cellist whose repertoire knows no bounds.

Jay Campbell + inti figgis-vizueta

Take a journey with the LA Phil through the Americas in this program highlighting music and traditions from North, South, and Central America.

Pan-American Music Initiative

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The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

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Much honored and much recorded conductor Semyon Bychkov, who has been obsessed with Mahler since his early years, shares his insights into the multi-faceted world of Mahler’s Seventh Symphony. Sometimes called “The Song of the Night”—because two of the five movements are titled Nachtmusik—the work is known for Mahler’s use of unusual scoring, including guitar, mandolin, tenor horn, even an early example of Bartók’s “snap pizzicato.” The symphonic journey concludes with a roaring rollercoaster ride of a finale.

Mahler’s Seventh with Bychkov

The brilliant American violinist Hilary Hahn performs Barber’s lyric concerto—featured in an album Hahn made at only age 19 in a recording called by Gramophone “one of the finest ever.” A musician’s musician, conductor Paavo Järvi leads with Arvo Pärt’s mysterious, pizzicato- and percussion-heavy tribute to Gustave Eiffel. To conclude, it’s one of Antonín Dvořák’s greatest symphonies, the dramatic Seventh. Inspired by his mentor Brahms, Dvořák fills it to overflowing with powerful, stirring, and unforgettable themes.

Hilary Hahn Plays Barber

Andy Shauf is one of the sharpest songwriters of his generation. He possesses a novelist’s eye for detail and a painter’s sense of setting, giving his songs a depth and dimension that’s won him comparisons to Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, and other masters of the craft. He dresses these stories up in warm tones, with pianos, guitars, and woodwinds that provide an intimate, welcoming frame. This is music you want to lean in to, songs that have, in the words of Paste, have made Shauf “one of Canada’s greatest exports.”

Andy Shauf Singer-Songwriter

Ludovic Morlot leads one of Shostakovich’s greatest symphonies, depicting the despair of the Stalin regime but ending in a musical triumph. Formidable pianist Sergio Tiempo takes on the striking concerto Prokofiev composed for himself to play in the conservatory’s competition—which he won. Opening the program, Anna Thorvaldsdottir explores the natural balance between beauty and chaos in her piece Metacosmos, which led the Boston Globe to declare, “There is possibly no other composer working today who is so adept at channeling the massive forces of nature.”

Shostakovich and Prokofiev with Ludovic Morlot

Two extraordinary settings of sacred texts demonstrate the range of spiritual expression made possible through music. Handel’s Dixit Dominus, one of the composer’s earliest works, is full of vocal fireworks and virtuosity reflecting the composer’s youthful passion. Arvo Pärt’s Te Deum is music of profound humility and faith, conveying inner peace through the resonance of the human voice. Shimmering new works from Ko Matsushita and Galina Grigorjeva round out the program.

Handel / Pärt

Guest conductor Roderick Cox makes his LACO debut in this dynamic program, featuring one of America’s finest young violinists Randall Goosby to perform Mendelssohn’s iconic Violin Concerto. Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and the luscious Brahms Serenade No. 2 book-end Mr. Cox’s program.

WAGNER, MENDELSSOHN + BRAHMS

Royce Hall

Ambassador Auditorium

One of the preeminent bel canto specialists of our time returns. After leaving audiences standing on their feet at his 2019 Los Angeles recital, the enormously charismatic Mexican tenor (who was also unforgettable in his 2017 company debut in The Pearl Fishers) returns to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. This time, he's back for two extraordinary recital appearances, once again partnering with pianist Ángel Rodríguez for performances of beloved arias and passionate songs guaranteed to have you cheering.

Javier Camarena in Recital

Los Angeles Music Center

Join Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and conductor laureate Jeffrey Kahane for intimate performances of music by Mozart, Gabriella Smith and a world premiere from composer James Newton Howard.

Kahane on Mozart

Alex Theatre

POP returns to the 800-seat Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo for a very special production of Tchaikovsky’s fairytale opera, Iolanta. Cristina Jones, AKA “The Blind Soprano”, stars in the opera’s title role about a princess who is unaware that she is blind. The cast also includes POP favorites Andrew and Megan Potter as King René and Martha and Adam Cioffari as Ibn-Hakia. POP will partner with low-sight organizations for this production to encourage awareness and to amplify their efforts. Special arrangements will also be made for low-sighted audience members, including braille programs. Iolanta will be POP’s first opera presented in Russian and will feature a 32-piece orchestra conducted by Isaac Selya.

Iolanta

Aratani America Theatre

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 More details to be announced.This concert is recommended for children ages 5 to 11.

Maria Schneider is a multiple Grammy® winner and the 2019 recipient of the prestigious NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship. Under her baton, the Maria Schneider Orchestra has brought big-band composition into the 21st century, developing the art form into an imaginative and beautifully fluid medium.

Maria Schneider Orchestra

American virtuoso Monica Czausz Berney has been recognized as one of the top 20 organists under 30, for her “superior accomplishments, leadership, creativity, and innovative thinking” (The Diapason). The recipient of first prize in numerous competitions, Czausz Berney makes her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut.

American virtuoso Monica Czausz Berney at Walt Disney Concert Hall

In her universally respected career of more than 35 years, Midori’s has been recognized with numerous awards, from the Kennedy Center Honors and Brahms Society prize in 2020 to her designation as a United Nations Messenger of Peace for her devotion to community engagement and music education. The Los Angeles Times praised her for her accuracy of pitch, clarity of tone, and rhythmic care, saying “She is intense and forceful but never showy. I know of no violinist with a more sensitive nor respectful sense of vibrato, which allows her to let every note speak and none to over-speak.” The violin icon returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall for a solo recital.

Colburn Celebrity Recital: Midori

Members of the Wayne Shorter quartet and special guests pay homage to the unique musical vision of this living legend, whose 2018 album Emanon was hailed as the year’s best jazz recording by The New York Times. Oakland trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire presents selections from his hard-hitting and rhythmically dexterous 2018 album Origami Harvest, pushing jazz into deeper communication with hip-hop and modernist classical music and using it to address social issues.

Wayne Shorter Celebrations

Awe-inspiring in its complexity, universal in its appeal, Bach's St. Matthew Passion is considered by many to be the single greatest masterpiece of western sacred music, a profoundly moving depiction of the final days of the life of Jesus. John Neumeier, the celebrated choreographer who made his LAO debut with Orpheus and Eurydice in 2018, returns to Los Angeles with one of his signature creations, a ballet that has been cheered by audiences throughout the world.  Marrying the powerful music and narrative with dance in complete harmony, Neumeier fills the stage with unforgettable movement and images. The extraordinary dancers of the Hamburg Ballet join forces with James Conlon, a team of brilliant vocal soloists, and LA Opera's formidable orchestra and chorus for a spellbinding, deeply meaningful performance you'll never forget.

St. Matthew Passion

Surround Sing and performances by the LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE World premiere of a never-before-heard version of Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium specially arranged for the Los Angeles Master Chorale and acclaimed violinist ANNE AKIKO MEYERS World premiere of a new commission by award-winning composer MICHAEL ABELS Tribute presentation by composer and conductor ESA-PEKKA SALONEN

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