Alfred Brendel, renowned for playing Beethoven, dies at 94
LONDON — Alfred Brendel, a pianist and poet renowned for his refined playing of Beethoven over a six-decade career, died Tuesday at his home in London. He…
Review: The SoCal return of the storied Vienna Philharmonic
It had been a decade and a year since the Vienna Philharmonic came our way to remind us how, for this storied ensemble of like-minded…
Twyla Tharp premieres ‘Aguas da Amazonia’ with Philip Glass score
When Martha Graham founded her company 100 years ago, she instigated a dance revolution in America. We’ve now had a century of modern dance, led…
Zubin Mehta still champions Arnold Schoenberg at the L.A. Phil
It would be hard to come up with a more radically divisive major composer than Arnold Schoenberg, who was born in Vienna in 1874 and…
A renovated concert hall gives San Diego Symphony new life
There are many reasons for the current rage in renovating concert halls. It is usually cheaper than building something new. The science, as well as…