Eddie Palmieri, a champion of Latin jazz, dies at 88
Eddie Palmieri, the Grammy-winning Nuyorican pianist, bandleader and composer who helped innovate Afro-Caribbean music in the States and transform the New York salsa scene, died…
Review: Gustavo Dudamel is briefly, joyously back at the Bowl with the L.A. Phil
Tuesday night, Gustavo Dudamel was back at the Hollywood Bowl. This summer is the 20th anniversary of his U.S. debut — at 24 years old…
Hollywood Bowl opens with Russian music and no Gustavo Dudamel
Tuesday night the Los Angeles Philharmonic opened its 103rd season at the Hollywood Bowl. It was a beautiful evening. Lustrous twilight. Bright moon. Paradisal weather.…
Venezuelan orchestra cancels Hollywood Bowl shows
In early July, the Los Angeles Philharmonic quietly canceled all four Hollywood Bowl performances featuring Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. The…
Germany breaks world record for largest string orchestra | Arts and Culture
NewsFeedGermany shattered the world record for largest string orchestra as 1,353 musicians performed Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” The intergenerational event brought together players of all…
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas takes a bow from the public stage
San Francisco — San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie had declared it Michael Tilson Thomas Day. City Hall glowed MTT’s trademark blue. Davies Symphony Hall, where Tilson Thomas…
Stewart Copeland plays with animals on latest project ‘Wild Concerto’
Stewart Copeland is best known as one-third of the Police, the chart-topping trio that called it quits after five acclaimed albums released between 1978-1983 and…
In Cypress Hill concert film, band performs with orchestra in London
“We always try to make a place where we can constantly be creative in,” says Cypress Hill’s B-Real. He’s talking about his downtown studio, where…
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…
How ‘Carmina Burana’ got so popular with choirs — and Hollywood
This Sunday, the Los Angeles Master Chorale will fill the sails of Walt Disney Concert Hall with that stormy, earwormy cantata by Carl Orff: “Carmina…
‘Gracias Gustavo’: Details of the L.A. Phil’s plans for Dudamel’s final season
The end of a golden era approaches as the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Thursday announced details of the final season at Walt Disney Concert Hall…
Reviewing all the 2025 Oscar short films: What should win?
If you want to ace your Oscar pool, you musn’t ignore the three short film categories — animation, live-action and documentary. But what cinephile would,…
For ‘The Brutalist,’ a ragtag orchestra created epic sound
The score for “The Brutalist” is itself a feat of architectural engineering.Composing only his second feature film, Daniel Blumberg gathered solos, performances and improvisations from…
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…
N.Y. Philharmonic fires 2 players after misconduct alleged
The New York Philharmonic is firing principal oboist Liang Wang and associate principal trumpet Matthew Muckey after their union decided not to contest the decision,…
Gustavo Santaolalla gives Spanish ‘Dracula’ new life for L.A. Opera
When L.A. Opera invited Gustavo Santaolalla to write a new score for the Spanish version of the 1931 film “Dracula” to be performed live with…
The L.A. Phil and Master Chorale begin a new season
When Gustavo Dudamel became music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic 15 years ago, the ensemble had already under Esa-Pekka Salonen become the orchestra of…
Dudamel lays out plans for his last two years at the L.A. Phil
Salzburg, Austria — When Gustavo Dudamel walked on stage last month at Walt Disney Concert Hall to conduct a pair of concerts with the National Children’s…