On August 11, the Big One hit the Santa Barbara Bowl - musically speaking - when Gustavo Dudamel conducted Mahler's 2nd symphony.
Music Academy of the West's Figaro
The Music Academy of the West stages operas every summer and with Marilyn Horne at the helm of its stellar voice and vocal piano faculty, the productions get more spectacular each year.
Read moreHave You Hugged A Music Critic Lately?
Super nova violinist Jascha Heifetz said, "It was a critic who gave me a scathing review in 1921..who taught me that it is not enough to play a piece; you must think it."
Read moreOjai Music Festival 2018 Review
This year's Ojai Music Festival ran from June 7-10 and offered a magical mystery tour through repertoire that was either au courant, centuries old or premiere ready.
Read moreSheku Kanneh-Mason: The Royal Cellist
It's never too late to plan for an event, especially when it involves Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who will make his US debut in Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations with the Seattle Symphony October 18-20.
Ojai Music Festival 2018 Preview
This year's Ojai Music Festival runs from June 7-10 with violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja as Music Director.
Read moreZubin Mehta with Israel Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall
It's hard to imagine a more congenial musical relationship than that of Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. They are of one mind, heart, soul and aesthetics.
Read moreRenee Fleming & Alan Gilbert at Granada Theatre
The stars were out at Santa Barbara's Granada Theatre Saturday night for Music Academy of the West's season-ending concert that featured Renee Fleming and Alan Gilbert.
Read moreChamber Music & More at Music Academy of the West
Music Academy of the West's summer music festival in Santa Barbara is a hub of innovative music making with several intriguing events being offered for this week.
Read moreMusic Academy of the West Performances
Through the years, career oriented students are chosen to study with a prestigious assortment of Music Academy of the West faculty members.
Read moreZuill Bailey with Santa Barbara Symphony by Hillary Hauser
Paris, The City of Lights was the inspiration behind Santa Barbara
Symphony's programming of this weekend's concert at The Granada
Theatre.
The Great Danes with Fabio Luisi and Deborah Voigt
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra under Fabio Luisi performed a memorable program in Santa Barbara of Nielsen's Helios Overture, Mahler's first symphony and Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder with soprano Deborah Voigt.
Read moreUS Premiere - The Perfect American by Philip Glass
"The Perfect American" by Philip Glass should be considered a classic among opera's minimalist repertoire for its surrealistic portrayal of iconic Walt Disney through a hard-hitting libretto and elliptical orchestration.
Read moreZubin Mehta and Anoushka Shankar with LA PHIL
Watching Zubin Mehta lead the LA Phil is like spending time with a good friend of many years who projects soothing vibes of confidence and wisdom.
Read moreDudamel and Trifonov with LA PHIL
Gustavo Dudamel doesn’t just conduct the music, he creates it. Daniil Trifonov doesn’t just play the piano, he owns it. The two super stars joined forces with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Rachmaninoff’s demanding third piano concerto, Op. 30 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Read morePhilip Glass’ Akhnaten at LA Opera
In his autobiography “Words Without Music,” Philip Glass talks about his studies with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, which concluded in 1966. He recounts a letter she had written in support of this: “I’ve been working with Mr. Philip Glass on music technique. My impression is that he is a very unusual person, and I believe that someday he will do something very important in the world of music.”
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