Leonne Lewis
Founding Editor and writer, Miroirs CA.
Trending Concerts for April, 2024
Joshua Bell with Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Program includes Brahms violin concerto. Santa Barbara, April 2.
Yo-Yo Ma recital. Program includes sonatas of Shostakovich and Franck (violin sonata) and Part Spiegel im Spiegel. Walt Disney Concert Hall. April 3.
San Diego Symphony with Lang Lang. Program includes Saint-Saens 2nd piano concerto. The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park. April 12.
Danish String Quartet. Program includes the Bay Area premiere of Thomas Ades string quintet with cellist Johannes Rostamo. Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall. April 13.
Randall Goosby. Program includes works by African-American composers and violin sonatas by Brahms and Strauss. Santa Barbara. April 20.
Dover Quartet. Program includes Dohnanyi and Brahms piano quintets with Leif Ove Andsnes. San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theatre. April 25.
Nicola Benedetti with Los Angeles Philharmonic. Program includes Brahms violin concerto. Walt Disney Concert Hall. April 26-28..
Ojai Music Festival June 6-9, 2024. Mitsuko Uchida is back as Music Director. Guests include Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Brentano String Quartet. Tickets are available at www.ojaifestival.org
Trending concerts for May, 2024
San Diego Symphony featuring Yo-Yo Ma playing Elgar cello concerto May 7.
La Jolla Music Society concert featuring Pablo Ferrandez in program that includes Franck sonata for cello and piano arr. for cello. May 16
Los Angeles Philharmonic featuring the world premiere of Julia Adolphe’s cello concerto with Seth Parker Woods. May 17.
Santa Barbara Symphony featuring the Marcus Roberts Trio in Robert’s Rhapsody in D. May 18 and 19.
Individual tickets for Music Academy of the West Summer Festival concerts and events go on sale May 1 at the ticket office or www.musicacademy.org.