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Oct. 1, 2008
Mark Swed has been the classical music critic of the Los Angeles Times since 1996.
April 29, 2014
Money & Company
Nov. 1, 2008
Nov. 27, 2010
Dec. 16, 2009
Entertainment & Arts
Kronos Quartet, George Benjamin’s ‘Written on Skin,’ Christopher Cerrone’s ‘Invisible Cities’ and more.
Dec. 20, 2013
Coronavirus may have silenced our symphony halls, taking away the essential communal experience of the concert as we know it, but The Times invites you to join us on a different kind of shared journey: a new series on listening.
July 15, 2020
Full story Best of 2012: Movies | TV | Pop music | Jazz | Video Games | Art | Theater | Dance | Classical music
Dec. 14, 2012
In this time when news is disseminated ever more quickly, we asked our critics to list the best of entertainment and culture in 2013 in tweet form.
Dec. 18, 2013
L.A.
March 14, 2019