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    Apr 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Influences: Mark Alan Hilt of Jacaranda

    Since its founding in 2003, Jacaranda has proved itself one of the best and most adventurous chamber music series in the country. Based at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica, Jacaranda offers a mix of new and old, with an emphasis on West Coast composers. (This season the group — whose motto is "Music at the Edge" — has put on pieces by Nico Muhly, Philip Glass and Toru Takemitsu, and it will close out its season in May with a minimalist piece by Terry Riley and a Lou Harrison work, arranged from gamelan for string orchestra.)
    Since its founding in 2003, Jacaranda has proved itself one of the best and most adventurous chamber music series in the country. Based at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica, Jacaranda offers a mix of new and old, with an emphasis on West Coast...

    Tags: Willa Cather, Toru Takemitsu, Culture, Richard Wagner, Philip Glass

    2. Mar 6, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Thomas Adès in all his aspects

    International fame just doesn't happen to many classical composers. But when it does, it can strike like a runaway train.
    International fame just doesn't happen to many classical composers. But when it does, it can strike like a runaway train. Consider Thomas Adès. Hailed in his 20s as the heir to Benjamin Britten and more recently by the New York Times as maybe "the most...

    Tags: Opera (genre), Human Interest, Jim Jarmusch, Theater, Rockwell Kent

    3. Oct 11, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  3. A 'perfect week' of Messiaen for pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet at Disney Hall

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    The pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet calls the week ahead “the perfect week.†But for less technically assured musicians, having to perform two notoriously difficult, contrasting masterpieces by Olivier Messiaen within a few days of each other would be a...
    4. Oct 15, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Music review: Dudamel takes on the 'Turangalila' at Disney Concert Hall

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    An 18-wheeler of a symphony on a joy ride, the “Turangalila†–- with French plates, Sanskrit graphics, the eerie whine of a UFO, horsepower and torque you wouldn’t believe, a voluptuous sleeper in the cabin for euphoric sex -- barreled......
    5. Apr 10, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Music review: Los Angeles Philharmonic festival ends with Adès and Messiaen

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    Mark Swed reviews the first Los Angeles Philharmonic performances of Thomas Adès' "Polaris" and Olivier Messiaen’s “Éclairs sur l’Au-delà…”...
    6. Jan 21, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  6. 'Ascending Dragon' music from Hanoi to be broadcast on KUSC

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    Beyond obvious goodwill, “Ascending Dragon,†the cultural exchange last spring between Southwest Chamber Music in Pasadena and the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi, generated significant musical results. Works were commissioned from two...
    7. May 30, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Ojai music director George Benjamin in a familiar spot

    George Benjamin undertook his first visit to Ojai last January, but in some ways, the trip must have seemed like a homecoming for the celebrated British composer, conductor, pianist and teacher. The freak storms that pounded the normally bucolic Southern Californian landscape throughout the length of his stay made Benjamin, who was in town in his capacity as the music director of this year's Ojai Music Festival, feel as if he'd never left wet and windy England behind.
    George Benjamin undertook his first visit to Ojai last January, but in some ways, the trip must have seemed like a homecoming for the celebrated British composer, conductor, pianist and teacher. The freak storms that pounded the normally bucolic...

    Tags: John Adams, Arnold Schoenberg, Classical Music (genre), BBC, Germany

    8. Jun 8, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. UCLA organist Christoph Bull pulls out the stops with 'Organica'

    CLAD IN jeans and a long-sleeved Von Dutch T-shirt, blond, blue-eyed Christoph Bull shucked his rock 'n' roll boots and got set to work. Nearby, Max Kaplan, a twentysomething student in a T-shirt, khaki shorts and flip-flops, whipped out his ax and got ready too.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    CLAD IN jeans and a long-sleeved Von Dutch T-shirt, blond, blue-eyed Christoph Bull shucked his rock 'n' roll boots and got set to work. Nearby, Max Kaplan, a twentysomething student in a T-shirt, khaki shorts and flip-flops, whipped out his ax and got...

    Tags: George Clinton, Education, Classical Music (genre), Death, Germany

    9. Oct 20, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Jacaranda series blossoms again

    A Lou Harrison craze has appeared frustratingly just around the corner ever since this poster boy for gorgeous nonconformist California music died in 2003. Friday night <a href=&quot;http://www.jacarandamusic.org/">Jacaranda</a>, Santa Monica's new music series, opened its new season with a half-Harrison program featuring his music for Western instruments and Javanese gamelan. In two weeks' time, the Los Angeles Master Chorale will present another half-Harrison program when it performs "La Koro Sutro" at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The corner may finally be getting closer.
    Times Music Critic
    A Lou Harrison craze has appeared frustratingly just around the corner ever since this poster boy for gorgeous nonconformist California music died in 2003. Friday night Jacaranda, Santa Monica's new music series, opened its new season with a half-Harrison...

    Tags: John Schneider , University of California, Los Angeles, Death, John Cage, Music Industry

    10. Apr 12, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Esa-Pekka Salonen's colleagues share reminiscences

    Some glimpses of the conductor from his friends and colleagues who were asked to share a key memory. The reminiscences were mostly written, at the invitation of The Times. Several were shared in interviews with music critic Mark Swed and staff writer Mike Boehm.
    Some glimpses of the conductor from his friends and colleagues who were asked to share a key memory. The reminiscences were mostly written, at the invitation of The Times. Several were shared in interviews with music critic Mark Swed and staff writer Mike...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages, Seiji Ozawa, Concerts, Opera (genre)

    11. Feb 17, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. L.A. Phil announces 2010-11 season

    Basking in the popularity of Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic used an online press conference Tuesday morning to announce that that -- unlike most recession-weary arts organizations -- it will hold the course.
    Music Critic
    Basking in the popularity of Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic used an online press conference Tuesday morning to announce that that -- unlike most recession-weary arts organizations -- it will hold the course. The orchestra's 2010-11...

    Tags: John Adams, Concerts, Itzhak Perlman, Tickets, Lincoln Center

    12. Feb 14, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. American musicians bond with Vietnamese counterparts

    When Southwest Chamber Music became the first American ensemble since the Vietnam War to set up a musical residency in Vietnam in 2006, artistic director Jeff von der Schmidt had high hopes that the two countries -- forever tied through history and war -- would forge lasting bonds in music.
    When Southwest Chamber Music became the first American ensemble since the Vietnam War to set up a musical residency in Vietnam in 2006, artistic director Jeff von der Schmidt had high hopes that the two countries -- forever tied through history and war --...

    Tags: Concerts, Companies and Corporations, Classical Music (genre), Buddhism, John Cage

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