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    Dec 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 2013 Grammy Award nominees

    Indie-rock trio Fun. and R&B/hip-hop star Frank Ocean scored big in Grammy Award nominations, scoring six nods apiece mostly in the top Grammy categories. The Recording Academy announced the nominations Wednesday during a show in Nashville. The 55th...

    Tags: Marketa Irglova, Woody Guthrie, The Beatles (music group), Glen Hansard, Maxwell

    2. Dec 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. The year of John Cage

    Once, when asked how he thought history would consider his work, John Cage responded that he had made so much, getting rid of it all would be very difficult. Twenty years after his death he has been spectacularly proven right. This year marked the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth in Los Angeles on Sept. 5. As part of an international celebration, Cage's work appeared and continues to appear in concert halls, opera houses, museums, galleries, clubs, alternative spaces, reconverted industrial buildings, parks, street corners, atria and even a dock or two by the bay.
    Once, when asked how he thought history would consider his work, John Cage responded that he had made so much, getting rid of it all would be very difficult. Twenty years after his death he has been spectacularly proven right. This year marked the 100th...

    Tags: Yoko Ono, John Cage, University of California, Los Angeles, Arts, Entertainment

    3. Jan 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Miami's cultural transformation

    It's Saturday night, and though a drizzle threatens, the lawn is jammed with children snoozing in strollers, couples sprawling on picnic blankets, teens taking a break from skateboarding. The star appears — not some retread boomer rocker but high-octane conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, affiliated with in London and San Francisco, and Miami's New World Symphony, a prestigious youth development academy.
    It's Saturday night, and though a drizzle threatens, the lawn is jammed with children snoozing in strollers, couples sprawling on picnic blankets, teens taking a break from skateboarding. The star appears — not some retread boomer rocker but high-...

    Tags: Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami City Ballet, Miami Hotels, Carnival Cruise Lines

    4. Dec 14, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  4. 2011 year in review: Best in classical music

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    Music critic Mark Swed highlights the best of the year in classical music and opera....
    5. Jan 14, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Music review: The L.A. Phil Mahler Project begins

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    This has been corrected. See note below. The Mahler Project, begun Friday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, is big. Los Angeles Philharmonic officials have calculated that by the time Gustavo Dudamel finishes performing the nine complete symphonies,...
    6. Mar 15, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Music review: San Francisco Symphony's John Cage 'Song Books'

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    Mark Swed reviews the San Francisco Symphony's miraculous American Mavericks celebration, which included a sublime performance of John Cage's "Song Books" with Joan La Barbara, Meredith Monk and, believe it or not, Jessye Norman....
    7. Jun 17, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Music review: San Francisco Symphony opens its June festival

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    Mark Swed reviews the San Francisco Symphony, with pianist Yuja Wang and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas....
    8. Aug 3, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Music review: Yuja Wang and Lionel Bringuier at Hollywood Bowl

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    Yuja Wang and Lionel Bringuier, two 24-year-old musicians brought and life to Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky at the Hollywood Bowl. And a little orange dress....
    9. May 28, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. The music of summer, alfresco and elsewhere

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    The classical music crowd gets out of town -- or at least out of doors -- to hear music in the summer....
    10. Jan 26, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Dispatch from Miami: New World Symphony Center preview

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    The fireworks were canceled for the grand opening ceremony of the ballyhooed new concert hall in Miami Beach, the New World Symphony Center. The clouds were thick, but at least the downpour and winds nearly strong enough to uproot the......
    11. Jan 27, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Music review: The potential of the New World Center in Miami Beach

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    MIAMI BEACH -- The New World Center, the Frank Gehry-designed home for the New World Symphony, had its first test Wednesday as classical music game-changer. But that test wasn’t the one most of us expected it would be. The evening’s......
    12. May 15, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Harris Theater announces 2013-14 season

    Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and his New World Symphony, violinist Gidon Kremer and J.S. Bach’s complete “Brandenburg” Concertos highlight the 10th season of events at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park.
    Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and his New World Symphony, violinist Gidon Kremer and J.S. Bach’s complete “Brandenburg” Concertos highlight the 10th season of events at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park. The...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Lincoln Center, Entertainment, Culture, Dmitri Shostakovich

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