Entertainment & Arts
Lalo Schifrin lit fuse of many composers
Feb. 23, 2011
Clarinetist David Shifrin. Hollywood film and television composer Lalo Schifrin.
June 8, 1988
Lalo Schifrin, the Argentine-born composer responsible for the propulsive, infectious theme for “Mission: Impossible,” as well as such classic film scores as “Bullitt,” “Cool Hand Luke” and “Dirty Harry,” says he’s retired from the movie-music grind.
July 30, 2016
** 1/2 LALO SCHIFRIN: Lili’oukalani Symphony. Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Lalo Schifrin, conductor. (Urtext Digital Classics)
March 30, 1997
The idea of blending jazz and classical music has been in Lalo Schifrin’s blood since he was a teen-ager in Buenos Aires.
April 21, 1995
Movies
On Sunday evening, many of Hollywood’s biggest power players will gather at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles for the motion picture academy’s 10th Governors Awards ceremony, a chance to honor filmmaking luminaries for their lifetime contributions to the art form and, for Oscar hopefuls, a key early stop on the awards season campaign circuit.
Nov. 17, 2018
Mediocre orchestras are among the more harmless things in life, it would seem, unless one finds oneself in the presence of such a phenomenon for more than a few minutes.
Nov. 14, 1990
When it came to providing music for motion pictures, Hollywood producers of yore had a single aesthetic.
Aug. 3, 1990
“Rhapsody in Jazz” was the title of Lalo Schifrin’s concert presentation on Sunday at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.
Jan. 21, 2003
After years of waiting for the successor of longtime symphony leader Carmen Dragon, the city’s musical community was introduced last week to four-time Emmy winner and internationally acclaimed conductor Lalo Schifrin, the Glendale Symphony Orchestra’s first permanent musical director since 1984.
May 4, 1989