Entertainment & Arts
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen’s statement about the San Francisco Symphony board has crucial ramifications for arts organizations including the L.A. Phil.
March 20, 2024
Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to the L.A. Phil to give the U.S. premiere of his new organ concerto — in sensational fashion.
May 21, 2023
Appearing for the first time in over two years with the L.A. Phil, Salonen made the program itself a tribute to Walt Disney Concert Hall: to what it is, has meant and can be.
Feb. 16, 2022
In an interview from Salzburg, Gustavo Dudamel talks about what Los Angeles means to him and addresses the perception that he’s no longer focused on the city that launched his career.
Sept. 3, 2024
Hockey
Pekka Rinne is a normal guy in a job that cultivates quirkiness.
June 2, 2017
Every indication at Saturday’s morning skate pointed toward goaltender Pekka Rinne starting for the Nashville Predators in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, but coach Peter Laviolette refused to confirm that, just as he has since he pulled a flailing Rinne from the team’s 4-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 2.
June 3, 2017
Close your eyes and you wouldn’t know the Colburn Orchestra was made up of students in an electrifying “Walküre” featuring stellar Finnish singers.
Nov. 4, 2019
The much-anticipated reopening of the Mark Taper Forum, ‘Lightscape’ at Disney Hall, a big debut in San Diego: Here’s our shortlist to the most promising shows in the season ahead.
Aug. 29, 2024
When Esa-Pekka Salonen conducted a climactic “The Rite of Spring” opening night of Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2003, the sensation was primal, so much so that the conductor afterward fretted he would never again be able to top it.
April 16, 2019
The opera director who broke so much new ground in Los Angeles with the Industry will direct a new production of Wagner’s ‘Ring’ cycle in New York.
Aug. 6, 2024