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Cody Fry with Orchestra
2025-04-19 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Musician Cody Fry was nominated for a Grammy for his re-orchestration of the Beatles’ classic “Eleanor Rigby”. This singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has stirred up a huge following for his emotional orchestral pop and is joined by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra on the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage.

When the Saints Go Marching In
2025-04-19 | Jacobs Music Center, 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California, 92101
The spirit of good times roll in with Mardi Gras spirit with music made famous by Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson, Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong. Byron Stripling, Sydney McSweeney and Bobby Floyd leading the parade with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra!

Carlos Simon’s Gospel Mass with Dudamel
2025-04-17 - 2025-04-18 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Gustavo Dudamel leads the world premiere of Carlos Simon’s Gospel Mass paired with a nostalgic Bernstein Divertimento.

Jordi Savall with Hesperion XXI – Music of Fire & Love
2025-04-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
For more than fifty years, Jordi Savali has rescued musical gems from the obscurity of neglect and oblivion and given them back for all to enjoy. A tireless researcher, Jordi Savall has devoted his career to reviving and interpreting the vast repertoire of early music. With his legendary ensemble Hespèrion XXI, Savall has assembled a group of exceptional musicians, each a specialist in the intricacies of historical instruments, to breathe life into centuries-old compositions.

Rachel Mahon, Organ Recital
2025-04-13 19:30 - 21:30 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Canadian organist Rachel Mahon brings her panache and attention to detail to L.A. for her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut for a program that will feature Bach, Mendelssohn, Whitlock and more.

Curse of the Ring
2025-04-10 - 2025-04-15 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Step into the mythical work of Wagner’s first opera in the iconic Ring Cycle whose story influenced Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and whose music inspired John Williams’ iconic soundtrack to Star Wars.
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Los Angeles Philharmonic
2025-04-10 - 2025-04-13 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Violinist Martin Chalifour joins the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Program details to be announced.

Cheyenne Jackson
2025-04-10 - 2025-04-12 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Cheyenne Jackson presents Signs of Life, autobiographical in nature and deeply comical and moving. This cabaret by versatile and celebrated, Grammy-nominated performer will have audiences laughing.

Alisa Weilerstein: Fragments 3
2025-04-08 | Jacobs Music Center, 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California, 92101
In FRAGMENTS 3, the third installment of this groundbreaking performance series for solo cello performed by
Alisa Weilerstein, new works are woven together with Johann Sebastian Bach’s third cello suite, responsive lighting and scenic architecture, inviting audiences into an immersive, multisensory experience.

John Williams Spotlight
2025-04-05 - 2025-04-06 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Legendary maestro of the movies has a historic association with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is joined by Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for a night of music that celebrates his body of work.

Emmett Cohen Trio
2025-04-05 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is one of his generation’s pivotal figures in music.
During the 2020 lockdown, Cohen developed “Live From Emmet’s Place,” a series of weekly performances by his trio and special guests live-streamed from his NYC apartment that recall the Harlem rent parties of yesteryear. These concerts, which have received millions of internet views worldwide, are noteworthy for setting the standard for live internet jazz performance.

Emmet Cohen Trio
2025-04-04 | broadstage, 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
Jazz pianist/composer Emmet Cohen makes his BroadStage debut with his trio. Emmet Cohen has performed at top venues and festivals worldwide, and with over ten albums and frequent collaborations with jazz legends.

Chineke! Orchestra Haydn & Coleridge-Taylor
2025-04-04 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Europe’s first majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra makes its Orange County debut. Experience two works by father-daughter composers, Avril and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Aaron Azunda Akugbo performing Haydn’s grand Trumpet Concerto.

Yo-Yo Ma, Williams & Dudamel
2025-04-03 - 2025-04-04 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
The friendship between legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma and conductor John Williams led to Williams writing music with Ma’s cello in mind. Williams and Gustavo Dudamel share a similar friendship and the trio come together for a night of Williams’ music.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
2025-04-02 - 2025-04-06 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Returning to The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion as part of an exclusive Southern California multi-year residency, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater presents cutting-edge contemporary premieres and classics including Mr. Ailey’s signature work Revelations.

Herbie Hancock
2025-03-30 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Creative Chair for Jazz and iconic American artist Herbie Hancock returns to the Walt Disney Concert Hall for one night of jazz and funk.

True West
2025-03-29 - 2025-04-13 | Divisionary Theatre, 4545 Park Blvd., San Diego, 92116, United States
Step into the raw and riveting world of Sam Shepard’s True West where the blistering heat of the California desert mirrors the searing tensions between estranged brothers, Austin and Lee. Set against the backdrop of a suburban house, this modern American classic unravels a primal struggle for identity and dominance as the siblings confront their turbulent past and uncertain futures.

From the Depths: Lu Leads Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony
2025-03-29 - 2025-03-30 | Jacobs Music Center, 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California, 92101
Conductor Tianyi Lu opens her concert with the self-standing first movement of Gareth Farr’s From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs. The distinguished soloist will be the English pianist Paul Lewis. And the concert ends with one of the best loved of all Tchaikovsky’s works, his intensely dramatic Fourth Symphony.

Simone Porter & Blake Pouliot, violin
2025-03-29 | broadstage, 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
Three young virtuosos share the stage for an unforgettable evening of classical brilliance: pianist Hsin-I Huang with violinists Simone Porter and Blake Pouliot. The wide-ranging program includes a variety of works including the Eagles’ instantly recognizable tune, “Hotel California,” Korngold’s beautiful Suite from Much Ado About Nothing, and the Danse Russe from Stravinsky’s Petrushka.

Exodus
2025-03-29 | Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church, 535 N Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Highlighting Pacific Chorale’s chamber choir in a double chorus, along with Baroque orchestra Bach Collegium San Diego, encounter Handel’s riveting and powerful biblical oratorio, Israel in Egypt.

The Princess Bride in Concert
2025-03-28 | The Rady Shell at Jacob Parks, 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
Now for the first time, composer Mark Knopfler’s unforgettable score has been specially arranged for San Diego Symphony Orchestra. Missing this cinematic concert experience would be inconceivable!

Untangling the Mind
2025-03-27 | broadstage, 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
The human brain is an electrical web of 100 trillion connections that has made everything possible, from campfires to lunar landers. Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez guides a journey through the most remarkable human organ to see what really makes us.

Le Concert d’Astrée The Triumph of Time and Disillusion
2025-03-27 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Baroque music champion Emmanuelle Haïm leads one of the foremost ensembles, Le Concert d’Astrée in Handel’s first of many oratorios, the operatic
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno or “The Triumph of Time and Disillusion.”

Israel Philharmonic
2025-03-26 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Lahav Shani leads a musical program of prayer, passion, and remembrance. The evening features IPO’s principal cellist Haran Meltzer performing Bruch’s Kol Nidrei and principal flutist Guy Eshed performing Bernstein’s Ḥalil.

Le Concert d’Astrée Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day
2025-03-25 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Baroque music champion Emmanuelle Haïm leads one of the foremost ensembles, Le Concert d’Astrée in music by two of the most pivotal composers of the era —Handel’s decorated Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day oratorio with soprano Erin Morley, Bach’s French-inspired suites, and works by Rameau.

Jan Lisiecki in Recital: “Preludes”
2025-03-21 | Jacobs Music Center, 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California, 92101
Jan Lisiecki
performs a program of preludes on the Jacobs Music Center stage, treating the audience to dozens of succinct, characterful works by Chopin, J. S. Bach, Rachmaninoff, Szymanowski and Messiaen.

Koh Plays Mendelssohn
2025-03-20 - 2025-03-22 | Pacific Symphony, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 92626, United States
Grammy award-winning Jennifer Koh unites with young Chilean-Italian conductor Paolo Bortolameolli’s animated direction for a night of classical music that is sure to inspire and challenge the status quo.

The Wonders We Carry Inside
2025-03-20 | Jacobs Music Center, 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California, 92101
Iranian-American composer
Gity Razaz
curates an evening of music honoring the mystical beauty of Persian culture and the power of women to shape history both past and present.

Mother Goose, Symphonic Dances and More
2025-03-07 - 2025-03-09 | Jacobs Music Center, 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California, 92101
Conductor Matthias Pintscher begins the concert with the beautiful glittering colors of Ravel’s Mother Goose, And Alexi Kenney makes his Symphony debut with his interpretation of Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2.

Motown: The Groove That Changed America
2025-03-07 - 2025-03-08 | Center Theatre, 340 N. Escondido Blvd., Escondido, CA, 92029, United States
The CCAE celebrates Motown—the musical movement that changed America.
