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Ben Folds

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Join the incomparable Ben Folds for a night of genre-bending music with Pacific Symphony that’s anything but ordinary. Dubbed a musical wizard, Folds blends pop anthems with symphonic genius, showing why he’s the cool uncle of the music world. Fresh from his Emmy nod and always ready to drop knowledge, whether on his podcast or […]

Esa-Pekka Salonen Leads Debussy & Boulez

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Composer/conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen contrasts two iconic French composers, Boulez and Debussy as he leads the LA Phil and the Fantasie with pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

Earth After Dark

broadstage 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, United States

Babak Tafreshi, photojournalist, cinematographer and National Geographic Explorer spent his career documenting the unbelievable beauty of the night sky and working to connect people through the shared experience of simply looking up.

Cirque Goes Broadway

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Troupe Vertigo enchants with an evening of breathtaking artistry, where cirque acrobatics, classical dance, and the best of Broadway melodies blend into an unforgettable symphonic spectacle. Witness as reality bends and expectations twist, with Los Angeles’s own Troupe Vertigo redefining the boundaries of performance through their dizzying dramatic fusion of Circus-Dance-Theater.

Diana Krall

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Grammy-award winning jazz singer, Diana Krall, has a musical style that has made her one of the most recognizable artists of our time.

Max Richter

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The minimalist composer Max Richter celebrates his 2004 album The Blue Notebooks and presents new material

Weilerstein and Payare Perform Chin and Bruckner

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

South Korean composer Unsuk Chin’s Cello Concerto is taken up by San Diego Symphony’s own Alisa Weilerstein and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7, described as a cathedral in sound, is led by music director Rafael Payare

Chanticleer

broadstage 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, United States

Grammy-Award winning ensemble Chanticleer takes the Main Stage for a program that will include music from Renaissance masterworks to Romantic part-songs, contemporary commissions, vocal jazz and everything in between.

Cathedrals of Sound

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Journey with Carl St. Clair and the Pacific Symphony through the timeless serenity of Gregorian chant and Bach’s Sinfonia. The evening culminates with Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7.

Spamilton: An American Parody

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

It's the fictitious story of a very famous writer / director / star trying to save Broadway from mediocrity and oblivion. Along the way, this sharp and lovable genius not only takes aim at Broadway's current mega-hit, but manages to make hysterical mince-meat out of many classic and new Broadway shows.

Julius Rodriguez

broadstage 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, United States

Continuing the Future Sounds of Jazz series curated by Stanley Clarke, BroadStage presents jazz pianist, drummer, and composer, Julius Rodriguez.

Elegant to Epic: Saint-Saëns and Shostakovich

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Considered one of the finest pianists of today, Jean-Yves Thibaudet takes the Jacobs Music Center stage to perform his acclaimed interpretation of Camille Saint-Saëns' final piano concerto. Then Rafael Payare and the Symphony tackle Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, Leningrad.

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