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Igor Levit
2023-03-12 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
About this Performance
Igor Levit, who made such a powerful impression playing Beethoven’s C-minor Piano Concerto during the 2021/22 season, makes a welcome return in recital, sharing his insights into the final three masterpieces of Beethoven’s sonatas for solo piano.
Program
BEETHOVEN –Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109
BEETHOVEN –Piano Sonata No. 31. Op. 110
Intermission
BEETHOVEN –Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

Academy of St Martin in the Fields
2023-03-11 19:30 - 21:30 | broadstage, 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
Overview
Internationally acclaimed chamber orchestra Academy of St Martin in the Fields returns to Los Angeles with “explosively charismatic” (The New York Times) superstar mandolinist Avi Avital. The Academy has become a BroadStage favorite for their unrivaled live performances. Together, their fresh interpretations of the world’s greatest orchestral music, including Bach’s Violin Concerto No. 1, arranged for solo mandolin by Avital, promise to deliver an unforgettable evening of classics.

PROGRAM
TIPPETT Fantasia concertante on a Theme of Corelli
DORMAN Concerto for Mandolin and Strings
BACH Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 (arr. Avital)
WALTON Sonata for Strings

L.A Opera presents Solomon
2023-03-10 19:30 - 22:00 | Los Angeles Opera, 135 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Overview
They’re back! After an astonishing debut with Alcina in 2021, conductor Harry Bicket and his sensational orchestra, The English Concert, return with another dazzling baroque masterpiece performed in concert. This time, it’s Handel’s Solomon.
A magnificent song of celebration (sung in English!), Solomon celebrates the famously wise king in action: as a devoted husband to his beloved queen (never mind the 699 other wives or the 300 concubines), as a sage dispenser of justice (remember the two mothers laying claiming to the same baby?) and as a lavishly welcoming host to the visiting Queen of Sheba.

Bria Skonberg
2023-03-10 19:30 - 21:30 | broadstage, 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
Overview
Making her BroadStage debut, trumpeter/ vocalist Bria Skonberg is one of the “most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation” (The Wall Street Journal). Linking past and present with inventive arrangements from the traditional jazz repertoire, reinterpretations of contemporary classics, and original compositions, Ms. Skonberg performs all with genuine heart and dynamic flair.
Donors
Jazz & Blues Sponsor: Richard and Lisa Kendall

Shanghai Sonatas: New Musical in Concert
2023-03-10 08:00 - 17:00 | The Wallis, 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA, 92010, United States
Overview
A compelling tale of how the unifying power of music brings cultures together, Shanghai Sonatas tells the story of Jewish refugee musicians finding sanctuary in the Jewish Ghetto of Shanghai in the 1940’s. As a Jewish violinist takes on a troubled Chinese teenager as his student, a connection is made that helps both of them overcome their trauma and survive the war. This musical theater work, setting ripples in motion that carry through to this day, is based on first-person accounts of European musicians who used their optimism, humor, and musical talents to survive, forging friendships with their Chinese neighbors who saved their lives until Allied forces brought freedom to the region in 1945.

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Twilight Los Angeles, 1992
2023-03-10 - 2023-04-09 | Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, 90012, United States
Twilight… is a stunning and seminal play that explores the devastating human impact of the five days of uprising following the Rodney King verdict.
*Black Out Night is the purposeful creation of an environment in which a Black-identifying audience can experience a performance. Black Out Night provides an opportunity for Black people to be centered and welcomed into a historically white dominated space. In addition to the performance, audience members are invited to a post-show reception. – March, 10 at 8 p.m. *

Symphonie fantastique with Mehta
2023-03-10 - 2023-03-12 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
About this Performance
Berlioz’ Fantastic Symphony plays right into Mehta’s strengths of highlighting drama and color in the orchestra, bringing to life the saga of the drug-addled, love-obsessed artist who meets a hair-raising end.
Mehta opens the concert with a work he has conducted around the world, the late George Crumb’s song cycle Ancient Voices of Children on poems of Federico Garcia Lorca offers a transcendent phantasmagoria of sounds and silence.
Times: March 10 – 8 p.m. March 11 – 8 p.m. March 12 – 2 p.m.
Artists
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Sophia Burgos, soprano
Sebastian Dolinar, boy soprano

Program
CRUMB –Ancient Voices of Children
Intermission
BERLIOZ –Symphonie fantastique

Kristin Chenoweth
2023-03-10 - 2023-03-11 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Overview
Tony winner. Emmy winner. Star of the original production of Wicked. Kristin Chenoweth joins Pacific Symphony for this spectacular concert of classic songs of love and empowerment. Entertainment Weekly raves: “her set-list spans so many different genres, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.”
Kristin Chenowith will be performing on both the first and second half of the concert.
Concert Timings:
March 10, 2023, 8:00 pm
March 11, 2023, 8:00 pm

Mean Girls at Segerstrom Center
2023-03-07 - 2023-03-19 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Overview
Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team, including book writer Tina Fey (30 Rock), composer Jeff Richmond (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde) and director Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon). Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. Soon, this naïve newbie falls prey to a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung. New York Magazine cheers, “MEAN GIRLS delivers with immense energy, a wicked sense of humor and joyful inside-jokery.” USA Todaysays, “We’ll let you in on a little secret, because we’re such good friends: GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!”
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Tchaikovsky's Fourth - Pacific Symphony
2023-02-26 15:00 - 2023-03-10 18:00 | CA
ARTISTS:
Carl St.Clair, Conductor
Pacific Symphony

PROGRAM
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Doors open at 2 p.m.
There is no preview talk for this performance.
His life in constant turmoil, Tchaikovsky poured his soul into each of his symphonies. Symphonies that would express his inner anguish and romantic passions as no music had ever dared to. Carl St.Clair shares the story behind the notes of one of music’s most beloved composers, and how his greatest confidant was the champion he would never meet.

The Great Outdoors - Pacific Symphony
2023-02-25 | Pacific Symphony, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 92626, United States
Experience the sweeping sounds of the great outdoors brought to life in the concert hall when Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra joins forces with Pacific Symphony for this side-by-side performance.

ARTISTS:
Jacob Sustaita, Conductor
Pacific Symphony

PROGRAM
RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome (I): “The Pines of the Villa Borghese”
SMETANA:The Moldau
RAVEL: “Enchanted Garden” from Mother Goose
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”: IV. Storm
VERDI: Triumphal March from Aida
MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bald Mountain
Concert Timings:
February 25, 2023, 10:00 am
February 25, 2023, 11:30 am

Beethoven Concerto No. 3 & Symphony No. 4 - San Diego Civic Theatre
2023-02-24 08:00 - 2023-02-25 22:00 | San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 3rd Ave, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
The Piano Concerto No. 3 has been described as a turning point in Beethoven’s development as a composer, “where he leaves Mozart behind and becomes Beethoven,” as one observer put it. Romantic, imposing and virtuosic: the voice of a composer becoming his true self. The sonorous and lyrical pianist Benjamin Grosvenorperforms the concerto, with Case Scaglione leading the Orchestra. The second half features Beethoven’s powerful Symphony No. 4.
Case Scaglione, conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
February 24 & 25,
Time: Starts at 8 p.m.

Bruch and Brahms - Walt Disney Concert Hall
2023-02-24 - 2023-02-26 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Bruch’s most loved and performed piece is brought to life by Lamsma and Tausk and lead by Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Otto Tausk.
Location: LA Philharmonic Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los
Times: Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.
Feb. 25 at 8 p.m.
Feh. 26 at 2p.m.
Program

Helen GRIMEMeditations on Joy (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
BRUCHViolin Concerto No. 1
Intermission
BRAHMSSymphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

Lang Lang Plays Grieg - Walt Disney Concert Hall
2023-02-23 08:00 - 22:00 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Lang Lang is synonymous with international classical music superstar. Hear him in a quintessential Romantic concerto favorite. Joining him for this program is Dutch conductor Otto Tausk, Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, who will lead a Helen Grimes world premiere and the gloriously tuneful Third Symphony of Johannes Brahms with its unforgettable bittersweet melody in the third movement.
Program:
Helen Grime: Meditations on Joy (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
GRIEG: Piano Concerto
Intermission
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Times: Thursday, Feb. 23 – 8:00PM

Quartetto Di Cremona - Samueli Theatre
2023-02-22 07:30 - 21:30 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
After 20 years of performing together, Quartetto di Cremona has won several prestigious awards including the ICMA Award in 2018 and the ECHO Klassik. This Italian quartet has performed across South America, Europe, Australia, and the U.S., and in February, they’re bringing their immense talent to Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
Program
Boccherini: String Quartet in C Major, Op 2 No. 6
Verdi: Quartet in E minor
Puccini: Chrisantemi
Respighi: Quartet in D Major
Wednesday, Feb. 22
Time: 7:30 p.m.

The Outsiders - Mandell Weiss Theatre
2023-02-19 - 2023-04-02 | Mandell Weiss Theatre, 2910 La Jolla Village Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, United States
The story that defined a generation is reimagined in a groundbreaking musical for a new generation. In 1967 Tulsa, Oklahoma, the hardened hearts, aching souls and romantic dreams of Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade and their band of greasers take center stage in a fight for survival and a quest for purpose.
Times varies per schedule, check website for more details
Based on the Novel by S.E. Hinton and Francis Ford Coppola’s Motion Picture
Book by Adam Rapp
Music and Lyrics by Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay & Zach Chance) and Justin Levine
Music Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations by Justin Levine
Choreography by Rick Kuperman & Jeff Kuperman
Directed by Danya Taymor

The Secret Garden - Ahmanson Theatre
2023-02-19 - 2023-03-25 | Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
The story of a young orphan who is sent to live with her reclusive uncle on a haunted English country estate is brought to life by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman and Grammy Award-winning composer Lucy Simon. Follow orphan, Mary Lennox as she’s sent from her home in India to live with her reclusive uncle on his haunted English country estate. Guided by an exceptionally beautiful score, Mary’s unapologetic curiosity and the help of unlikely companions send her on a thrilling quest to untangle the pieces of her family’s past and, most importantly—discover herself.
Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman
Music by Lucy Simon
Directed and Choreographed by Warren Carlyle
Time varies per schedule, check website for more details

O.C. Lantern Festival 2023 - South Coast Cultural Center
2023-02-18 11:00 - 16:00 | Pacific Symphony, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 92626, United States
Free Family event! Bring the entire family of this year’s Pacific Symphony’s annual Lantern Festival, celebrating the Year of the Rabbit! The Lantern Festival, which can be traced back 2,000 years, marks the return of spring and the reunion of family. The act of lighting and appreciating lanterns is a way for people to let go of the burdens of their old selves and express their best wishes for themselves and their families for the future.
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Music and dance performances, storytelling, riddles and art-making activities.
Concert Timings:
February 18, 2023, 11:00 am

blackbox: Lizzie No - BroadStage
2023-02-17 20:00 - 22:00 | broadstage, 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
Jazz & Blues
Curated by The Reverend Shawn AmosWith the release of her debut album, Hard Won, in March 2017, NYC singer-songwriter, harpist, and guitarist Lizzie No established herself as one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary folk music. Billboard Magazine called the album “simultaneously understated and fervent.” She followed up the album with the release of “Sundown,” a benefit track for Black Lives Matter.

BroadStage – The Edye

Yuja Wang & Dudamel: Rachmaninoff Concerto 3
2023-02-16 20:00 - 2023-02-17 22:00 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Rachmaninoff’s virtuosic Third Concerto and haunting choral symphony as performed by the acclaimed pianist Yuja Wang and conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
Program
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 30
Intermission
RACHMANINOFF: The Bells

GRAND PARK’S LOVERS ROCK
2023-02-14 18:00 - 22:00 | Grand Park, 200 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, 90012, United States
Grand Park’s Lovers Rock sets the stage for love’s big day with a beautiful and romantic urban oasis to celebrate with friends, families, partners and pups! The four-hour event features live music with DJ Puffs and multi-instrumentalist Low Leaf, a photobooth hosted by Las Fotos Project, a pop-up art gallery presented by LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, screen-printing with Cultivarte Studios, a flower market with Poppy Lavender Florals, a cookie design workshop provided by East Los Sweets and more. Bring a picnic or purchase delectable bites from The Food Clinic. Dine and groove under the stars while celebrating love, kindness and community!

Petrossian Valentine's Day Dinner
2023-02-14 11:00 - 18:00 | Tiffany and Co., 3333 Bristol St Costa Mesa, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
PETROSSIAN AT TIFFANY & CO. AT SOUTH COAST
Petrossian at Tiffany & Co. at South Coast will have a special Valentine’s Day tasting menu on Tuesday, February 14th from 11am to 6pm for $225 per person. The menu features Petrossian favorites: caviar, smoked salmon from Paris, oysters, lobster, house made pasta with black truffles from Burgundy. To help celebrate, Krug Grande Cuvée & Dom Perignon will be available by the glass. This will be the only menu available – no a la carte – and prepaid reservations are required. Reservations can be made through OpenTable.
Valentine’s Day – Tasting Menu Lunch
Tuesday, February 14th | 11am – 6pm
$225 per person + tax and gratuity
Prepaid reservations only
Reservation link: www.opentable.com/booking/experiences-availability?rid=1229497&restref=1229497&experienceId=134706

Sunday in the Park with George |
2023-02-14 - 2023-03-19 | Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
One of the most acclaimed musicals of all time, Sondheim’s most innovative and groundbreaking musical has rarely been produced in Los Angeles with the full-scale production it deserves—until now. Inventive, insightful, and in a class of its own, this ravishing, captivating masterpiece encapsulates the complexity of life—and the art of understanding it.
Recipient of the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “Sundayremains a masterpiece that affirms the painful, isolating joys of creation, and the need to learn new lessons. Like a densely plotted canvas, it’s worth seeing, no matter where or how it’s hung.” – Time Out New York
Times varies per schedule, check website for more details

Choose Something Like a Star - L.A Master Chorale
2023-02-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Named after a poem by Robert Frost, this concert features music of aspiration and inspiration from Brahms and Schumann to Meredith Monk and Michael Abels.
Featuring two world premieres, VOYAGER written by Matthew Brown and Alas de noche by Diana Syrse, along with extrodinary pieces from classic Brahms to contemporary Runestad, this program is about what inspires us and to what we aspire.
ARTISTS
Grant Gershon, conductor62 singers, piano, and percussion

California Connections - Pacific Symphony
2023-02-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Pacific Symphony, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 92626, United States
California has been blessed with an abundance of great composers. The film industry has magnetized many European emigres to resettle in the Golden State. Composers Miklós Rósza (Hungary) and Alexandre Tansman (Poland) were both Jewish and escaped Europe as the Second World War was brewing. They both benefitted from work in Hollywood. John Williams and Danny Elfman are both prolific film composers. Los Angeles-born Viet Cuong, who now resides in Orange County, is Pacific Symphony’s composer-in-residence.
Enjoy delightful chamber music with host and pianist Orli Shaham and principal musicians of Pacific Symphony in the coffee-house atmosphere of the Samueli Theater.

ARTISTS:
Orli Shaham, Piano
Rose Corrigan, Bassoon
Joshua Ranz, Clarinet
Dennis Kim, Violin
Meredith Crawford, Viola
Warren Hagerty, Cello

PROGRAM
MIKLÓS RÓZSA: Duo, Op. 8
ALEXANDRE TANSMAN: Bassoon Sonatine
VIET CUONG: Wax and Wire
JOHN WILLIAMS: Air and Simple Gifts
DANNY ELFMAN: Piano Quartet

Sunday Morning Music/Santa Monica: Dream with Me
2023-02-12 11:00 - 12:30 | broadstage, 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
Los Angeles-based soprano Julia Metzler, pianist Bernadene Blaha and violinist Roger Wilkie come together for a heartwarming Valentine’s program featuring works by Rachmaninoff, Zemlinsky, Bernstein, Massenet and Beethoven. Resident virtuoso Antonio Lysy rounds out the ensemble on cello.
Dream with Me
Let the music inspire you in this heartwarming Valentine’s program featuring works by Rachmaninoff, Zemlinsky, Bernstein, Massenet, and Beethoven. Los Angeles-based soprano Julia Metzler joins Bernadene Blaha on piano and and Roger Wilkie on violin — and resident virtuoso Antonio Lysy himself rounds out the ensemble on cello for a morning full of sweeping romance.

Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord - Kirk Douglas Theatre
2023-02-12 - 2023-03-12 | Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90232, United States
Kristina Wong began sewing masks out of old bed sheets on her Hello Kitty sewing machine. Before long, she was leading the Auntie Sewing Squad, a work-from-home sweatshop of hundreds of volunteers—including children and her own mother—to fix the U.S. public health care system while in quarantine. A laugh-out-loud look at post-pandemic life.
Times varies per schedule, check website for more information
Written & Performed by Kristina Wong
Directed by Chay Yew
A Co-Production with East West Players
With additional support from the Skirball Cultural Center

An Evening with Lucia Micarelli
2023-02-11 19:30 - 21:30 | broadstage, 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
Actress, violist, and vocalist Lucia Micarelli has performed as a featured soloist with Josh Groban, Chris Botti and Jethro Tull. She returns to the BroadStage for an evening of music, moving from classical to jazz to traditional fiddle music and Americana. Micarelli maps a thrilling evening of music, moving from classical to jazz to traditional fiddle music and Americana – all bound together by her signature emotional vulnerability and technical wizardry.

“Dazzling skills and a Mona Lisa smile.” –The Washington Post

Under a Baseball Sky - Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
2023-02-11 - 2023-03-12 | Cheryl and Harvey White Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
From José Cruz González, author of American Mariachi, comes a Globe-commissioned story about baseball’s deep roots in the Mexican American community. When troublemaker Teo is put to work cleaning up a vacant lot belonging to his elderly neighbor, this unlikely pair forms a bond forged in history and America’s favorite pastime.
Time varies per schedule, please check website for more details
Under a Baseball Sky is supported by major production sponsors Hal and Pam Fuson, Sheryl and Harvey White, and Entravision and artist sponsors Philip and Margarita Wilkinson (for playwright José Cruz González).
José Cruz González’s Under a Baseball Sky was commissioned by the Old Globe and underwritten by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.

The Puccini Duo: Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi - San Diego Civic Theatre
2023-02-11 - 2023-02-19 | San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 3rd Ave, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
The Puccini Duo, brings to life two great Puccini one-act operas. Suor Angelica tells the story of a woman (Marina Costa-Jackson) who bears a child out of wedlock and is sent to a convent for penance. The comic-opera Gianni Schicchi begins with the death of wealthy Florentine Buoso Donati, and his distraught family who are upset about being forgotten in his will.
LANGUAGE – Sung in Italian with English and Spanish text projected above the stage
RUN TIME – 2 hours and 15 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission
Date: Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Friday, February 17, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 2:00 pm
