Carl St. Clair leads the Pacific Symphony in Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons followed by Strauss’s masterpiece An Alpine Symphony set to visuals projected on a large screen.
Nathalie Stutzmann’s confident baton guides Schumann’s heroic and in Second Symphony, and Sunwook Kim shines in Brahms’ sophisticated and intimate Second Piano Concerto.
*Rescheduled until further notice* 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.
A new musical about growing up and growing old, Kimberly Akimbo is the winner of 5 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL. It features Tony Award-winning book and lyrics), a Tony Award-winning score, choreography by Danny Mefford (Dear Evan Hansen) and direction by Tony-nominated director Jessica Stone.
Daniele Rustioni makes her San Diego Symphony debut to lead a program of Italian-themed works beginning with Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture. Violinist Francesca Dego also makes her Symphony debut performing Busoni’s dark and lyrical Violin Concerto.
San Francisco Opera music director Eun Sun Kim leads the LA Phil through Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony and a brand-new world premiere of a concerto grosso by composer Nico Muhly. Alexandre Kantorow, winner of the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award, shows off his sensitive technique with Rachmaninoff’s ever-evolving Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
The Cornley Drama Society is putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong... does! The accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call with hilarious consequences!
Brett Mitchell leads a program that highlights Mozart’s Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, with pianist Inon Barnatan. Florence Price’s Concerto for Piano in One Movement along with Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst will accompany Mozart’s “Jupiter”.
Recent Grammy-winning wind ensemble Imani Winds takes the stage to perform “Grooves and Meditations”. The ensemble delivers a captivating program of works by modern composers including a newly commissioned work inspired by contemporary issues and historical events.
Continuing the Future Sounds of Jazz series curated by Stanley Clarke, BroadStage presents the fusion of 20th-century big band tradition with 21st-century culture with Marlon Martinez and Marlonius Jazz Orchestra, featuring Olivia Kuper Harris!
Grammy nominated ensemble, Wild Up, led by Artistic Director Christopher Rountree, blends classical repertoire with pop culture, new music and performance art.
John and Samantha Williams Creative Chair John Adams returns for the second installment of the LA Phil Etudes each performed by an LA Phil musician. The program will also include a world premiere by Noah Jenkins.
A bold world premiere comedy from Los Angeles-based playwright, Larissa FastHorse, who focuses her keen sense of satire to examine Native American perspectives on contemporary life.
Conductor Susanna Mälkki leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Schubert’s chilling yet charming two-movement symphony, nicknamed the “Unfinished.”
Conductor Susanna Mälkki leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Schubert’s chilling yet charming two-movement symphony, nicknamed the “Unfinished.”
The program begins with the World Premiere of LA-born, Grammy award winning composer Billy Child’s Concerto for Orchestra and ends with Beethoven’s Eroica symphony. Pianist Alexander Malofeev also takes the Jacobs Music Center stage in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
From her Tony-winning performance in The King and I, to starring in The Hours at the Met and The Gilded Ageon HBO, Kelli O'Hara dazzles at every turn. Her eagerly anticipated company debut, in concert with the LA Opera Orchestra, promises a heart-filling evening of beloved show tunes and more.
Join the Pacific Symphony’s annual festivities honoring Lunar New Year with a color presentation of Eastern and Western music and dance. Photo: A number from Pacific Symphony’s 2022 Lunar New Year program | Credit: Doug Gifford
Michael Tilson Thomas has been part of the LA Phil family for more than five decades, and the orchestra celebrates MTT's 80th birthday with a not-to-be-missed special night of music.
The pulse-pounding rhythms of traditional Japanese drumming, taiko, return with a new program, One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe.
Conceived and directed by William Kentridge, The Wallis presents The Great Yes, The Great No —party play, part Greek choir, part chamber opera. It is a story that mixes history in 1941 Merseille, with fiction and augments reality.
Bernstein’s high-spirited musical prelude sets the stage for two contemporary works that follow: a new piano concerto by esteemed composer Adolphus Hailstork and a new and colorful orchestral work by Pacific Symphony’s Composer-in-Residence, Viet Cuong.
Conductor Xian Zhang leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Zemlinsky’s The Mermaid, and pianist George Li effortlessly performs Tchaikovsky’s titanic Piano Concerto. Photo: Xian Jiang courtesy of the L.A. Phil
2023 Best New Artist Grammy winner, Samara Joy, makes her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut with her distinctive style and voice that has been compared to legendary singers like Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.
Music Director Rafael Payare conducts the Symphony in Strauss’ powerful tone poem along with William Walton’s beautifully lyrical and nostalgic Viola Concerto with Chi-Yuan Chen on viola. The concert ends with Brahms’ melancholy and hauntingly beautiful Second Symphony.
A major new American play that first launched in the 2024 Powers New Voices Festival. Kisa, a painter in Paris, returns to her small Japanese hometown after the 2011 tsunami to help her ailing father by driving his taxi cab. But as she navigates the winding streets and transports her eccentric passengers, she is haunted […]
CTG presents the North American premiere of Old Friends starring Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga—a theatrical event that is a celebration of the life and work of Stephen Sondheim, musically staged and directed by Matthew Bourne.
In the Bard’s grand and gripping tale of murder, treason, ambition and greed, Macbeth and his wife will stop at nothing in their pursuit of wealth and power.
Winner of the Operalia competition in London, opera superstar, Lise Davidsen returns to the BroadStage for the Celebrity Opera Series.
Warabe blends simple forms of taiko expression that celebrate the unique sound, resonance, and physicality synonymous with Kodo—forever children of the drum at heart.
Seong-Jin Cho, a pianist beloved by audiences worldwide, returns to the Walt Disney Concert Hall for a highly anticipated recital of music by Maurice Ravel, showcasing his tender yet assertive technique
South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho returns to join the LA Philharmonic for Ravel’s joyful Concerto in G, and Grammy award-winning conductor Paavo Järvi leads a Brahms quartet lovingly orchestrated by Schoenberg.
Husband-and-wife duo Joshua Bell and Larisa Martínez present Voice and the Violin, exploring repertoire from classical art song and opera to musical theater and selections by Puerto Rican and Spanish composers. They join Pacific Symphony and Music Director Carl St.Clair for a special evening during this celebratory season.
A mystery awaits Pacific Symphony with a audience favorite group that returns by popular demand. This ensemble from Portland, Oregon mixes it up with a cocktail of classical zest, Latin heat, and jazz-tinted pop in a polyglot’s dream of seven languages. They’ll be celebrating 30 years of musical escapades this season.
The critically acclaimed Batsheva Dance Company presents a shared passion of sorrow and beauty in its newest evening length work MOMO, from master choreographer Ohad Naharin. In the company’s words, “MOMO has two souls. One sends long roots to the depths of the earth and the other is in a constant search for an individual […]
The world-renowned Takács Quartet enters its 50th season and returns to Samueli Theater with a beautiful program that will include Haydn, Britten and Schubert.
Brett Mitchell leads a program with Mark Kosower performing Dvorák’s Cello Concerto. The program will also highlight Wagner’s “Maghic Fire Music” from Die Walküre and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.
Beloved American conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas makes his SDSO debut in this special program that opens with his own Street Song for Symphonic Brass. Rising star pianist Parker van Ostrand will join Tilson Thomas and the Symphony for Rachmaninoff’s demanding Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
Grammy award winner, drummer and composer Terri Lyne Carrington takes the BroadStage with her multi-talented sextet Social Science to bring their fresh blend of jazz, indie rock, and hip-hop music.
Argentinian organist Hector Olivera exercises his remarkable finger and footwork with the 6,134 pipes of “Hurricane Mama.”.
Annie, the beloved story about an orphan girl, features the iconic book and score, written by Tony Award-winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. This celebration of family, optimism and the American spirit remains the ultimate cure for all the hard knocks life throws your way.
It is the summer of 1862 and President Lincoln must find a way to end the Civil War. This new musical tells the inspirational story in our nation's history. Mandell Weiss Theatre
Adoration tells two simultaneous stories—a fictional story of terrorism and betrayal juxtaposed with a real story of family strife and rejection of something foreign. An adaptation of Atom Egoyan’s 2008 film of the same name.
Hershey Felder's newest musical play will feature him in the role of composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff alongside British-Italian actor Jonathan Silvestri in the role of Tsar Nicholas II.
Claybourne Elder (The Gilded Age, HBO) takes the Samueli Theater stage for a hilarious and heartfelt evening that is part stand-up and part cabaret. Enjoy his favorite music ranging from the Great American Songbook to Whitney Houston and everything in between.
Gustavo Dudamel leads Mahler’s Blumine, Symphony No. 10: Adagio, and musical poems from Des Knaben Wunderhorn in the opening weekend of the Mahler Grooves Festival.
From her roots as the powerhouse vocalist of Calle 13 to her GRAMMY-winning solo career, iLe brings a mesmerizing blend of traditional Latin rhythms and cutting-edge electronic sounds in an evening of music that transcends boundaries and speaks to the soul.
Lucia Micarelli presents her newest project “Roots”, a journey through the diverse tapestry of American music—soulful strains of classical masterpieces to the infectious rhythms of jazz and timeless melodies of the Great American Songbook.
This emotionally charged theatrical event explores the U.S. Constitution’s significance in contemporary America and the impact is has on individuals and society as a whole. This Tony-nominated and Pulitzer Prize finalist offers a powerful, humor-filled, and though-provoking performance.
Two of today’s finest pianists team up on technically and emotionally complex piano works for four hands, ranging from Dave Brubeck, John Adams, and Arvo Pärt to Rachmaninoff’s nostalgic Symphonic Dances and Schubert’s Fantasie..
