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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
