Dudamel is off with the Berlin Philharmonic, as part of a celebration of the 130th anniversary of the Berlin Philharmonic. In the meantime, one of music's biggest names is coming to the Disney Hall this week. more ›

LACO concludes their Westside Connection series this week at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Leila Josefowicz and John Adams join the LA Phil this weekend for Adams' Violin Concerto. more ›

Ralph Kirshbaum, world renown pedagogue and performer, recently moved to L.A. to take over the Gregor Piatigorsky Endowed Chair in Violoncello at the USC Thornton School of Music. We got to chat with Kirshbaum about his role as artistic director for the Festival, and the music scene among other things in L.A. more ›

The Salzburg Chamber Soloists are performing this Thursday at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. The program includes works by Janacek, Britten, Mozart, and Ravel. more ›

Want to see the highly acclaimed Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra (where Dudamel got his start) perform for free? more ›

The Coachella Valley Symphony is putting on a program similar to the wildly popular NY Phil "Mostly Mozart" festivals, with an all-Mozart program Monday night at 7 pm. If Coachella is a bit of a trek for you, the LA Phil kicks off their Mahler Project this Friday the 13th. more ›

When your duo gets mentioned in the same breath as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister Maria Anna (Nannerl) Mozart, you're kind of a big deal. Katia and Marielle Labèque are no strangers to Los Angeles and have performed at every major venue in L.A. in the last 25 years. more ›

It's the last week of Classical music at the Bowl! The season is going to end with a bang with Mozart's Requiem on Tuesday and Handel and Fireworks on Thursday. more ›

To experience LA's most cutting-edge percussion chamber music, join the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet this Saturday at Zipper Hall at the Colburn School. The LAPQ is known for their performances of Californian avant-garde composers, and for their commissions of award-winning compositions. This weekend the LAPQ puts on a world premiere Rupa-Khanda, from award winning composer Sean Heim. more ›

Charo, look out. The guest star of honor getting all the attention today is LA Philharmonic Music Director Gustavo Dudamel who will be making an appearance in the upcoming 42nd season of Sesame Street. more ›

Missed out on the Tchaikovsky last week? No worries, we've got another major piano concerto and a Tchaikovsky piece this week to the Bowl. Yuja Wang returns to the Bowl this Tuesday for a performance of Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto. more ›

Gavrylyuk returns this Tuesday to the Hollywood Bowl in Tchaikovsky's masterful Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor. The Bowl is a perfect venue for a piece like this, don't miss out if you've never seen it live. more ›

Remember Gautier Capucon? He's back at the Disney Hall with his cello (and brother) in tow, to finish off Brahms Unbound with a bang. more ›

For your highbrow video lunch today, on the anniversary of its Paris debut, a clip of Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the L.A. Phil doing "The Rite of Spring." And, for a more, err, lowbrow moment, a sped-up clip showing the fury of Salonen's conductors arms as he conducts the same piece. more ›

Good news! LACO announced their 2011-2012 season and Jeffrey Kahane's contract has been renewed for two more seasons. Next season highlights include some Golijov, chef and music pairings, Ralph Kirshbaum, and some father-son collaborations with Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane (composer/vocalist). more ›

Here's the Balanchine version so you can talk about how the classic version was sooooo much better (Note: we haven't seen the Eifman choreography, just teasing). The Eifman Ballet comes to town (well, the OC) from St. Petersburg to put on a production of Don Quixote at OCPAC. Eifman is known as an innovative choreographer so you're sure to see some "new twists" to this classic ballet. more ›

Pierre Boulez talking about Sur Incises, which you can hear this Tuesday with Boulez himself conducting the LA Phil. The Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group is putting on a free concert on Tuesday at 8 PM at what is soon to be named the "Ernest Fleischmann Square". The naming of the square takes place at 1 PM at 1st and Grand, between the Disney Hall and the Music Center. more ›

If you can't make it to the LA Opera for Britten's Turn of the Screw, Alisa Weilerstein is making her return to the Disney Hall (you might remember her from last year's performance of the Dvorak Cello Concerto) with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in an all-Russian program. more ›

Although we're used to seeing newer and younger artists make their debut with the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl, Gautier Capuçon is an exception. Capuçon is already an established musician (well, at least in Europe), and the demand for him has risen considerably stateside as evidenced by his upcoming solo performances with the LA Phil and the SF Symphony (with Charles Dutoit). more ›

Dudamel discusses Mahler's 9th Symphony, which you can hear this weekend at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. This is the last performance of January for Dudamel and the LA Phil before they kick off their European tour. Their next performance will beon February 12th with Leonard Slatkin, and their next performance with Dudamel will be on March 3rd, when Dudamel conducts Bruckner. more ›

As we mentioned last week, you can still catch Lohengrin this Sunday. It's a little quiet this week thanks to Thanksgiving, but it looks like a good week for opera lovers. The LA Times just profiled opera star Bryn Terfel, and you can check him out tomorrow night in the other music center, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The program is heavy on Schumann (we're a nostalgic bunch). more ›

Salonen and Lindberg go way back. Although he is known for his use of live electronics during performances, Graffiti is exciting because it's his first work for choir and orchestra. If you're not familiar with Lindberg, he's a famous Finnish (makes sense) composer who also happens to be the composer-in-residence at the NY Phil, and curates CONTACT!, their equivalent of the Green Umbrella Series here. You can check it out on Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 8 PM, and Sunday at 2 PM. more ›

The musicians of the Los Angeles Philharmonic will have their talented hands full tonight at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Conducted by Susanna Malkki of Finland, the program begins with the U.S. premiere of Hammered Out by Turnage and Violin Concerto No.1 in B-flat major, composed by a seventeen-year-old Mozart. more ›

The L.A. Phil is making a movie with no costumes, no pyrotechnics, no 3-D aliens, only the the majesty of the Philharmonic, the charisma of one plucky Venezuelan, the exquisite backdrop of Walt Disney Concert Hall and the most specialized, live-concert directors and cameramen Hollywoodland has to offer. more ›

Okay, you'll probably never see another viola/violist highlighted in the Classical Pick (don't worry they're used to it) but it's Yuri Bashmet! He's taking his talents to Costa Mesa (OCPAC) to join Lynn Harrell and Anne-Sophie Mutter in a super trio this Wednesday. more ›

After launching a useful Hollywood Bowl mobile app this summer, the LA Phil is at it again. With the season at Walt Disney Concert Hall in full swing, the organization has now brought patrons another mobile tool. Their free "LA Phil," which is available on Blackberries, Androids and iPhones, includes concert schedules, program notes, options to buy tickets, performer biographies... more ›

This is an excerpt from Messiaen's Turangalila, which you can catch this weekend at the Walt Disney Concert Hall with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, featured in this clip. No, there's no such thing as "Pianofest" in LA, but if you take a look at the schedule this week, you'll see why. Dudamel and Ax are still performing the Beethoven with a concert this afternoon at 2 PM (if you're reading this, you're probably too late for it). more ›

You might not be going to the LA Phil's opening night concert and gala, but there's a way you can be there somewhat vicariously. KUSC 91.5 FM will carry the "celebración" live tonight at 7 p.m. Conductor Gustavo Dudaml and his friend Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez have put together a "special program of bel canto arias and popular Latin American canciones." more ›

f you're unfamiliar with Orchestra Unleashed, here are a few clips from a recent concert titled "Mirrors of the Soul". This week is your last chance to catch the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl this season... more ›

No oranges involved in tonight's performance of Carmen, which is probably a good thing. This week is probably going to present the best opportunity for you to see Dudamel in person. The Hollywood Bowl tickets are cheaper than the Walt Disney Concert Hall tickets, there are many more seats to fight over, and tickets are still available for all of his shows. Tonight, Dudamel is making his US opera debut with Bizet's Carmen, if you're in a mood for some Toreador or Habanera. This concert starts 30 minutes earlier than your typical Classical concerts, at 7:30 PM. more ›