As the year enters week two, organizations are programming newer music, that which was composed in the last century. This weekend, the Los Angeles Philharmonic began their Concrete Frequency series to an excellent start wth Aaron Copland's "The City" played to film and Edgard Varèse's "Amériques." After the concert, hip-hop violinist duo Paul Dateh and inka one (we interviewed Paul him this summer) played in the lobby by the cafe while Breakestra funked up......

For the third year, the Los Angeles Philharmonic is producing a series that explores a single topic, usually one that reaches from the hardcore to the non-traditional classical going audiences. In 2006, it was Minimalist Fest. featuring famed compositions of the minimalism movement and an all night concert til 4 a.m. with The Orb and other trance artists. This past year was From Shadow to Stalin, an exploration of Eastern Europe, classical musics to......

The Hollywood bowl season is coming to an end, yet there are still chances to win, here at LAist. This time for this Saturday = Bright Eyes + LA Phil (Yo La Tengo + M. Ward). How can you win these tickets? Submit a registered comment telling us your preferred transportation to the Hollywood Bowl by Thursday, September 27, 2007, 12 p.m. PST. Our favorite way of getting to the Bowl is by bicycle via......

For the past 16 years, as part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's dedication to making music accessible to the widest possible audience, they have been presenting free neighborhood concerts in the community at churches, community centers and other local venues around Southern California. The series for this year begins this week in San Gabriel. The Latin-flavored program includes Bizet’s Suite No. 1 from Carmen; Falla’s Suite from El amor brujo; Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No.......

Collaborations between two art forms can be magical. Collaborations of two Los Angeles groups is even better. On Tuesday night, the LA Phil and the Diavolo dance company will be teaming up to present conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen's "electrifying imaginary scène de ballet, 'Foreign Bodies.'" Also on the program is Gustav Mahler's First Symphony. Diavolo Dances Salonen Tuesday, September 4 @ 8:00 p.m. | $6 - $43 Hollywood Bowl Promotional Video from Diavolo (does not necessarily......

Compare the way people dress at the LA Phil (not including Hollywood Bowl) to the New York Philharmonic and you'll find some New Yorkers shocked at our fine evening wear for classical music. That is to say, we prefer our California lackadaisical manner of dress. Go to the LA Phil and you'll see the occasional couple with style, but mostly you'll see lots in jeans and other street-wear. It seems Casual Fridays at the......

LAist has a pair of tickets for the April 18th complete showing of the opera, Tristan & Isolde at the Walt Disney Concert Hall featuring the LA Phil, Peter Sellers and video artist Bill Viola. This is no regular opera, this something else: "Tristan und Isolde is a tale of a love so overwhelming and intense it transcends mortal bounds. This project represents an exciting opportunity to collaborate with fellow artists Peter Sellars and......

In the classical music world, Los Angeles has something to brag about. It's the LA Phil series - Green Umbrella. The colorfully named series (there is no reason why the umbrella is green) is dedicated to new music, rather, contemporary classical, or if you will, music by composers who are not dead yet (or may have passed post 1950). At last night's performance, the LA Phil celebrated Green Umbrella's 20th Birthday (25th for LA......

I call it Performance Row. That stretch downtown along Grand Avenue between Temple St. and the California Plaza. You can easily walk between 9 performance spaces in 5 minutes. Starting at the Music Center Plaza at Temple and heading South, you first are at the Ahmanson, Center Theatre Group's (CTG) proscenium stage that is used for dance, musicals and other traditional performances. Next is the Mark Taper Forum, a theatre used for newer theatrical......