The British countertenor Iestyn Davies returned to UC Berkeley's Hertz Hall on Sunday, Oct. 25, with harpist Oliver Wass in an excellent Cal Performances recital. Davies is one of today's finest ...

VOX Femina Los Angeles \. Women’s choirs aren’t anything new and were quite popular, in fact, in the 19th century. But keeping a women’s choir togethe ...

The following night’s free “Sound of Two Cities” concert offered a rare opportunity to see what two distinguished orchestras sound like when paired in the wild. Partly because outdoor venues cannot ...

The mood was electric when Joe Hisaishi took the stage at Davies Symphony Hall last weekend. Seeing the house packed full of young adult concertgoers, some even in cosplay, eager for the composer to ...

Elim Chan \. Recent upheavals at the Los Angeles Philharmonic are still reverberating in Walt Disney Concert Hall this month. Elim Chan, once thought to have o ...

If orchestras have personalities, then Pasadena Symphony Music Director Brett Mitchell has found his groove with the musicians. Beginning his third season on Oct. 24 at Ambassador Auditorium, he ...

Small, distinguished Volti is known for more than superb choral performances — it also commissions, performs, and advocates for new music. The group’s next concert, a free event at San Francisco State ...

Steve Reich \. Few ensembles have forged a closer relationship with Steve Reich than the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and the elegantly concise Oct. 24 Cal Per ...

The Oakland Symphony doesn’t qualify as a political organization. But the ensemble tunes into its city’s culture and concerns, and that’s its special sauce.

On October 3, 2026 Steve Reich turned 90, though you would never know it from the level of enthusiasm he maintains for the creative process.

Approaching its 60th anniversary, Pacific Chorale has built its now international reputation through adventurous programming exactly like this, including dozens of premieres and commissions. Its ...

Hisaishi will serve as the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Composer-in-Residence for the Bowl and The Ford for five years beginning in the 2027-2028 season. Hisaishi made his debut at the Bowl in 2023, and ...