Los Angeles Philharmonic News

It was right after a rousing version of "The Sound of Settling" from 2003's Transatlanticism , 12 songs into Death Cab For Cutie's sold-out concert at the Hollywood Bowl, that frontman Ben Gibbard made the big announcement: "We're going to take a quick break and then we're going to come back with 50 of our new friends!" Even for the ...

The July 5 show will feature opening acts Tegan and Sara, and The New Pornographers.

Contemporary Services Corporation is proud to announce its new 3-year partnership with the Hollywood Bowl, one of the world's premier music venues and the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

A brilliantly choreographed partnership of the classical arts of music and theater celebrated the 30th Annual Topanga Philharmonic performance Saturday afternoon, May 16, presented by TPO conductor, Guido Lamell, and the Theatricum Botanicum's artistic director, Ellen Geer.

Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman is performing with Venezuela's top young musicians and says he is impressed by their spirit and intensity.

Pegasus Repertory Theatre, named for the mythological winged horse, has had a myth-like existence.

The Community Arts Music Association , Santa Barbara's oldest arts organization, brings the finest classical musicians from around the globe to our community.

Los Angeles quartet Ambrosia, whose founding members included guitarist/vocalist David Pack, bassist/vocalist Joe Puerta, keyboardist Christopher North, and drummer Burleigh Drummond, fused symphonic art rock with a slickly produced pop sound.

The Estonian composer Arvo PA rt has rebelled against different Russian governments throughout his career, composing serialist works when that aesthetic irked the Soviets and religious music when atheism was the official credo.

In a news release, the New York Philharmonic said that Mr. Salonen would be replaced by David Zinman , the music director of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich.

Fashions influence classical music as they do other kinds, and over the last year the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela has been a name on many enthusiasts lips.

Music Director Designate Gustavo Dudamel, together with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has created the Dudamel Fellowship Program to provide a unique opportunity for promising young conductors from around the world to develop their craft and enrich their musical experience through personal mentorship and participation in the LA Phil's orchestral and ...

He's enlisted other young conductors to help. The orchestra announced Friday the 28-year-old Venezuela native has created the Dudamel Fellowship Program to give up-and-comers the chance to work alongside him.

The Community Arts Music Association will bring its 2008-2009 International Series to a close, as has often been the case, with a concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at the Granada.

PEKKA, WE HARDLY KNEW YE: Ita TMs been a not-so-quiet and bittersweet month at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, where the Los Angeles Philharmonic has bid adieu to Esa-Pekka Salonen , who has now officially ended his enlightened reign as the visionary maestro of that orchestra.

Midwest Young Artists presents 'Starburst' Comments April 23, 2009 SRO: PEOPLE TO WATCH Welcome home Carrie: Highwood-based Midwest Young Artists will present Starburst: Part 1 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25 in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston.

Actors acting like musicians MOVIE MUSIC The Soloist , the story of a homeless former musician, cleverly weaves music, especially Beethoven, throughout the new film.

The 2008-2009 CAMA International Series at The Granada concludes with a concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 2. The program features masterworks of Eastern European composers, including Franz Liszt 's Piano Concerto No.

Leila Josefowicz is riding high. Last year, at the tender age of 30, the violinist was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant.

Esa-Pekka Salonen took his final bow as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, ending a 17-year tenure that elevated the international standing of the orchestra.