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‘Waiting for Godot’s’ opening-night bash at Geffen Playhouse: L.A. arts and culture this week
1 month ago

‘Waiting for Godot’s’ opening-night bash at Geffen Playhouse: L.A. arts and culture this week

LA Times  

The crowd was jubilant on the opening night of “Waiting for Godot” at the Geffen Playhouse last Thursday. Best bets: On our radar this week Faniswa Yisa, left, Billy Edward, Craig Leo, Carlo Daniels, Sandra Pinsloo and Andrew Buckland in “Life & Times of Michael K.” ‘Life & Times of Michael K’ Times theater critic Charles McNulty has been eyeing …

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Pacific Symphony taps Alexander Shelley as next artistic and music director
1 month, 1 week ago

Pacific Symphony taps Alexander Shelley as next artistic and music director

LA Times  

Alexander Shelley is announced as the new Pacific Symphony artistic and music director by President and CEO John Forsyte, right, during a special announcement ceremony at Segerstrom Concert Hall on Wednesday. Alexander Shelley is announced as the new Pacific Symphony artistic and music director by CEO John Forsyte, right, on Wednesday. “Then we would take Elvis songs, and we’d sometimes …

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Nina Simone’s ‘legacy of resilience and artistic brilliance’ to be celebrated in three-day concert
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nina Simone’s ‘legacy of resilience and artistic brilliance’ to be celebrated in three-day concert

The Independent  

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Shenzhen hosts symphonic oratorio
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Shenzhen hosts symphonic oratorio

China Daily  

Symphonic oratorio, Song of the Big Wind, was staged at Shenzhen Concert Hall on Oct 18. The symphonic oratorio, Song of the Big Wind, was staged at Shenzhen Concert Hall on Oct 18, featuring musicians from China and the United States. The production, performed by the A-Sharp Chorus from the US, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theater Chorus …

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Día de los Muertos and a new ‘Spanish Dracula’ score: The best of L.A. arts this weekend
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Día de los Muertos and a new ‘Spanish Dracula’ score: The best of L.A. arts this weekend

LA Times  

While the weekend is once again upon us, I can’t stop thinking about an intimate, site-specific, one-night-only performance I experienced last weekend. cinema.ucla.edu Dispatch: ‘The Infinite Swell’ Isabella Feliciana and Matthew Scott Montgomery in IAMA Theatre Company’s “The Infinite Swell” at the Casa Loma Beach Hotel in Laguna Beach on Oct. 19. Guests gather at the grand opening of Casa …

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Carl St.Clair reflects on over three decades with Pacific Symphony
2 months ago

Carl St.Clair reflects on over three decades with Pacific Symphony

LA Times  

When Pacific Symphony music director Carl St.Clair first came to Orange County there was no Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa. The dedication of our board members and our subscribers and people like yourselves sitting here, all realizing the importance of classical music in your life.” Founded in 1978, Pacific Symphony began as a collaboration between Cal …

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Violence erupts inside and outside Walt Disney Concert Hall during graduation event
6 months, 1 week ago

Violence erupts inside and outside Walt Disney Concert Hall during graduation event

LA Times  

Police responded to Walt Disney Concert Hall after reports of a shooting on Thursday. During a graduation ceremony held at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Thursday evening, violence broke out inside as well as outside the concert venue, and a shooting may have occurred. The L.A. County Probation Department said in a statement late Thursday that the department had co-hosted …

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Cellist Li Yang and pianist Hong Mei deliver enchanting performance in Beijing
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Cellist Li Yang and pianist Hong Mei deliver enchanting performance in Beijing

China Daily  

Cellist Li Yang and pianist Hong Mei perform at Beijing Concert Hall on April 26. On April 26, cellist Li Yang and pianist Hong Mei mesmerized audiences with a captivating concert at the Beijing Concert Hall, presenting a selection of musical masterpieces, including Schumann's Adagio and Allegro, Op 70, Schubert's Sonata in A Minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D 821, …

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Cellist Li Yang and pianist Hong Mei deliver enchanting performance in Beijing
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Cellist Li Yang and pianist Hong Mei deliver enchanting performance in Beijing

China Daily  

Cellist Li Yang and pianist Hong Mei perform at Beijing Concert Hall on April 26. On April 26, cellist Li Yang and pianist Hong Mei mesmerized audiences with a captivating concert at the Beijing Concert Hall, presenting a selection of musical masterpieces, including Schumann's Adagio and Allegro, Op 70, Schubert's Sonata in A Minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D 821, …

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Downtown L.A. is hurting. Frank Gehry thinks arts can lead a revival
8 months, 1 week ago

Downtown L.A. is hurting. Frank Gehry thinks arts can lead a revival

LA Times  

A pedestrian walks past Walt Disney Concert Hall on a sunny April morning in downtown Los Angeles, where two major expansions of cultural institutions are in the works. Bunker Hill will soon have the largest concentration of buildings designed by Frank Gehry in the world and promises to become a cultural center “like no other place,” the architect told the …

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Ambassadors lay flowers at site of Moscow concert hall massacre
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ambassadors lay flowers at site of Moscow concert hall massacre

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Foreign diplomats in Russia laid flowers Saturday at the site of last week’s attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people. Russian state news agency RIA Novosti said the “around 130 diplomatic missions” taking part included representatives of “unfriendly states.” Since the attack, thousands of people have brought bunches of flowers, wreaths and other tokens …

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The Moscow concert massacre was a major security blunder. What’s behind that failure?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

The Moscow concert massacre was a major security blunder. What’s behind that failure?

Associated Press  

Hours before gunmen last week carried out the bloodiest attack in two decades in Russia, authorities made an addition to a government register of extremist and terrorist groups: They included the international LGBTQ+ “movement.” That addition to the register followed a Russian Supreme Court court ruling last year that cracked down on gay and transgender people in the country. While …

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The death toll in the Moscow concert hall attack rises to 143, while 80 others remain hospitalized
8 months, 3 weeks ago

The death toll in the Moscow concert hall attack rises to 143, while 80 others remain hospitalized

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — The death toll from last week’s Moscow concert hall attack rose to 143, Russian authorities said Wednesday. The Friday night massacre in Crocus City Hall, a sprawling shopping and entertainment venue on the northwestern outskirts of Moscow, was the deadliest extremist attack on Russian soil in nearly two decades. In this photo taken from video released by Russian …

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Russia shooting concert hall: Why ISIS-K attacked, and how Putin is blaming Ukraine.
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia shooting concert hall: Why ISIS-K attacked, and how Putin is blaming Ukraine.

Slate  

It was Friday night when reports started coming in about a concert outside Moscow that had been targeted by terrorists. “What we’re hearing coming out of President Putin and Russia as well as Kremlin-backed or -supportive broadcasters and journalists is an effort to try to blame this attack on Ukraine,” Harris said. “It’s almost as if ISIS is responding in …

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Putin says Islamic extremists raided concert hall but attack masterminds are yet to be found
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Putin says Islamic extremists raided concert hall but attack masterminds are yet to be found

Associated Press  

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the gunmen who killed 139 people at a suburban Moscow concert hall are “radical Islamists,” but he repeated his accusation that Ukraine could have played a role despite Kyiv’s strong denials. Two days after the Islamic State’s Afghanistan affiliate claimed responsibility for Friday night’s attack at the music venue, Putin acknowledged during a …

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Putin acknowledges Islamist extremists raided concert hall
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Putin acknowledges Islamist extremists raided concert hall

LA Times  

Women pray Monday near the Crocus City Hall music venue in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the gunmen who killed 139 people at a suburban Moscow concert hall are “radical Islamists,” but he repeated his accusation that Ukraine could have played a role despite Kyiv’s strong denials. Two days after Islamic State’s Afghanistan affiliate claimed responsibility for …

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How will the Moscow concert hall attack affect Putin?
8 months, 4 weeks ago

How will the Moscow concert hall attack affect Putin?

Al Jazeera  

Even if some Russians blame their president for failing to foil the attack, they have no other security guarantor. The attack on the Crocus Concert Hall, which the ISIL affiliate Islamic State in Khorasan Province has claimed responsibility for, comes against the backdrop of Russia’s brutal aggression in Ukraine. In his address to the nation, Putin claimed that they had …

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4 men charged in Moscow attack, showing signs of beatings at hearing as court says 2 accept guilt
8 months, 4 weeks ago

4 men charged in Moscow attack, showing signs of beatings at hearing as court says 2 accept guilt

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Four men accused of staging the Russia concert hall attack that killed more than 130 people appeared before a Moscow court Sunday on terrorism charges showing signs of severe beatings. The hearings came as Russia observed a national day of mourning for the attack Friday on the suburban Crocus City Hall concert venue that killed at least 137 …

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Sunday morning concert program highlights 'sound of China'
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Sunday morning concert program highlights 'sound of China'

China Daily  

The Chinese Music Orchestra of the China Conservatory of Music will perform as part of a new series launched by Beijing Concert Hall, which highlights traditional Chinese music. The Chinese Orchestra of China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater will play four concerts, with each one highlighting a category of traditional Chinese musical instruments, such as wind, string, plucked and …

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Sunday morning concert program highlights 'sound of China'
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Sunday morning concert program highlights 'sound of China'

China Daily  

The Chinese Music Orchestra of the China Conservatory of Music will perform as part of a new series launched by Beijing Concert Hall, which highlights traditional Chinese music. The Chinese Orchestra of China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater will play four concerts, with each one highlighting a category of traditional Chinese musical instruments, such as wind, string, plucked and …

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How Gustavo Dudamel brought Latino crowds to the L.A. Phil
1 year, 1 month ago

How Gustavo Dudamel brought Latino crowds to the L.A. Phil

LA Times  

The first time Gustavo Dudamel enthralled Los Angeles, he did it with music from Latin America. Dudamel is the program’s most accomplished alum and proselytizer — the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, which was launched by the L.A. Phil in 2007, is modeled after El Sistema and has given free instruments and music education to the city’s underprivileged children, many of …

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Mosh at a cumbia punk show, pay tribute to ’90s backyard parties this weekend
1 year, 1 month ago

Mosh at a cumbia punk show, pay tribute to ’90s backyard parties this weekend

LA Times  

The holidays have crept up on us. When: 8 p.m. Sunday Where: The Glass House, 200 W. 2nd St., Pomona Cost: Tickets $31.50 Diego Moraes at Tropico de Nopal: Singer-songwriter Diego Moraes may not be well known here, but he’s making waves in the jazz scene in his native São Paulo, Brazil. When: 7 p.m. Thursday Where: Constellation Room at …

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Pops conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez joins Pacific Symphony
1 year, 1 month ago

Pops conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez joins Pacific Symphony

LA Times  

Enrico Lopez-Yañez leads the first half of the rehearsal for the Pacific Symphony’s “Music of Star Wars” concert at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa Friday. Lopez-Yañez made his debut at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall over the weekend with a two-night performance of the “Music of Star Wars,” which included themes from John Williams …

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California is suing Big Oil, accusing them of climate change ‘deception’
1 year, 3 months ago

California is suing Big Oil, accusing them of climate change ‘deception’

LA Times  

It’s Monday, Sept. 18. The state takes on the oil industry with an ambitious lawsuit Los Angeles could establish an independent redistricting commission The man behind the world’s best restaurant And here’s today’s e-newspaper California is suing Big Oil, accusing them of climate change ‘deception’ California is no stranger to fighting climate change with legal battles. Rob Bonta has filed …

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