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Avoiding “conductor porn”: Gaffigan shakes things up with the LA Phil
The ten-week parade of guest conductors at the Los Angeles Philharmonic has begun. First in line: James Gaffigan, the American-born Chief Conductor of the Lucerne Symphony and previous right hand man...
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VIDEO (of sorts): David Oistrakh playing Mozart with the Los Angeles...
I recently came across the YouTube file below of the legendary David Oistrakh in a 1965 performance of the Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D-Major, K.218, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Maurice...
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Foo Fighters, MTT, and the LA Phil (AKA how I’m spending my weekend)
It’s been a fun and interesting week. I’ve been spending a few days in Las Vegas for the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, checking out the endless forest of 100″ 8k super-mega-ultra-uber-HD TVs,...
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The LA Phil Principal Flute chair will soon be vacant again; Julien...
The Los Angeles Philharmonic recently announced that this coming May, they will once again be holding auditions for their Principal Flute chair. For fans of Julien Beaudiment, the current occupant of...
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My interview with LA Phil’s Andrew Bain and Tom Hooten for LA Weekly
I’m pleased to announce that the good folks at LA Weekly have asked me to start writing for them on a freelance basis. The first of what I hope will be many articles and reviews in that publication...
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Down a different sort of rabbit hole: the LA Phil finally brings Chin’s Alice...
(Publisher’s note: I’m proud to welcome Lauri D. Goldenhersh to the pages of All is Yar. By training and profession, she is a mezzo-soprano, active throughout Los Angeles and a veteran of many local...
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How are things on the West Coast? For MTT, the LSO, and Yuja Wang, things...
The London Symphony, 111-year old bastion of UK musical institutions famed for its virtuosity and flexibility, is an orchestra in transition. The peripatetic Valery Gergiev remains its official...
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LA Phil comings and goings (Summer 2015 edition): big news in the flutes and...
This year’s Hollywood Bowl season is upon us. Things kicked-off a few weeks ago, care of Journey, Ed Sheeran, and a sing-along Sound of Music, among other concerts. The Los Angeles Philharmonic made...
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Video: Andrew Bain and Eugene Izotov jazz up Strauss
The Los Angeles Philharmonic plays its first classical concert of this summer’s Hollywood Bowl season tonight, but it will do so without the services of Andrew Bain. Fear not: he’ll be back soon. The...
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Update re: Michele Zukovsky, her last LA Phil concert date, and her retirement
Some good news for all of you fans of Michele Zukovsky: I received official confirmation on when the tenure of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Principal Clarinet will end, and it’s a little later than...
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Yuja Wang dazzles in Hollywood Bowl classical season opener with Bringuier,...
Ah, the Hollywood Bowl season. The music under the stars. The celebrity soloists. The reliable if relatively unheralded conductors. The people watching. The pre-concert drinking and picnicking....
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VIDEO: “O Fortuna” from Carmina Burana, care of the LA Phil, LA Master...
Tonight, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale are performing Carmina Burana at the Hollywood Bowl. While it isn’t done with the frequency of, say, Beethoven’s 9th, I can’t...
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LA Phil’s Ben Hong promoted to Associate Principal Cello
The Los Angeles Philharmonic has a new Associate Principal Cello, though to frequent concert-goers, things will seem rather status quo. That’s because multiple sources report that at the end of this...
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Chatting with hornists Andrew Bain, Annie Bossler, and Sarah Willis about IHS...
It’s shaping up to be a very horn-y week in Los Angeles, and we have local musicians and Colburn School faculty members Andrew Bain and Annie Bosler to thank for it. “Three years ago or so, I was asked...
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Where’d my 2015 summer go?!?! (“Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood...
I recently was told that it was now officially Autumn. Really??!! Summer couldn’t have passed by that quickly, could it have? The temperature yesterday was still the 90’s as it has been for much of...
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A chat with Lionel Bringuier about the LA Phil and the Tonhalle, Pierre...
Lionel Bringuier was sitting in a car on an LA freeway, but by the joy of his voice, you’d think he was somewhere much more glamorous or perhaps sitting on a beach. “I love Los Angeles,” he declared,...
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LA Phil comings and goings (Fall 2015 edition): Principal Clarinet update and...
Boris Allakhverdyan (left) and Ilya Shterenberg Once again, I do what I can to give you the latest and greatest news about the musicians of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Let’s begin: Principal Flute...
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A chat with Michele Zukovsky (part 1 of 2): the LA Phil’s outgoing Principal...
On first impression, Michele Zukovsky might not strike you as anyone particularly notable other than being a fairly energetic, witty, and self-deprecating 70-something. That seems to suit her just...
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A chat with Michele Zukovsky (part 2 of 2): on German clarinets, German...
Michele Zukovsky, Principal Clarinet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, wraps up her amazing 54-year tenure with the orchestra in an all-Rachmaninoff concert today at 2pm; Cristian Măcelaru conducts....
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My $0.02 on the LA Phil’s 2016-17 Walt Disney Concert Hall season and 2016...
Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Philharmonic made public their plans for the upcoming 2016-17 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall (details available HERE). This comes on the heels of last week’s...
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