Los Angeles

SFCV’s writers report on topics relevant to the Los Angeles area.

Janos Gereben - February 6, 2024

The LA Phil, Yuja Wang, and others win during the early ceremony, before the telecast featuring Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, and more.

Victoria Looseleaf - February 6, 2024

Meyers has a knack for commissioning and rearranging, which will be on display at this year’s Languna Beach Music Festival.

Chrysanthe Tan - February 5, 2024

Even in a concert full of other composers, Williams’s work shows its enduring, outsized impact.

Aimée Ts'ao - February 5, 2024

A cast of African dancers has reimagined Pina Bausch’s 1975 choreography for the work and is now touring internationally.

Tom Jacobs - February 5, 2024

The company is cutting back on contemporary offerings for now, canceling what would have been the world premiere of Mason Bates’s new opera.

Lev Mamuya - February 5, 2024

In the Double Concerto, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and cellist Pablo Ferrández are inspired.

Jim Farber - January 30, 2024

The music of composers Leilehua Lanzilotti and inti figgis-vizueta is featured in an outdoor setting.

Tom Jacobs - January 29, 2024

From orchestras to soloists to chamber ensembles, the creme de la creme is on offer next season from the Philharmonic Society of OC.

Lev Mamuya - January 29, 2024

Will the for-profit series, which arrives at the Colburn School this week, draw a different kind of listener?

Victoria Looseleaf - January 29, 2024

Through The Healing Project, which lands in L.A. this week, the Berkeley-reared musician and artist has taken on the prison-industrial complex.