Los Angeles

Etienne Gara’s ensemble is one of several young groups in L.A. that are shaking up formats and programing in a welcome way.

You’ll see these new faces onstage with the orchestra over the next two seasons.

Derrick Wang’s funny, sharply observed one-act pairs well with Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury.

The statewide experiment was a reason to visit three cities and experience the exciting music offered by their orchestras.

The musical world is teeming with concerts and ideas to help shake off the end-of-year darkness.

Ahead of her California performances this week, the soprano chats about how she connects with a song — and an audience.

In a live screening, Wu Tsang’s project benefits from a score by Caroline Shaw, Andrew Yee, and Asma Maroof.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale premieres Billy Childs’s rhapsodic ode to his mother.

Gabriela Lena Frank’s luminous and dreamlike work has its third staging in California.

A wide variety of classical projects — including those from the SF Symphony and the LA Phil — get nods as well.