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How and why Jaime Martin became LA Chamber Orchestra’s next Music Director:...
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra begins its 2018-19 season in earnest with performances at the Alex Theatre on Saturday and UCLA’s Royce Hall on Sunday featuring violinist Hillary Hahn. While guest...
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A chat with Simon Woods: the LA Phil’s CEO talks about his first 18 months in...
When Simon Woods arrived in Los Angeles, he had a very tough act to follow. Deborah Borda announced in March of 2017 that she would leave her position as CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic to return...
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A chat with Jaime Martin: LACO’s new chief discusses his approach to...
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra begins its 2019-2020 season this coming weekend with two concerts featuring a world premiere from Andrew Norman and works by Beethoven and Berlioz. The weekend also...
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A 2020 chat with Norman Pearson: the tuba player talks about his career &...
Norman Pearson played his first concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1982 as a substitute on 2nd tuba. Simon Rattle conducted The Rite of Spring. Not a bad start. He’d go on to spend most of...
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A chat with Tom Hooten: LA Phil’s Principal Trumpet talks about the world...
Tom Hooten, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s distinguished Principal Trumpet, was thrilled to learn that the orchestra had commissioned a new work featuring him as soloist. His excitement grew when he...
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A chat with Arturo Sandoval about tonight’s holiday concert at Walt Disney...
Arturo Sandoval returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall tonight to help everyone get into the holiday spirit in his own Latin-infused jazz style. Last week, funk/jazz musician Matt TC Lucas and I had the...
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A chat with Whitney Crockett: the LA Phil’s Principal Bassoon talks about his...
The Rite of Spring can be frightening for some bassoonists, but Whitney Crockett doesn’t really get scared by it. At least not anymore. The famously high opening solo of Stravinsky’s ballet is...
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Inside info about LA Phil auditions from Nathan Cole, First Associate...
On the heels of all the talk about various auditions in Part 1 and Part 2 of the Spring 2022 edition of “Comings and Goings at the LA Phil” published earlier this week, I thought All is Yar readers...
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A chat with Joseph Young: the conductor discusses his LA Phil debut, his...
The Los Angeles Philharmonic has a reputation for giving their audiences exposure to young conductors, particularly at the Hollywood Bowl. Gustavo Dudamel, the orchestra’s current Music and Artistic...
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A Zoom chat with Jaime Martin: LA Chamber Orchestra’s Music Director talks...
When last I had the chance to talk to Jaime Martin, he was about to begin the 2019/2020 season, his first as Music Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. That year started well, but then this...
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