Review: The Hollywood Bowl, Herbie Hancock Celebrates Wayne Shorter
With a backdrop showcasing the Hollywood Hills and a history of performances by musical legends, the Hollywood Bowl is without a doubt a magical place. This week (August 23, 2023), the enchanted outdoor amphitheater added another legendary performance to its vast
Read the Reviews Hollywood Bowl Jazz Series
If you love the Hollywood Bowl, as I do, it has been offering some incredible shows this summer (2023). Plus the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Series is attracting jazz lovers everywhere. LA Phil’s Jazz Plus series is curated by Herbie Hancock and
Review: The Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival 2023
This is a 2 writer review - Richard Bilow reviewed Saturday. Keith Block reviewed Sunday. Intro is by Keith Block. What use to be the Playboy Jazz Festival is now the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival. The first Playboy Jazz Festival took
Review: LA Opera’s Otello at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion
LA Opera’s Music Director James Conlon conducted a vibrant and emotionally charged performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello based on William Shakespeare’s play Othello at the Music Center. Conlon explained in a pre-performance talk that Verdi had evolved away from the traditional
Review: The LA Phil New Music Group Presents All-Reich
The LA Phil New Music Group conducted by Brad Lubman at Disney Hall presented an exceptionally enjoyable evening of the meditative and entrancing music of Steve Reich, which is distinguished by his minimalist compositions of intricate repetitive patterns and harmonic gradual
Review: LA Phil’s “Tristan Project” at Disney Hall
The LA Phil conducted by Gustavo Dudamel presented the “Tristan Project”, based on Richard Wagner’s opera “Tristan and Isolde,” in three separate 80-minute concert performances at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Photo courtesy of Mathew Imaging/LA Phil The “Tristan