With Piazzolla at the Bowl from Rick Meghiddo on Vimeo. The concert of Astor Piazzolla’s Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas / The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, at the Hollywood Bowl, on August 26, 2021, was of historic importance. A public of about 15,000 people came to the concert conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, with the performance …
It was the 50thanniversary of one of the most audience-friendly shows at the Hollywood Bowl: The Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks! This year, the English conductor Bramwell Tovey lead the inspired and sparkling Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra with elegance, precision and virtuosity. But the real stars of the evening were the fireworks that make this event …
The low slung charcoal grey structure sits innocuously amid truck depots and industrial buildings in this transitioning arts district stretch adjacent to the LA river. Drive by too fast risks missing the spare signage and the driveway to the fenced parking and the destination, a state of the art dance studio, performance space and the …
Russia’s fierce national pride was on display this past weekend at the Hollywood Bowl’s enduring crowd-pleaser “Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks,” conducted by Gustavo Dudamel leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Russian’s national anthem, “God Save the Tsar,” provided a bookend for the evening. Its theme figured both in the program’s opener, Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slave, as well …
There was a pair of firsts at the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Dvořák and Saint-Saens performance on August 2. It would be the first time the orchestra would be playing Antonín Dvořák’s Overture to Vanda as well as Camille Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major. LA Phil’s assistant conductor Paolo Bortolameolli noted the fact …
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel delivered the second of more than a half-dozen Hollywood Bowl concerts on July 12, commanding a superb Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2. Uzbekistani pianist Behzod Abduraimov joined Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; he was a last-minute substitute for an ill Khatia Buniatishvili. No. 2 largely solidified Sergei Rachmaninoff’s standing. It’s a …
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Shooting stars rarely fall from the smog polluted Los Angeles skies, meteor showers seldom grace the grey firmament. But every year, on the nights of August 10 and 11, Angelenos get the singular opportunity to catch a falling star or let a meteor wash dazzle their eyes. What better place to choose for such a …
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