Concerto

His short visit to Mumbai is packed with two concerts, a formal ceremony to present him the Padma Vibhushan, a relative’s birthday party and a media interaction. After a whirlwind tour of London and Europe with his famed Indo-fusion band…

This could quite possibly be a first for Tucson: An international tuba star is set to solo with a Tucson orchestra.Yep, a tuba, that grandaddy of the brass instruments, that hulking beast of deep-throated harmony that…

Michelle Cann was just 12 when she learned Schumann’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor for a competition.She didn’t revisit the work again until last month, some 23 years later.“It’s been really interesting as I re-examined…

Anne Akiko Meyers was blown away in 2017 when she first heard Mexican composer Arturo Márquez’s “Danzón No. 2.”“I couldn’t believe it was a living composer that had written it. It sounded so Ravel or Rimsky-Korsakov to me,”…

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On Sunday afternoon, principal guest conductor Susanna Mälkki began her last concert of the season with the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Steve Reich’s “Runner.” Thanks to the L.A. Marathon, it was a day of runners. Reich, though, is not…