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Saturday, May 17, 2008

The Tchaikovsky Competition, 50 years after Van Cliburn

CLASSICAL MUSIC: The baby-faced pianist was 23 when he beat out an international field in Moscow in 1958 and became a U.S. hero. That was a different era from today.

Live: Plácido Domingo

MUSIC REVIEW: Tenor marks 40 years on the Dorothy Chandler stage in gala fashion.

Beaux Arts Trio at the Ace Gallery

MUSIC REVIEW: On its farewell tour, the trio plays its last concert in L.A. among friends.

Los Angeles Philharmonic plays French works

MUSIC REVIEW: Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet adds a flashy solo turn on Grieg concerto.

Live: eighth blackbird at Orange County Performing Artscenter

MUSIC REVIEW

Bryn Terfel at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Live: Helmut Lachenmann at Monday Evening Concerts

MUSIC REVIEW: Visiting Los Angeles, the German avant-gardist revisits several of his studies in sound.

Live: 'Satyagraha'

OPERA REVIEW: The Metropolitan takes Philip Glass' work on Gandhi to exalted levels.

Herb Alpert donates to CalArts

The multi-Grammy winner has given $15 million to the School of Music at the California Institute of the Arts.

La La La Human Steps

DANCE REVIEW: Édouard Lock's Montreal company rethinks Tchaikovsky with 'Amjad' at Royce Hall.

Live: The Swedish Chamber Orchestra

MUSIC REVIEW: Led by Thomas Dausgaard, the orchestra plays Beethoven and Schumann with raw energy in Orange County.

Live: L.A. Philharmonic

MUSIC REVIEW: As Dudamel unravels an exuberant program, soloist Leila Josefowicz matches him, zeal for zeal.

'Eroica' at OCPAC

MUSIC REVIEW: Andrew Manze demonstrates how Beethoven's Third changed the genre.

USC is ringmaster at battle of the bands

MUSIC REVIEW: John Corigliano's new 'Circus Maximus' is presented with plenty of theatrical power.

Bach is in demand

SAMPLINGS

Janine Jansen makes tired Tchaikovsky piece look good

MUSIC REVIEW: The violinist's technique stands out in her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Live: William Kraft's 'Encounters'

MUSIC REVIEW: The L.A. composer creates feisty works with French color and jazz rhythm.

Live: Quartet New Generation and Gabriela Montero

MUSIC REVIEW: A recorder quartet with 'tude and a quick-thinking pianist find new ways to connect.

L.A. Philharmonic searches the Russian soul

MUSIC REVIEW: Conductor Semyon Bychkov leads the symphony through Shostakovich's Seventh.

Live: L.A. Philharmonic

MUSIC REVIEW

'Radamisto'

MUSIC REVIEW: An experienced cast performs the story of a king's passion and its fallout in 'Radamisto' by Musica Angelica.

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