By Ted AYALA The specter of death haunts the pages of Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Piano Trio No. 2.” Thoughts about his best friend Ivan Sollertinsky – who died from a heart attack at age 41 during the work’s composition – mingle with ruminations over the horror of the Nazi concentration camps, the news of which had […]
By Ted AYALA Local music lovers on a budget this weekend need look no further than neighboring Echo Park. The Fiato Quartet will perform selections by Mozart and Schubert on Saturday, April 4 from noon until 1 p.m. at the Edendale Library. The concert is part of the Edendale Up Close series held at the […]
By Ted AYALA Through a grim cosmic irony, 2015 marks the commemoration of two significant and tragic events of the 20th century. One hundred years ago this year saw the Ottoman Empire begin its bloody ethnic purge that eventually became known as the Armenian Genocide. Between 1914 and 1918, more than 1.5 million ethnic Armenians […]
By Ted AYALA The Brand Library, in conjunction with the “life100” exhibition held at its art galleries, will program a concert commemorating the centennial of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide on Saturday, March 28 at 2 p.m. The concert is third in its annual series. The Fresno State New Music Ensemble – a student-run […]
William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” will be presented by the Glendale Community College Theatre Arts Department on the Auditorium Mainstage beginning April 2. The production will run through April 12 with shows at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $15 general admission and $12 for students and […]
By Ted AYALA Is there a conductor alive whose art exudes more charm, more elegance than that of Nicholas McGegan? If his guest conductor spots with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Pasadena Symphony are any indication, the answer is a clear, resounding “no.” And local music lovers are especially fortunate – the British conductor […]
By Jason KUROSU Joel L.A. Peterson hadn’t planned on committing his life story to pen and paper, but what started as a short piece written primarily for his family turned into his first book, “Dreams of My Mothers: A Story of Love Transcendent” released March 1. The book is a fictionalized account of Peterson’s journey […]
By Charly SHELTON The news is out – there’s a new restaurant in town. Since it opened a month ago, there have been hour-long waits for tables and reservations held every night. Many diners have tried out the new, more upscale fare in the Montrose Shopping Park and have reported back with wildly positive […]
By Ted AYALA “How has something this wonderful been forgotten for this long?” Chances are that’s the number one question on your mind after a Le Salon de Musiques concert. The path of musical history is a wide and sometimes widely traveled one, winding and twisting more so as the centuries progress, splitting and forking […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday came the news that Trekkers knew was coming eventually, but still it hit them like a photon torpedo. Mr. Spock, Leonard Nimoy, passed away at the age of 83. He died in his Bel Air home from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to reports. For those […]