The Misread City

ONE of the best things about spring in Southern California is the Ojai Music Festival , which turns the little valley town in Ve...

THE other evening I saw a sextet performance of Transfigured Night . To say that I have mixed feelings about its composer, Arno...

SINCE I first fell hard for classical music in my mid-20s, my favorite style to see live is chamber music. Early on, I think that came from ...

ON Tuesday I saw a fascinating concert by Steve Reich and Bang on a Can at Disney Hall. Once considered a minimalist with few ties to the ma...

RACHEL Barton Pine walks both sides of the fence -- a classical violinist who plays a 1740s instrument but also rocks out to Black Sabbath ...

IN my decade and a half writing about artists and cultural figures, i never met anyone as passionate, committed and outright insane for art ...