Posts by Ken Herman
Premiere of D’Rivera Trumpet Concerto with Pacho Flores Thrills San Diego Symphony Audience
Under the San Diego Symphony’s Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare and assisted by Venezuelan trumpet virtuoso Pacho Flores, Saturday’s Civic Theatre program included the U. S. premiere of Paquito D’Rivera’s ‘Concerto venezolano.’
Read MoreChoral Music from African-American Traditions Comforts the Soul and Confronts History
Although Black History Month is nearly over, two San Diego choral organizations, Sacra/Profana and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Choir of San Diego, managed to pay appropriate tribute to this worthy tradition in a joint concert at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Clairemont.
Read MoreCamarada’s Forgivable Obsession with Tango
The San Diego ensemble Camarada presented ‘Tango Obsessed’ on Thursday, February 24, a chamber concert at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Announces $125 Million Renovation of the Jacobs Music Center
In a press conference on February 23, 2022, held at the Jacobs Music Center in downtown San Diego, leaders of the San Diego Symphony announced a $125 million renovation of Copley Symphony Hall and adjacent sections of the Jacobs Music Center.
Read MoreVenezuelan Trumpet Virtuoso Pacho Flores Brings Latin Flair to the San Diego Symphony
Pacho Flores will perform with the San Diego Symphony under Music Director Rafael Payare Saturday, February 26, in San Diego Civic Theatre in a program that includes works by Andrew Norman, Paquito D’Rivera, Johann Neruda, as well as Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.
Read MoreViolinist Johnny Gandelsman’s Bouquet of New Music from the Time of Pandemic
Sunday, February 13, 2022, at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Balboa Park, Art of Élan presented virtuoso violinist Johnny Gandelsman in a program of works written for him as part of his current ‘This Is America’ project.
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