Posts by Ken Herman
The Calder Quartet Returns to the 2021 Carlsbad Music Festival
The return of the Calder Quartet crowned opening day, August 27, 2021, of this year’s Carlsbad Music Festival.
Read MoreConductor Aram Demirjian and San Diego Symphony Celebrate Beethoven at the Rady Shell
The San Diego Symphony’s all-Beethoven program at The Rady Shell on Friday, August 20, featured two impressive stars. newcomer Aram Demirjian on the podium and favorite guest pianist Joyce Yang.
Read MoreSummerFest Commission Offers More Visual Surprises Than Musical Reward
Thursday’s SummerFest 2021 program at The Conrad in La Jolla brought the long-awaited première of Tamar Muskal’s ‘Facing the Automaton’ commissioned by the La Jolla Music Society and performed with virtuoso percussionist Steven Schick as soloist.
Read MoreComposer Gabriela Lena Frank’s Engaging Sampler of New Music at SummerFest
Curated by Gabriela Lena Frank, SummerFest 2021 offered an engaging sampler of five newer composers Sunday, August 15, at The Conrad’s JAI Hall.
Read MoreHumor and Serious Drama Cohabit Amiably in Opera NEO’s Production of Handel’s ‘Serse’
On Friday, August 13, Opera NEO opened G. F. Handel’s opera ‘Serse’ based on the Fifth Century B.C. Persian King usually called Xerses I.
Read MoreMarc Neikrug’s ‘A Song by Mahler’ Brings the Dramatic Conventions of Opera to SummerFest
Marc Neikrug’s ‘A Song by Mahler’–a probing new stage work for two singers and chamber ensemble–opened Thursday, August 12, at La Jolla SummerFest 2021.
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