Posts by Ken Herman
Pianist Yefim Bronfman’s La Jolla Romantic Soirée
Noted classical pianist Yefim Bronfman played a solo recital Tuesday (May 11) at The Conrad’s Baker-Baum Concert Hall in downtown La Jolla.
Read MoreThe San Diego Symphony Unveils the Rady Shell and Jacobs Park on San Diego Bay
On Thursday, May 13, San Diego Symphony C.E.O. Martha A. Gilmer unveiled the symphony’s new $85 million permanent performance facility on San Diego Bay: the Rady Shell and Jacobs Park.
Read MoreRafael Payare and Strings of the San Diego Symphony Offer Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Elgar Online
In a laudable effort to keep musicians of the San Diego Symphony playing together and audiences engaged with the orchestra, Music Director Rafael Payere offered another streamed online concert Friday, April 30, from the stage of Copley Symphony Hall.
Read MoreOnline NWEAMO 2021 Festival Offers Bountiful Array of Music Styles and Visual Invention
The NWEAMO 2021 new music festival presented its entire festival online Sunday afternoon, May 2, 2021. Although it tested the alert concentration and comprehension of even devoted new music followers, it offered an impressive array of musical and visual stimulation.
Read MoreBarnatan, Weilerstein and Quint Bring Vibrant Chamber Music to The Conrad’s Courtyard
Now that the pandemic’s restrictions on public gathering are beginning to relax, on Saturday, April 10, the La Jolla Music Society boldly opened its new outdoor chamber series in The Conrad’s Wu Tsai QRT.yard.
Read MoreCamarada Brings Live Performance with Audience (!) Back to Bread and Salt
Titling Camarada’s 2020-2021 season as well as this Sunday concert Unstoppable, their program at Bread and Salt featured engaging but lesser known composers of the 20th and 21st Century—with the exception of a spirited closing number by the adored Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla.
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