MUSIC REVIEWS
Arditti Quartet’s Tribute to Roger Reynolds at 80
No one has exercised a more profound influence on the character and direction of music at UC San Diego than composer Roger Reynolds. So it was fitting that the university fete its Pulitzer Prize winning resident composer on his 80th birthday with a concert . . .
Read MoreBrilliant Performance to What End?
22-year-old piano virtuoso Nikolay Khozyainov’s glittering recital of brilliant piano showpieces Saturday (Jan. 31) at La Jolla’s Sherwood Auditorium raised a number of questions . . .
Read MoreSan Diego Opera: 50 Down and 50 to Go
San Diego Opera’s vibrant ensemble production of “La bohème” Saturday (Jan. 24) at Civic Theatre not only opened the 2015 season, but marked the company’s rebirth after a near-death experience last spring . . .
Read MoreJazz Meets Camarada at the Mingei Museum
In the heyday of Southern California surf music, this pop style seemed remote from the world of jazz, but composer and jazz guitarist Peter Sprague created his unique “saltwater jazz” style surfing the waves off Del Mar . . .
Read MoreTrifonov Takes Over in La Jolla
La Jolla Music Society opened its Celebrity Recital Series with a program by noted violinist Gidon Kremer and upcoming pianist Daniil Trifonov, although the young Russian rising star managed to rule the stage at Sherwood Auditorium . . .
Read MoreComplexity Celebrated at soundON 2015
Celebrating Complexity, the title of Saturday evening’s (Jan. 10) 2015 soundON Festival of Modern Music performance at the La Jolla Athenaeum, succinctly describes this festival’s aesthetic profile and the intention of its resident ensemble—not accidentally called NOISE . . .
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