Gabriela Ortiz – San Diego Story

Trumpet Virtuoso Pacho Flores and the San Diego Symphony Give the West Coast Premiere of Gabriela Ortiz’s Trumpet Concerto

By Ken Herman | February 16, 2024 |

Thursday at UC San Diego’s Mandeville Auditorium, the San Diego Symphony and guest trumpeter Pacho Flores performed the West Coast premiere of Gabriela Ortiz’s “Altar de Bronce.”

Music of Gabriela Ortiz and Tan Dun Enrich Second Program of the Symphony’s “To the Earth” Festival

By Ken Herman | June 25, 2021 |

To continue their “To the Earth” online festival, San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare and Festival Curator Steven Schick offered their second installment on Wednesday, music to celebrate the midday: Noon.

Just What the Doctor Ordered: Art of Élan’s Latin American Voices

By Ken Herman | November 26, 2017 |

Art of Élan’s superbly performed program of Latin American chamber music on Tuesday (November 21), deftly curated by Artistic Director Kate Hatmaker, sent me out of the San Diego Museum of Art elated.