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In Variations on a Theme by FDR, composers from John Harbison to Vijay Iyer take inspiration from emblematic American stories.

As ever, the future of opera looks bright with this incoming class of singers, pianists, and stars in the making.

The company realizes Jack Perla’s one-act An American Dream in vivid detail.

The Takács Quartet’s first violinist tracks his own history and those of favorite composers in Distant Melodies: Music in Search of Home.

A DVD of the new ballet shows its onstage brilliance in addition to being a great score.

The Soraya brings to fruition a trilogy of works celebrating native California trees that are now threatened by climate change.

The Pasadena Playhouse offers a glimmering revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical about art and artists.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard is back for a polished solo turn in Béla Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto.

The tight-knight vocal ensemble that specializes in the music of Eastern Europe has been developing BABA with conductor Karmina Šilec.

Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice, a 1969 piece very different from his up-tempo jazz standards, gets two performances in L.A. this month.