Heitor Villa-Lobos

One of my professors in college would take time in our music class to talk about the importance of surrounding ourselves with not only quality music but also quality art, literature, film, poetry and such.  That class changed my life. I suspect this...

In days of old, Los Angeles hosted many of the world’s great classical guitarists — including the upper echelon, still-evolving John Williams — at Pasadena’s Ambassador Auditorium. Out of the presenting game since the mid-’90s, that hall’s...

Debra Levine writes about the reconstruction of a classic modern-dance masterwork by Jose Limon - and the UC Irvine student who will design the costumes and set....

Music director Gustavo Dudamel was present in spirit Tuesday at Walt Disney Concert Hall for the opening of his first Los Angeles festival as programmer, “Americas & Americans.� The festival, which continues through May 14, began intimately with...

Robert Wright, a Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist whose songwriting collaboration with George "Chet" Forrest included the hit Broadway musicals "Song of Norway," "Kismet" and "Grand Hotel," has died. He was 90. Wright, a three-time Oscar nominee,...