San Diego Arts Reviews
- ● Rafael Payare Conducts the San Diego Symphony in Salonen, Ravel, and Debussy at The Rady ShellBefore Saturday’s San Diego Symphony concert began I had doubts that Esa-Pekka Salonen’s 2010 “Nyx” was the right match for Music Director Rafael Payare’s Impressionist program devoted to Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. After hearing the San Diego Symphony play “Nyx,” I decided I was right on one count. Salonen’s... Read more »
- Krishan Oberoi Returns to Conduct Sacra/Profana in Dominic Argento’s Cantata ‘Walden Pond’Krishan Oberoi, founder and Principal Guest Conductor of the San Diego choral ensemble Sacra/Profana, returned to San Diego Friday to conduct Sacra/Profana in a striking concert of recent choral works at Christ Lutheran Church in Pacific Beach. Several years ago Oberoi left San Diego for the east coast to finish... Read more »
- Art of Elan Closes Its 15th Season With An Arresting Program of Contemporary Chamber Music at SDMAAccording to my records, San Diego new music aficionados have Matt McBane and his Carlsbad Music Festival to thank for putting the music of American composer Caroline Shaw on the local radar. In September of 2013, McBane’s Carlsbad festival featured Shaw and her ensemble Roomful of Teeth performing her “Partita... Read more »
- Pianist Behzod Abduraimov’s Virtuoso Cyclone Strikes The ConradLooking back over the array of pianists who have appeared on the La Jolla Music Society’s esteemed Piano Series, I cannot think of a musician unworthy of the accolade virtuoso. After hearing the young Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov perform Sunday at The Conrad, the final offering of the company’s 2021—22... Read more »
- Laureate Conductor Jahja Ling Returns to San Diego Symphony to Conduct Brahms and GriegJahja Ling, Conductor Laureate of the San Diego Symphony, returned to the podium Saturday at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park to conduct the orchestra in a program devoted to Brahms and Grieg. Guest pianist Yefim Bronfman was on hand as soloist in the Johannes Brahms First Piano Concerto, and... Read more »
- San Diego Opera Conjures the Enchantment of Paola Prestini’s Magical ‘Aging Magician’In recent seasons, San Diego Opera’s dētour Series has boldly expanded the parameters of both the subject matter and the shape of opera. In the fall of 2017, for example, dētour offered Laura Kaminsky’s As One, a chamber opera that charted the growing self-awareness of a transgender woman, and in... Read more »
- A Relatable and Unique Family in Moxie’s Impactful ‘Mother…”Jennifer Eve Thorn. (Photos courtesy of Desireé Clarke.)Some shows and films benefit by dramatically depicting true stories from a fresh perspective. While Moxie Theatre’s fantastic production of Mother of the Maid features Joan of Arc (Mikaela Rae Macias), the drama focuses on her mother, Isabelle (Executive Artistic Director, Jennifer Eve... Read more »
- Hausmann Takes Bartók’s Third Quartet on the Most Recent Haydn VoyageI have been covering the Hausmann Quartet’s Haydn Voyages Series since 2017, and I feel it is time to make a confession. I attend these concerts regularly not because I am a fan of Franz Joseph Haydn’s string quartets—in truth, I can take them or leave them. But I eagerly... Read more »
- Camarada Celebrates Flamenco Traditions of Music and Dance in the BarrioIt is safe to say that Camarada’s Flamenco Fantástico concert Saturday at Bread & Salt in Barrio Logan lived up to its billing. Four instrumentalists and a dancer proved more than sufficient to evoke the exotic and slightly erotic Andalusian spirit. Although no two musicologists will define flamenco the exactly... Read more »
- Pianist Gabriela Martinez Brings Refreshing Brilliance to the Grieg A Minor ConcertoAlthough the familiarity of Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor is unlikely to breed contempt, as the saying goes, a run-of-the-mill performance will prompt a few yawns at the very least. Fortunately, guest pianist Gabriela Martinez had a master plan for her account of the Grieg concerto that included... Read more »
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