LAO Podcast / Stravinsky’s Oedipus
PodcastIn this Behind the Curtain conversation, musicologist Dr. Kristi Brown Montesano and Dr. Arianne Helou, a dramaturg and French studies scholar, discuss "Oedipus Rex," composed by Igor Stravinsky to a Find out more »
Pre-Concert Livestream / Yefim Bronfman
LivestreamLa Jolla Music Society livestreams their featured artist, Yefim Bronfman presenting a program of Beethoven, Debussy and Chopin. As context for tonight's program, Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano presents a pre-concert lecture Find out more »
Zoom Course / Interwar Period Musical Culture
ZoomDr. Kristi Brown-Montesano will guide LA Opera Board members through an exploration of music from the interwar period (1919—1939), an era that witnessed an astonishing variety of aesthetic and stylistic Find out more »
LA Opera Blog / Women’s History Month
For Women's History Month this year, the LA Opera's community engagement theme is "Choose to Challenge." I am honored to announce LA Opera invited me to this important discussion a Find out more »
Zoom Course / Music Between the Wars
ZoomThe Colburn Community School invites you to join Colburn Conservatory of Music’s Chair of Music History and Literature Kristi Brown-Montesano in an exploration of music from the interwar period (1919—1939), Find out more »
LA Opera for Educators / Women of Don Giovanni
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesDon Giovanni. This infamous rake poses interesting challenges for audiences in the #MeToo era. And certainly K-12 educators are conscious of those issues as they introduce this Mozart classic to Find out more »
Zoom Course / Exploring Beethoven’s Ninth
ZoomBeethoven's Ninth is iconic. But why does it persist as a cultural touchstone, well into the 21st century? This is my inaugural Zoom course for the Colburn Community School. So Find out more »
Zoom Class / Violin Bootcamp + Music History
Thayer Hall, The Colburn School 200 Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAs many of you know, Colburn has a Community School whose mission is training the next generation of musicians and patrons. This summer I have the pleasure of teaching in Find out more »
Marriage of Figaro / Opera for Educators
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesI particularly enjoy these events because I have the honor of teaching teachers! The LA Opera designed the Opera for Educators workshop series as a professional development opportunity for local educators (K-12). Find out more »
CANCELED / Invited Rehearsal / Norman Prokoviev LA Phil
Disney Hall 111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesCanceled as COVID-19 Precaution. As part of the orchestra's outreach and education program, the LA Phil sometimes invites LA-area students to sit in on a rehearsal. For some young people, Find out more »
FB Live-stream Lunch / Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59 (2)
Colburn FB Live-streamColburn Presents A Serving of Beethoven Lunchtime Concerts. Colburn continues its celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday. What's new? A series of lunchtime concerts highlighting the composer’s most beloved works. Join me and Find out more »
FB Live-stream Lunch / Beethoven & Calidore Quartet
Colburn FB Live-streamColburn Presents A Serving of Beethoven Lunchtime Concerts. Colburn continues its celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday. What's new? A series of lunchtime concerts highlighting the composer’s most beloved works. Join me Find out more »
CANCELED / Concert 7 / Salon de Musiques
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion - 5th Floor Banquet RoomCanceled as COVID-19 Precaution. Strauss, Schumann Chopin, Mendelssohn. Presented in a unique chamber music format. Join musicologist Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano as the Salon's hostess. Providing informative live program notes. And moderating Find out more »
CANCELED / Mason House / Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler
Mar Vista, CACanceled as a COVID-19 Precaution. Beethoven's Piano Trio in D Major ("Ghost"). Brahms Piano Quintet No. 3, Op. 60. Mahler Piano Quartet Movement. Dr. Kristi Brown Montesano provides live program Find out more »
CANCELED / Double Requiem / LA Phil Upbeat Live
Disney Hall 111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesCanceled as COVID-19 Precaution. This is a rare opportunity to hear two requiem masterworks back to back. French composers Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Duruflé each conquered the form in their unique Find out more »
Opera in the Classroom / LA Opera Connects
Note: due to COVID-19 precautions, this event will be presented as an online meeting. Opera in the Classroom and Arts Integration I particularly enjoy these events because I have the Find out more »
News / Mozart on TV?
Reimaging Wolfgang's life through a TV entertainment lens? Could be interesting. I've been asked to participate as a music history Special Advisor on an TV project aimed at reimagine Mozart's Find out more »
Invited Rehearsal / Ives Dvorak LA Phil
Disney Hall 111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesAs part of the orchestra's outreach and education program, the LA Phil sometimes invites LA-area students to sit in on a rehearsal. For some young people, this event may well be Find out more »
Opera Wilmington Symposium / Keynote Address
Beckwith Recital Hall - UNC Wilmington Cultural Arts Building, Wilmington, NC, United StatesOpera Wilmington's fifth annual symposium explores issues of gender, race and power in Mozart’s The Magic Flute" is. Leah Hawkins, soprano, is the event's featured artist. And Dr. Brown-Montesano will present a keynote Find out more »
Keynote / New Media & Opera Future Tense
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesTwitter. Podcasts. Social networking. How should new media and opera intersect? LA Opera Connect's first academic conference proposes this important question. I'm pleased to announce that on February 14th, I Find out more »
LA Opera / Team Eurydice
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesOur newest—and possibly most inventive—opera retelling of Eurydice's story premieres this month. And with it, the LA Opera hosts a larger discussion regarding women in opera. I'm pleased to be Find out more »
Invited Rehearsal / Weimar & LA Phil
Disney Hall 111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesWeimar Republic, Germany, 1919-1933. Historically speaking, it's a long way from Los Angeles 2020. So I help prepare local school music students (grades 6-12) for what they're about to hear Find out more »
Invited Rehearsal / Beethoven & LA Phil
Disney Hall 111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesInvited rehearsals are a wonderful LA Phil education program. Local school music students (grades 6-12) get to sit in on a live rehearsal. And I help set the stage for Find out more »
Water and Music / OC Youth Orchestra
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United StatesMusic and water. Two things kids love! And I love narrating the Orange County Youth Orchestra's "Concerts for Fifth Graders." Sponsored by the Philharmonic Society's educational program. Featuring excerpts from Handel's Find out more »
Bach to Piazzolla / Mason House Concert
Mar Vista, CAPiazzolla, Gershwin, Schubert, Brahms, Mozart, Bach. The Vieness Piano Duo perform music spanning music history—and the globe. Dr. Kristi Brown Montesano provides live program notes. And leads an informal conversation between Find out more »
Russian Chamber Music / Salon de Musiques
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion - 5th Floor Banquet RoomThree Russian masters: Tchaikovsky, Arensky and Rachmaninoff. Presented in a unique chamber music format. Join musicologist Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano as the Salon's hostess. Providing informative live program notes. And moderating the conversation Find out more »
Notre Dame HS / Exploring “Classical” Music
I will be leading a talk at my daughter's alma mater, Notre Dame Academy. It's a great opportunity to talk with young scholars about all things classical music: how it's Find out more »
Prism V / Bach, Webern, Beethoven – Danish String Quartet
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall @ The Conrad 7600 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA, United StatesThe Danish String Quartet, one of the leading quartets of their generation, continues their three-year La Jolla Music Society residency with five concerts celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. Find out more »
Prism IV / Bach, Mendelssohn, Beethoven – Danish String Quartet
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall @ The Conrad 7600 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA, United StatesThe Danish String Quartet, one of the leading quartets of their generation, continues their three-year La Jolla Music Society residency with five concerts celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. Find out more »
Prism III / Bach, Bartók, Beethoven – Danish String Quartet
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall @ The Conrad 7600 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA, United StatesThe Danish String Quartet, one of the leading quartets of their generation, continues their three-year La Jolla Music Society residency with five concerts celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. Find out more »
10th Anniversary / Le Salon de Musiques
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 5th floor banquet roomHappy anniversary! For 10 years, Francois Chouchan has offered chamber music fans a unique afternoon of artistry and socializing. And on Sunday, October 6th, I hope you'll us for this Find out more »
Subscriber Appreciation / LA Phil
BP Hall at Walt Disney Concert HallSubscribers make the difference! And the LA Phil knows how to throw a party. So this is going to be a really great day of food trucks and musical family Find out more »
Concerto Winner / Colburn Orchestra
The Ambassador Auditorium - Pasadena 131 S. St. John Ave, Pasadena, CA, United StatesColburn's Concerto Competition winner Sanga Yang kicks off the Colburn Orchestra season by performing Schumann's notoriously challenging Cello Concerto. LA Opera conductor James Conlon leads a program also featuring Weber's Euryanthe Overture and Prokofiev's Symphony Find out more »
SummerFest Finale / Nicholas McGegan
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall @ The Conrad 7600 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA, United StatesThe finale concert of SummerFest Music Director Inon Barnatan’s inaugural season celebrates the concerto grosso. Conductor and harpsichordist Nicholas McGegan leads the SummerFest Chamber Orchestra. Great masterworks pair in exciting Find out more »
Le Salon de Musiques / Brahms & Beethoven
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion - 5th Floor Banquet RoomLe Salon de Musiques - Concert & La Conversation. A regular at Salon, public musicologist Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano provides live program notes. At the concert's end, she moderates a conversation Find out more »
LA Phil / Double Mass Program
BP Hall at Walt Disney Concert HallUpBeat Live with Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano. For listeners used to the brawny drama of Beethoven’s Fifth and the epic vision of his Missa solemnis, the composer’s Mass in C may Find out more »
La Jolla Music Society / Finckel & Han
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall @ The Conrad 7600 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA, United StatesPrelude Pre-Concert Lecture @ 7pm (Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano). Concert @ 8pm David Finckel and Wu Han are recipients of the 2010 Musical America’s Musicians of the Year award, one of Find out more »
LA Phil / Salonen Conducts Respighi
BP Hall at Walt Disney Concert HallUpbeat Live with Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano. Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 7pm Saturday, April 2, 2019 @ 7pm Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 1pm In addition to the sweeping Pines Find out more »
La Jolla Music Society / Shaham & Eguchi
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall @ The Conrad 7600 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA, United StatesPrelude Pre-Concert Lecture @ 7pm (Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano). Concert @ 8pm LJMS welcomes back longtime friend Gil Shaham! Because of Shaham's mastery, he is a sought-after concerto performer with leading orchestras Find out more »
Le Salon de Musiques / Violin, Cello and Piano
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion - 5th Floor Banquet RoomThe Program J.S BACH: Sonata for Violin & Piano in B Minor - BWV 1014 C. SAINT-SAENS: Sonata for Violin & Piano N.1 in D Minor - OP 75 F. Find out more »
LA Opera League / La Clemenza di Tito
Thayer Hall, The Colburn School 200 Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesLA Opera League Seminar on La Clemenza di Tito and Mozart. Presenter: Kristi Brown-Montesano, Ph.D., Chair of Music History Faculty - Colburn School Conservatory of Music. Nino Sanikidze, Head Coach of the Find out more »
Mason House Concert / The Lyris Quartet
This concert features The Lyris Quartet performing works by Haydn, Johnson, Mason, Beethoven. Dr. Kristi Brown Montesano provides the live program notes, and leads an informal conversation between the audience and artists. About Find out more »
La Jolla Music Society / Danish String Quartet
The Auditorium - The Scripps Research Institute 10620 John J Hopkins Dr, San Diego, CA, United StatesLJMS 50th Anniversary Season The Danish String Quartet begins year one of their three year residency with La Jolla Music Society with three unique concert experiences celebrating the quartet’s diverse Find out more »
Salon de Musiques / Norway, Finland, England
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion - 5th Floor Banquet RoomJoin the Salon community for an afternoon of music and conversation, including champagne and a high-tea buffet. I introduce the concert and moderate the Q & A with the artists. Find out more »
Women in Music Festival
Mount St. Mary's University 12001 Chalon Rd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesShowcasing the brilliance of female musicians and music scholars from the LA area and beyond, MSMU’s Women in Music Festival celebrates the diversity of MSMU students and highlights the power Find out more »
Salon de Musique / Composers of 19th c. Paris
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion - 5th Floor Banquet RoomJoin the Salon community for an afternoon of music and conversation, including champagne and a high-tea buffet. I introduce the concert and moderate the Q & A with the artists. Find out more »
Colburn Orchestra at the Ambassador: Pre-Concert Talk
The Ambassador Auditorium - Pasadena 131 S. St. John Ave, Pasadena, CA, United StatesLearn more about a master of the neoclassic style, Danish composer Carl Nielsen, and his Concerto for Flute. Colburn Conservatory student and new principal flutist of the Los Angeles Chamber Find out more »
Conference: Bach on Screen
Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, OhioOrganized by the Riedenschneider Bach Institute, this conference focuses on any topic relating to Bach and music for film, television, video games, commercials, or any other screen media. The proceedings of Find out more »
LA Opera: “Opera for Educators” Seminar
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion - 5th Floor Banquet RoomLecture on the Orpheus myth and the history of opera as part of LA Opera's professional-development program for LAUSD educators.
LA Phil Upbeat Live / “Dudamel conducts Brahms”
BP Hall at Walt Disney Concert HallPreconcert lecture for an exciting evening of old and new: Brahms’s First Symphony and an early standout work, Fireworks, by Stravinsky paired with a new commission by LA Phil Principal Find out more »
LA Phil “Green Umbrella” Concert: Upbeat Live lecture
BP Hall at Walt Disney Concert HallPre-concert lecture for an evening of outstanding new works led by Principal Guest Conductor Susanna Mälkki and featuring the LA Phil New Music Group.
Mason House Concerts
Mar Vista, CAI will be giving the concert introduction, exploring the genre of the piano trio, specifically Beethoven's "Archduke" Trio and Shostakovich's Trio No. 1. The program features outstanding Los Angeles-based performing Find out more »
Le Salon de Musiques: From Russia with Love
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 5th floor banquet roomA wonderful chamber-music series in the heart of downtown. The Salon brings performing artists and audience close together for an afternoon of music, champagne, and conversation. Includes an introduction to Find out more »
Debut! LA Philharmonic’s “Upbeat Live”
BP Hall at Walt Disney Concert HallVery excited working the LA Phil "faculty" as an Upbeat Live speaker! A fantastic program: Hilary Hahn offers a delightful early kick-off for the Bernstein anniversary year (2018), playing his Serenade Find out more »