LA Phil / Salonen, Strauss + 2 Premieres
Disney Hall 111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesJoin Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano for UpBeat Live to explore this Esa-Pekka Salonen-led program featuring two exciting premieres. Salonen’s own Fog (a tribute to Frank Gehry) takes as inspiration the Bach Find out more »
Concert for Fifth Grade / OC Phil Society
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United StatesFifth grade is a tough sell for classical music. But I'm thrilled to return to one of my favorite gigs: narrating an Orange County Youth Symphony concert for local 5th graders. Find out more »
St. Matthew Passion / Opera for Educators
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesAs prep for Bach's St. Matthew Passion and LA Opera's innovative presentation (complete with choreography), K-12 educators participate in a special half-day seminar. I am one several guest lecturers, and—speaking educator Find out more »
Pre-Concert Lecture / La Jolla Music Society
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall @ The Conrad 7600 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA, United StatesBeatrice Rana, known for ferocious technique and musical intelligence, presents a program on laughter and lessons from the "City of Lights." In her delightful La Jolla Music Society program, Rana explores Find out more »
Pre-Concert Lecture / Lang Lang’s Goldberg
Balboa Theater 868 Fourth Ave, San Diego, CA, United StatesLang Lang and the Goldberg Variations. Always the same, always different. The essence of Bach’s Goldberg Variations turns on this fundamental tension: a perpetual bass line connecting the initial aria melody with 30 Find out more »
“Rescuing” Carmen Talk / Gender Sounds
ZoomGender Sounds is an initiative coordinated by the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya Department of Cultural and Musical Studies. I'm thrilled to be one of five invited speakers—an international line-up Find out more »
UpBeat Live / Fidelio with Deaf West Theatre
Disney Hall 111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesFidelio—Beethoven's only opera—continues to lend itself to dramatic innovation. Join me for Upbeat Live, where we review Fidelio’s history and prepare this new semi-staged collaboration between the LA Phil's and Find out more »
Concert Intro / The Hunt
Mar Vista, CAThe Hunt. Why is Mozart's String Quartet No. 17 given this nickname? We will explore the hunting sounds that Mozart may have heard and how they turn up in the Find out more »
Pre-Concert Lecture / Behzod Abduraimov
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center 7600 Fay Avenue, La Jolla, CA, United StatesBehzod Abduraimov joins the La Jolla Music Society Piano Series, where Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano presents "Sources of Inspiration: a look at extramusical influences on composition." Concert program includes: PRICE Fantasie Negre Find out more »
UpBeat Live / Power to the People!
Disney Hall 111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesPower to the People! Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano will interview Angélica Negrón, whose Moriviví is a world premiere and LA Phil commission. A multi-talented Puerto Rico-born artist, Ms. Negrón has composed for a vast Find out more »