Prelude Lecture / La Jolla Music Society

Prelude Lecture / La Jolla Music Society

Outstanding pianist and creative thinker, Jeremy Denk comes to the La Jolla Music Society with a program celebrating women composers from the 19th to 21st centuries along with works by Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. From the lush, romantic sounds of Clara...
La Jolla Music Society: Hélène Grimaud

La Jolla Music Society: Hélène Grimaud

I’m delighted to continue my collaboration with the La Jolla Music Society, offering the preconcert lectures for a stellar piano concert series. This season’s opening concert? The marvelous Hélène Grimaud in a program of classical music’s three Bs...
Pre-performance Lecture: LA Opera’s “Romeo and Juliet”

Pre-performance Lecture: LA Opera’s “Romeo and Juliet”

Ah, star-cross’d lovers! I’ll be giving the pre-performance talk for LA Opera’s production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. I’ll delve into the particular history and aesthetic traditions of French opera, I’ll spotlight some of the...
Pre-performance Lecture: LA Opera’s “Romeo and Juliet”

Pre-performance Lecture: LA Opera’s “Romeo and Juliet”

Ah, star-cross’d lovers! I’ll be giving the pre-performance talk for LA Opera’s production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. I’ll delve into the particular history and aesthetic traditions of French opera, I’ll spotlight some of the...
Pre-performance Lecture: LA Opera’s “Romeo and Juliet”

Pre-performance Lecture: LA Opera’s “Romeo and Juliet”

Ah, star-cross’d lovers! I’ll be giving the pre-performance talk for LA Opera‘s production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. I’ll delve into the particular history and aesthetic traditions of French opera, I’ll spotlight some of the charms (those duets!) of this canonic...