by Kristi | Feb 12, 2022
Join 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 E major Prelude from Partita in E (BWV 1006), which was the first... 
by Kristi | Oct 1, 2021
Podcast forthcoming. Will announce when posted. This Da Camera Society-produced podcast explores the life and music Ethel Smyth, a composer, feminist activist and writer whose massive oratorio The Prison won the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album.... 
by Kristi | Sep 30, 2021
Twitter. 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 will host the keynote conversation between LA... 
by Kristi | Sep 30, 2021
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 guest contributor. This link will take you to the full article...