Trifonov Triumphs at The Conrad

Continuing its star-studded array of performers at The Conrad, the La Jolla Music Society presented Daniil Trifonov–the most astounding pianist of our age– in recital Wednesday, April 17.

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Easy-Listening Opens La Jolla SummerFest 2014

La Jolla’s chic Prospect St. is lined with gourmet restaurants that feature a wide array of gastronomical pleasures, but at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Sherwood Auditorium, Friday’s opening concert of SummerFest 2014 offered wall-to-wall comfort food . . .

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Raymond Leppard and Festival Orchestra Bring SummerFest to a Genial Close

SummerFest Music Director Cho-Liang Lin thought he had a coup signing up Los Angeles Opera’s Music Director James Conlon to conduct the 2013 SummerFest finale concert, that is until maestro Conlon bowed out for some emergency surgery. Fortunately, the estimable British conductor Raymond Leppard stepped in on short notice to lead the chamber orchestra in a glowing program of Mozart and Benjamin Britten.

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