The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, under the baton of Music Director Emeritus Steven Schick, presents a captivating performance of "Walking with Ghosts" by esteemed composer Mary Kouyoumdjian. This poignant composition showcases Kouyoumdjian's remarkable talent and serves as a testament to her artistic vision. As a UC San Diego alumna, Kouyoumdjian has garnered widespread acclaim for her innovative and evocative works. "Walking with Ghosts" takes listeners on a hauntingly beautiful journey,...

The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus "Music of the Spheres" concert is conducted by Michael Gerdes, and features the world premiere of "An Elemental Music," by composer and Nee Commission winner Alex Stephenson. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38948]

The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus "Music of the Spheres" concert is conducted by Michael Gerdes, and features Johannes Brahms’ colossal "German Requiem," which may have been inspired by the death of his mother in 1864, a loss which caused him profound grief. This large-scale work for orchestra, chorus, and soprano and baritone soloists is performed in German, a departure from the traditional Latin. This concert also features the world premiere of "An Elemental Music," by composer and Nee...

The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Learning to Fly concert is conducted by Music Director Emeritus Steven Schick, and features UC San Diego alumna and celebrated composer Mary Kouyoumdjian's "Walking with Ghosts," plus Stravinsky’s energetic "Firebird Suite," a work whose premiere was so successful it catapulted the composer to international fame. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38416]

This Intersections at Park & Market concert features a delightful performance by world-renowned Samir Chatterjee, a virtuoso tabla player, performing Indian classical music with his trio, featuring Paul Livingstone on sitar and Suman Laha on other Indian stringed instruments. Hosted by UC San Diego and New York-based violinist Yale Strom, one of the world's leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music and history. [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38741]

Grammy award-winning tabla musician Zakir Hussain is the 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy. He has opened new possibilities beyond the framework of traditional Indian music in collaboration with artists of other diverse genres worldwide. Dr. Hussain's performance innovations include a unique method of creating melodies on the tabla, originally regarded as a rhythmic instrument of accompaniment. In the process, he has expanded the tabla's possibilities and established it as one...

Grammy award-winning tabla musician Zakir Hussain is the 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy. He has opened new possibilities beyond the framework of traditional Indian music in collaboration with artists of other diverse genres worldwide. Dr. Hussain's performance innovations include a unique method of creating melodies on the tabla, originally regarded as a rhythmic instrument of accompaniment. In the process, he has expanded the tabla's possibilities and established it as one...

Did you know that Frida Kahlo loved to sing? This is an excerpt from a concert featuring her favorite songs from the 1930s and 1940s. The concert is part of the San Diego Opera's world premiere of "El último sueño de Frida y Diego" ("The Last Dream of Frida and Diego") by Grammy Award–winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Nilo Cruz. [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38667]

Did you know that Frida Kahlo loved to sing? This is an excerpt from a concert featuring her favorite songs from the 1930s and 1940s. The concert is part of the San Diego Opera's world premiere of "El último sueño de Frida y Diego" ("The Last Dream of Frida and Diego") by Grammy Award–winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Nilo Cruz. [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38666]

Did you know that Frida Kahlo loved to sing? This is an excerpt from a concert featuring her favorite songs from the 1930s and 1940s. The concert is part of the San Diego Opera's world premiere of "El último sueño de Frida y Diego" ("The Last Dream of Frida and Diego") by Grammy Award–winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Nilo Cruz. [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38672]

Did you know that Frida Kahlo loved to sing? This is an excerpt from a concert featuring her favorite songs from the 1930s and 1940s. The concert is part of the San Diego Opera's world premiere of "El último sueño de Frida y Diego" ("The Last Dream of Frida and Diego") by Grammy Award–winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Nilo Cruz. [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38668]

Did you know that Frida Kahlo loved to sing? This is an excerpt from a concert featuring her favorite songs from the 1930s and 1940s. The concert is part of the San Diego Opera's world premiere of "El último sueño de Frida y Diego" ("The Last Dream of Frida and Diego") by Grammy Award–winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Nilo Cruz. [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38671]

Did you know that Frida Kahlo loved to sing? This is an excerpt from a concert featuring her favorite songs from the 1930s and 1940s. The concert is part of the San Diego Opera's world premiere of "El último sueño de Frida y Diego" ("The Last Dream of Frida and Diego") by Grammy Award–winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Nilo Cruz. [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38670]

Did you know that Frida Kahlo loved to sing? This is an excerpt from a concert featuring her favorite songs from the 1930s and 1940s. The concert is part of the San Diego Opera's world premiere of "El último sueño de Frida y Diego" ("The Last Dream of Frida and Diego") by Grammy Award–winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Nilo Cruz. [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38665]

Did you know that Frida Kahlo loved to sing? This is an excerpt from a concert featuring her favorite songs from the 1930s and 1940s. The concert is part of the San Diego Opera's world premiere of "El último sueño de Frida y Diego" ("The Last Dream of Frida and Diego") by Grammy Award–winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Nilo Cruz. [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38664]

Did you know that Frida Kahlo loved to sing? This is an excerpt from a concert featuring her favorite songs from the 1930s and 1940s. The concert is part of the San Diego Opera's world premiere of "El último sueño de Frida y Diego" ("The Last Dream of Frida and Diego") by Grammy Award–winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Nilo Cruz. [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38669]

Oscar-nominated and Grammy-awarded jazz trumpeter and film composer Terence Blanchard sits down with UC San Diego Music Professor Emeritus Cecil Lytle to talk about the world of music, from jazz to opera to composing for movies. He's won five Grammy awards and composed more than 40 film scores, from "Jungle Fever" in 1991 to the 2022 film "The Woman King." The New Orleans native served as artistic director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and premiered his first opera, Champion, in...

As part of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus's Passionate Voices concert, led by guest conductor Jeffrey Malecki, composer Sang Song's new work, "Frozen Grief," is performed with Berk Schneider as trombone soloist. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38674]

La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, led by guest conductor Jeffrey Malecki, performs Gioachino Rossini’s iconic and powerful Stabat Mater, which was performed for the first time as a completed work in 1842 in Paris. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38675]

La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, led by guest conductor Jeffrey Malecki, performs Gioachino Rossini’s iconic and powerful Stabat Mater, which was performed for the first time as a completed work in 1842 in Paris. In addition, composer Sang Song, the 2022 Nee Commission winner, premiere's his new work Frozen Grief. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38415]

Tijuana-born artist Hugo Crosthwaite's work combines portraiture, sketching, painting, ceramics, photography and animation to create dense and layered compositions. Working primarily in black and white, Crosthwaite brings characters from allegory and popular media to illustrate the human condition, interacting with the architecture of Tijuana and dreams of the border. His work often elevates the ordinary person to heroic levels showing the trials they endure while surviving in contemporary...

Did you know that Frida Kahlo loved to sing? This concert features a selection of her favorite songs from the 1930s and 1940s. The concert is part of the San Diego Opera's world premiere of "El último sueño de Frida y Diego" ("The Last Dream of Frida and Diego") by Grammy Award–winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Nilo Cruz. [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38456]

Enjoy this excerpt from La Jolla Symphony and Chorus’ recent presentation of Powerful Nature. Ruben Valenzuela, founder and artistic director of the Bach Collegium, San Diego, guest conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, also known as the Pastoral Symphony, so named by the composer himself. This work travels through a series of feelings that evoke scenes to celebrate the beauties of nature. It became popular to many when it was featured in Walt Disney’s 1940 film, “Fantasia” – remember the...

Explore the politics, economics and art in the time of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Gregorio Luke, UC San Diego lecturer, author, specialist in Mexican art and culture and former Director of the Museum of Latin American Art, presents a fascinating portrait of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, including their paintings, photographs and rare film footage. This lecture is part of the San Diego Opera's world premiere of "El último sueño de Frida y Diego" ("The Last Dream of Frida and Diego") by...

Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles prides itself on being the world's first LGBTQ mariachi band. Their tight, energetic, and intricate sound has been honed by the work they've had to do to navigate the typically hypermasculine and heteronormative world of mariachi as gay and trans musicians. The band has performed at numerous gay and transgender pride events as well as in the #SchoolsNotPrisons tour for the California Endowment. They have been featured multiple times on Univision morning shows,...