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Thoroughly accessible and almost luridly colorful, Kevin Puts’ new Percussion Concerto received its premiere performance Thursday night at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Read more

Because of his formidable presence in certain parts of the repertory – Beethoven and Schubert come immediately to mind – Richard Goode’s versatility has sometimes been overlooked. Read more

DICHOTOMOUS sound images – at once emotionally captivating and technically astounding – are the essence of great musical art and the main business of the stunning, unheralded British ensemble the Belcea String Quartet, which made its Southern California concert debut Tuesday night in Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Read more

It might seem sheer folly for young artists to make new recordings of well-known concertos. Read more

Returning to Southern California after four years, the distinguished part-time ensemble Philharmonia Quartett Berlin played Thursday night in Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Read more

THE centerpiece of Opera Pacific’s 20th anniversary season, Rossini’s “The Italian Girl in Algiers,” opened Tuesday night at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Read more

A firm and decisive musical leader, the British-born conductor David Lockington has become a regular visitor to the Pacific Symphony podium. Read more

Already, at 36, a world-class figure among pianists, Piotr Anderszewski returned to Southern California on Wednesday night for his first solo recital in Walt Disney Concert Hall. Read more

The Pacific Symphony’s 2005-06 season, its last in Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center before it moves into its soon-to-be-completed new home across the street next fall, continues apace. Read more