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This season's Art & Music concerts celebrated five of LACMA's exhibitions with some of the world's leading musicians. The eclectic series featured trumpeter Nicholas Payton, the African ensemble Babá Ken Okulolo and the Nigerian Brothers, harpsichordist Lucinda Carver, the Calder String Quartet, and one of today's leading new music ensembles, Xtet. This year's Art & Music concerts concluded with a work commissioned by LACMA celebrating the Pompeii and the Roman Villa exhibition, entitled Frescoes and Ash, by composer Victoria Bond.
The Art & Music concert series is supported in part by the Estates of James B. and Jane C. Welton, the Aaron Copland Fund, Inc., the Austrian Consulate General, Los Angeles, and the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and the Campania Region.
Previously this season
Xtet
Monday, May 11, 2009 | 8 pm
In celebration of the exhibition Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples
Los Angeles's new music group Xtet is now in its twenty-first season. The renowned contemporary ensemble returns to LACMA performing works by modern Italian masters Berio, Dallapiccola, and Fedele. The concert also features the world premiere of a work commissioned by LACMA: Frescoes and Ash, by composer Victoria Bond, in celebration of the museum's Pompeii exhibition.
Bing Theater | Ticketed
Calder Quartet
Monday, April 20, 2009 | 8 pm
In celebration of the exhibition Franz West, To Build a House You Start with the Roof: Work, 1972–2008
“The up-and-coming Calder String Quartet, quite possibly the finest—and certainly the most adventurous—American chamber group" (Alan Rich, Bloomberg News ) makes its LACMA debut in a concert celebrating the work of Viennese artist and sculptor Franz West. The concert includes music by Austrian composers Anton Webern and Beat Furrer, including the U.S premiere of Furrer’s 1st String Quartet, along with Christopher Rouse’s String Quartet #1 and Ryan Carter’s Grip. “In an astonishingly short time, the Calder Quartet has become the American string quartet to watch."
—Mark Swed, L.A. Times.
Bing Theater | Ticketed
Nicholas Payton Quintet
Thursday, September 25, 2008 | 8 pm
In celebration of the Basquiat gallery/BCAM. Jazz trumpet virtuoso Nicholas Payton celebrates the influence of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker on legendary painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. Payton’s technical virtuosity first turned heads when he burst onto the scene as a New Orleans teen, and he has continued to captivate audiences with recordings and tours with such artists as Doc Cheatham, Christian McBride, Joe Henderson, and Elvin Jones. His latest release, Into the Blue, “is full of inspired improvisations, original compositions, modern urban and Latin grooves that reveal an incisive creative intelligence.”— The Guardian, U.K.
Bing Theater | Ticketed
Babá Ken Okulolo and the Nigerian Brothers
Monday, October 20, 2008 | 8 pm
In celebration of the exhibition Tradition as Innovation in African Art.Nigerian master musician Babá Ken Okulolo and the Nigerian Brothers are among the few top contemporary Nigerian musicians whose roots extend deep into traditional African folk and highlife music. Okulolo, best known for his long association with King Sunny Adé and other leading African musicians, brings the group’s tight vocal harmonies, intertwining acoustic guitars, and indigenous hand percussion to LACMA for a special concert celebrating West African sounds.
Bing Theater | Ticketed
Lucinda Carver with Elizabeth Blumenstock and Inna Faliks
Monday, December 15, 2008 | 8 pm
In celebration of the exhibition Hearst the Collector.
Celebrated harpsichordist and music director Lucinda Carver performs works of J.S. Bach, joined by baroque violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock. The second half of the evening will feature pianist Inna Faliks performing the West Coast premiere of 13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg, which features contemporary variations on Bach by composers William Bolcom, David Del Tredici, Lukas Foss, Fred Hersch, Jennifer Higdon, Tania Leon, and others.
Bing Theater | Ticketed
Previous Seasons
2007–2008
- The Berlin Trio
- Modern Galleries Opening Concert
- Philip Glass: An Evening of Chamber Music
- The Anoushka Shankar Project
- Taikoproject
- North African Vibes: Music from Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
2006–2007
- mdi ensemble Milano with the Hysterica Dance Company: Breaking the Mode
- The Music of Pollock with composer Jeff Beal
- eighth blackbird: The Influence of Magritte
- Argento Chamber Ensemble: Expressionism in Motion
- Armadillo String Quartet with Dave Grusin, piano: Music of Aaron Copland and Dave Grusin
- Sérgio and Odair Assad: Latin American Innovators
- Xtet: L.A. Sounds and Sights
- L.A. Master Chorale with Alex Acuña, percussion: Mexican Baroque
Mitch Glickman, Director of Music Programs, 323 857-6014
Bill Vestal, Director of Sundays Live, 323 857-6234
Ryan Zwahlen, Music Programs Coordinator, 323 857-6115
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Art & Music
LACMA's award-winning concert series celebrates the museum's exhibitions and permanent collection with the finest musicians from around the world. The series' debut season (2006–2007) was awarded first prize by Chamber Music America & ASCAP for Adventurous Programming of New Music.
Where
Bing Theater at LACMA
Admission
$25 general admission; $18 members, seniors 62+; $5 students w/ID
Tickets
You can order Art & Music tickets online, at the LACMA box office, or by calling 323-857-6010.
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Music Department
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