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New Classic LA is a website engaged with the avant garde music scene in Los Angeles.

Founded in 2011 by Nick Norton and now run by Richard An, we feature concert reviews, interviews with artists, and a calendar of events we think our readers will be interested in.

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Upcoming Concerts

Thursday, March 21 2024
  • Katie Porter & Christine Tavolacci; Malosma
    Automata
    8:00 PM

    Tickets $15/$18
    https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/348ac3af-7eb2-452c-8386-b1f7209c0f4e

    AUTOMATA' s Experimental Sound series TAPETAIL presents
    Katie Porter and Christine Tavolacci

    Composers and performers Katie Porter and Christine Tavolacci perform their newest work, Malosma, a piece for bass clarinet and bass flute in this evening-length performance. The duo is named after the first flower to rise from the ashes of wildfires; it explores new normals, extreme weather events, floods, fires, cities filled with smoke, and sounds that both sit on the edge of perception and fill the entire room. Porter and Tavolacci present the expanded version of this work at Automata in this special performance.

Saturday, March 23 2024
  • Pasadena Symphony Presents Beethoven Violin Concerto feat. Francisco Fullana
    Ambassador Auditorium
    2:00 PM

    Pasadena Symphony
    François Ferrer-López, conductor
    Francisco Fullana, violin

    Gustavo Dudamel called Francisco Fullana "an amazing talent".

    Winner of the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant, the "frighteningly awesome" (Buffalo News) Spanish-born Fullana, has made a name for himself as both a performer and a leader in innovative music education.

    Stomp the Dust! showcases the colorful essence of Kenya, musically depicting the arid terrain, dancing and pleas for rain.

    Shawn Okpebholo Kutimbua Kivumbi (Stomp the Dust!)
    Beethoven Violin Concerto
    Stranvinsky The Firebird Suite

    Additional time at 8:00pm

    $42 - $137. For more information and to purchase tickets: https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/beethoven-violin-concerto/

Tuesday, March 26 2024
  • Tuesdays @ Monk Space Presents Rajna Swaminathan
    Monk Space
    8:00 PM

    Acclaimed mrudangam artist, composer, and scholar Rajna Swaminathan presents new works for trio featuring ganavya doraiswamy and Utsav Lal, with special guests from Brightwork Ensemble.

    Tickets and Info: https://brightworknewmusic.com/event/rajna-swaminathan-with-ganavya-doraiswamy-and-utsav-lal/