- Page One:News from the LA Phil
- Special Report:El Sistema
- The Orchestra:LA Phil on Tour/Europe 2007
- Philanthropy and the Arts:A Conversation with Board member Mark Dalzell
- Behind the Scenes:Gettin' in Tune
LA Phil Welcomes Four New Orchestra Members
Witser, Chernyavsky, Still, GuptaNew Principal Trombone Steven Witser, joined the Orchestra in early September. He was formerly assistant principal trombonist with the Cleveland Orchestra. Early September also brought us second violinist David Chernyavsky, former assistant concertmaster with the Washington National Opera. Trumpeter Christopher Still comes to Los Angeles from Denver, where he held the post of principal trumpet with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. And assuming his first major orchestral post, 19-year-old violinist Robert Vijay Gupta joined the LA Phil at the start of the summer season. Gupta has a Masters in Music from Yale University, and studied at both the Manhattan School of Music and at Juilliard, with Isaac Stern, among others.
Live from Walt Disney Concert Hall — LA Phil releases sixth iTunes album
As part of the iTunes/Deutsche Grammophon Concerts series, the Philharmonic has released an exclusive live recording of one of the 2006/07 season's highlights — the U.S. premiere of Esa-Pekka Salonen's recent composition, Helix. The program, recorded on March 30th at Walt Disney Concert Hall, also features a performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Salonen conducting a suite from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. The new iTunes release brings to six the number of live LA Phil concerts available for download, including recent performances of Beethoven's 5th, 7th, and 8th Symphonies, as well as Gustavo Dudamel's unforgettable January 2007 performance, leading the Philharmonic in Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, which reached #1 on the classical charts!
