La Jolla Music Society - La Jolla - Presents:
Cameron Carpenter: Metropolis
Saturday, 5/17/2025

Immerse yourself in the dystopian universe of Metropolis—Fritz Lang’s 1927 science fiction classic. Pioneering organist and composer Cameron Carpenter performs his original score for solo organ as the film is projected on a big screen.

In a Landscape - Western United States - Presents:
In a Landscape - Classical Music in the Wild
5/10/2025 - 9/21/2025 (next performance: Saturday, 5/17/2025)

IN A LANDSCAPE's 8th season is here and features some of our favorite venues as well as some exciting new locations. The piano will be found on the sunbaked floor of the Alvord Desert, under the jagged Tetons, in a lush field of flowers, on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and many more dramatic venues.

Glissando Music and Arts Foundation - Rancho Palos Verdes - Presents:
Concerts by the Coast | Pictures at an Exhibition | Pianist Vladimir Khomyakov in Solo Recital
Saturday, 5/17/2025

Concerts by the Coast - Recital No. 14 International concert pianist Vladimir Khomyakov takes the stage with a riveting program featuring Modest Mussorgsky’s monumental Pictures at an Exhibition, alongside deeply expressive Preludes by Sergei Rachmaninoff and lyrical treasures by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

Theatre Organ Society of San Diego - Spring Valley - Presents:
Theatre Organ Society of San Diego Presents virtuoso organist Jonas Nordwall
Saturday, 5/17/2025

Virtuoso organist Jonas Nordwall performs popular standards on the Theatre Organ Society’s 4-manual, 24-rank “mighty Wurlitzer.” Nordwall is equally skilled in presenting both classical and popular music concerts. This concert will be a showcase of the Great American Songbook.

Santa Barbara Symphony - Santa Barbara - Presents:
Gil Shaham Weekend
5/17/2025 - 5/18/2025 (next performance: Saturday, 5/17/2025)

Gil Shaham joins The Symphony and Nir Kabaretti for two programs. On Saturday, Tchaikovsky’s virtuosic Violin Concerto. Then on Sunday, Gil and wife Adele Anthony share the stage for Double Violin Concertos of Bach and a recent concerto of Avner Dorman.

Sierra Madre Playhouse - Sierra Madre - Presents:
Sierra Madre Playhouse Presents World Premiere of New Dance Work by Steven Atwater & Thomas Ford
5/17/2025 - 5/18/2025 (next performance: Saturday, 5/17/2025)

Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary dance artists Steven Atwater and Thomas Ford, hailed for their innovative integration of sound, embodiment, and technology, present the world premiere of their new thought-provoking work “In Search of an Exit,” which addresses otherness and belonging, in back-to-back performances on Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18, 2025, 7:30 pm, at Sierra Madre Playhouse.

UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts - Irvine - Presents:
International Theater of Community Festival
Saturday, 5/17/2025

International Theater of Community Festival UC Irvine Drama Professors, executive producers Zachary Price, founder and co-director Bryan Reynolds, co-director November 20, 2024-May 17, 2025 Various Venues

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
Schoenberg in Hollywood
Sunday, 5/18/2025

The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience and The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music are proud to present the West Coast premiere of Tod Machover’s opera Schoenberg in Hollywood. The opera explores the complex relationship between uncompromising art and mass appeal, and of whether – and how – art can change the world.

LA Phil - Los Angeles - Presents:
Cameron Carpenter
Sunday, 5/18/2025

Cameron Carpenter, a celebrated gamechanger in the world of organ, performs an extravagant program where “everything he touches turns fantastical and memorable” (The New York Times).

Camerata Pacifica - Thousand Oaks - Presents:
Camerata Pacific’s Season Culminates with Unexpected Mix of Humorous, Emotional and Virtuosic Chamber Works by William Bolcom, Frédéric Chopin, and Lara Auerbach
Sunday, 5/18/2025

Camerata Pacifica, a chamber music collective renowned for its musical versatility and bold programming, caps its 2024-25 season with an unexpected mix of chamber works by Frédéric Chopin, William Bolcom, and Lara Auerbach.

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
UCLA Percussion Ensemble Spring Concert
Monday, 5/19/2025

The UCLA Percussion Ensemble is comprised of students performing from the ever-growing volume of percussion ensemble literature. The Percussion Ensemble presents one public performance each quarter, join us for their first performance of the 2024-2025 academic year.

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
Schoenberg in Hollywood
Monday, 5/19/2025

The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience and The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music are proud to present the West Coast premiere of Tod Machover’s opera Schoenberg in Hollywood. The opera explores the complex relationship between uncompromising art and mass appeal, and of whether – and how – art can change the world.

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
Schoenberg in Hollywood
Tuesday, 5/20/2025

The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience and The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music are proud to present the West Coast premiere of Tod Machover’s opera Schoenberg in Hollywood. The opera explores the complex relationship between uncompromising art and mass appeal, and of whether – and how – art can change the world.

Irvine Barclay Theatre - Irvine - Presents:
Louis: A Silent Movie with Live Accompaniment by Wynton Marsalis
Tuesday, 5/20/2025

Louis: A Silent Movie with Live Accompaniment by Wynton Marsalis is a captivating blend of vintage cinema and contemporary musical brilliance.

Camerata Pacifica - San Marino - Presents:
Camerata Pacific’s Season Culminates with Unexpected Mix of Humorous, Emotional and Virtuosic Chamber Works by William Bolcom, Frédéric Chopin, and Lara Auerbach
Tuesday, 5/20/2025

Camerata Pacific’s Season Culminates with Unexpected Mix of Humorous, Emotional and Virtuosic Chamber Works by William Bolcom, Frédéric Chopin, and Lara Auerbach.

Cliburn International Piano Competition - Fort Worth - Presents:
Cliburn International Piano Competition
5/21/2025 - 6/7/2025 (next performance: Wednesday, 5/21/2025)

The Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition takes place May 21–June 7, 2025, at Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU and Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

Jerry Pinter - Irvine - Presents:
UCI Jazz Orchestra - Spring 2025
Wednesday, 5/21/2025

UCI Jazz Orchestra Jerry Pinter, director Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 8 p.m. Winifred Smith Hall

Coachella Valley Repertory - Palm Springs - Presents:
The Beverly Hills Hotel Peace Talks
5/21/2025 - 6/1/2025 (next performance: Wednesday, 5/21/2025)

A weekend that might have changed world history.

Camerata Pacifica - Los Angeles - Presents:
Camerata Pacific’s Season Culminates with Unexpected Mix of Humorous, Emotional and Virtuosic Chamber Works by William Bolcom, Frédéric Chopin, and Lara Auerbach
Thursday, 5/22/2025

Camerata Pacifica, a chamber music collective renowned for its musical versatility and bold programming, caps its 2024-25 season with an unexpected mix of chamber works by Frédéric Chopin, William Bolcom, and Lara Auerbach.

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
David L. Abell Piano Masters Series featuring Alexander Kobrin
Thursday, 5/22/2025

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we welcome pianist Alexander Kobrin for the third installment of our 2024/25 David L. Abell Piano Master Series, a concert series which features renowned artists visiting UCLA to perform and work with our piano students.