Music

MAY

29-31, June 1-2 Ojai Music Festival. Nine events, including a piano marathon by Marino Formenti, symposiums, master classes and six other concerts given by the Emerson String Quartet, pianist Formenti, singer Ute Lemper and guitarist Eliot Fisk. Ojai Art Center, Ojai Presbyterian Church and outdoor Libbey Bowl.

Through June 16: Los Angeles Opera. “Turandot” (Puccini), in Italian, with English supertitles, with Audrey Stottler/Nina Warren, Johan Botha/Ian Denolfo, Hei-Kyung Hong/Svetla Vasilieva, Rosendo Flores and others; Kent Nagano, conductor; Gian-Carlo del Monaco, stage director. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

JUNE

2: SongFest Showcase. John Hall, master of ceremonies. Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church.

4-5: Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, David Atherton, conductor. Music by Bach, Mozart, Michael Haydn. St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego.

6: John Lill, piano. Mainly Mozart Festival. Neurosciences Institute, San Diego.

7: Festival Orchestra, David Atherton, conductor; John Lill, piano; Steven Dibner, bassoon. California Center for the Arts.

9, 15: Long Beach Opera. “Jenufa” (Janacek), with Lisa Willson, Katherine Ciesinski, Roy Cornelius Smith, Daniel Cafiero, Kathryn Day; Andreas Mitisek, conductor; Isabel Milenski, stage director. Carpenter Performing Arts Center.

23: Baroque Music Festival Orchestra, Burton Karson, conductor; Elizabeth Blumenstock, Rob Diggins and Jolianne von Einum, violins. Concertos by Bach, Marcello, Tartini and Vivaldi. Saint Michael & All Angels Church, Corona del Mar.

28: Los Angeles Philharmonic and 2002 Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame Inductees. Hall of Fame Gala. Hollywood Bowl.

28-29, July 19-20, Aug. 3, Aug. 16-17, Sept. 13-14 Pasadena Pops Orchestra, Rachael Worby, conductor. Descanso Gardens.

29: Asian American Philharmonic, Hyung Sang Joo, conductor. John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

30: Festival Singers and Orchestra, Burton Karson, conductor; Claire Fedoruk, soprano; Joseph Mathieu, countertenor; Jonathan Mack, tenor; Christopher Lindbloom, baritone. Baroque Music Festival Corona del Mar. St. Michael & All Angels Church.

JULY

2-4: Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Williams, conductor; James Taylor, special guest. July 4th Fireworks Spectacular. Hollywood Bowl.

2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Aug. 13: Music Academy of the West Faculty. Chamber music. Lobero Theatre.

6: Academy Festival Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey, conductor. Lobero Theatre.

6: California Philharmonic, Victor Vener, conductor. Arboretum of Los Angeles County.

6: Sing-a-Long “Sound of Music, “ Kathy Najimy, host. Pre-show, 7 p.m.; movie presentation, 8 p.m. Hollywood Bowl.

7, 14, 21, 28 Gustavo Romero, piano. Beethoven sonata cycle completed (from 2001). Neurosciences Institute, San Diego.

9: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Paavo Jarvi conductor; Lars Vogt, piano. Brahms. Hollywood Bowl.

11: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Elisabeth Batiashvili, violin. Music by Part, Beethoven, Sibelius. Hollywood Bowl.

13-14, 27-28, Aug. 10-11, 24-25: Southwest Chamber Music. Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens.

16: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Yasuo Shinozaki, conductor; Emanuel Ax and Yoko Nozaki, pianos. “Guardian Angel” (Tanaka); Concerto for Two Pianos (Mozart); Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” (Beethoven) Hollywood Bowl.

18: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Jaime Laredo, conductor, violin and viola; Leila Josefowicz, violin. Music by Mozart, Bach and Mendelssohn. Hollywood Bowl.

20: Academy Festival Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate, conductor. Lobero Theatre.

20, 22: Music Academy of the West Opera. Ravel’s “The Child and the Enchantments” Music Academy of the West.

20: Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair, conductor; Arianna Goldina and Remy Loumbrozo, piano duo; Pacific Chorale and soloists. Two-Piano Concerto No. 10 (Mozart); Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.

21: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri, conductor. “La Boheme” (Puccini), with Patricia Racette, Christine Goerke, Ramon Vargas, Nathan Gunn, others; Opera Pacific Chorus. Hollywood Bowl.

23, 25: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mozart programs, conductors and soloists to be announced. Hollywood Bowl.

26-27: Los Angeles Philharmonic, David Alan Miller, conductor; Audra McDonald, vocalist; Kevin Cole, piano Gershwin program. Hollywood Bowl.

27: Academy Festival Orchestra, Asher Fisch, conductor; student soloists. Concerto Night. Lobero Theatre.

27: Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Sonia Marie de Leon de Vega, conductor. Music by Alberto Williams, Rodrigo, Verdi, Beethoven. John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

30, Aug. 1: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor; James Galway, flute. “Don Juan” (R. Strauss); Flute Concerto (Bolcom); Symphony No. 7 (Dvorak) Hollywood Bowl.

AUGUST

2: Cho-Liang Lin and Leila Josefowicz, violins; Ralph Kirshbaum and Ronald Leonard, cellos; Leon Fleisher, Christopher O’Riley and John Novacek, pianos; others Opening, SummerFest La Jolla 2002. Sherwood Auditorium.

2-3: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor; Cirque Eloize, special guests. Cirque Eloize. Hollywood Bowl.

3: Orion String Quartet and SummerFest La Jolla Ensembles. Music by John Harbison and others. Sherwood Auditorium.

3: Takacs Quartet and Music Academy of the West String Faculty. Quartet, Opus 18, No. 2 (Beethoven); Octet (Mendelssohn); others. Lobero Theatre.

4: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri, conductor. “The Music Man” (Meredith Willson), staged concert adaptation, with Eric McCormack, Kristin Chenoweth and others; directed by Gordon Hunt. Hollywood Bowl.

4: Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. La Jolla SummerFest. Sherwood Auditorium.

8: I Palpiti, Eduard Schmieder, conductor. Music by Haydn, Brahms, others. John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

8: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Jessica Jones, Jill Grove, Gordon Gietz and Nathan Berg, vocal soloists; chorus TBA. Symphony No 2 (Shostakovich); Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven). Hollywood Bowl.

9-10: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Pacific Chorale, John Mauceri, conductor. “Musical Mythologies” Hollywood Bowl.

9, 11: Music Academy of the West Opera. “Albert Herring” (Britten), conducted by Randall Behr; Lotfi Mansouri, stage director. Lobero Theatre.

10: I Palpiti, Eduard Schmieder, conductor. Music by Mozart, Chopin, Shostakovich, Hindemith. Zipper Concert Hall, Colburn School of Performing Arts.

10: Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair, conductor; Alain Lefevre, piano; Kishna Davis, soprano. Gershwin program. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.

10: SummerFest La Jolla Ensemble, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano; Cho-Liang Lin, violin. Music by Salonen and Stravinsky. Sherwood Auditorium.

12: SummerFest La Jolla Ensembles, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano; Leila Josefowicz and Cho-Liang Lin, violins Music by Salonen and Stravinsky. John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

13: Jon Kimura Parker and Jeffrey Kahane, pianos; Jian Wang, cello. SummerFest La Jolla. Sherwood Auditorium.

13: L.A. Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano; Thomas Quasthoff, baritone. “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (R. Strauss); Songs from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” (Mahler) Hollywood Bowl.

14: New Hollywood String Quartet. Music by Mendelssohn, Don Davis, Randy Kerber, Ravel. John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

15: L.A. Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor. “Mother Goose” Suite; “La Valse” (Ravel); Symphony No. 7 (Sibelius); “Agon” (Stravinsky) Hollywood Bowl.

16: Ahn Trio. Music by Suk, Haydn, L. Bernstein, Nyman, Yedidia. John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

16-17: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri, conductor. Rodgers and Hammerstein at the Movies. Hollywood Bowl.

17: Academy Festival Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor. Music by Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky. Lobero Theatre.

18: Amanda McBroom and Rodney Gilfry, singers. “Two for the Road.” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

20: Russian National Orchestra, Dmitri Liss, conductor. “Swan Lake” Suite (Tchaikovsky); Divertimento from “The Fairy’s Kiss”; “Firebird” Suite (Stravinsky). Hollywood Bowl.

22: Russian National Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov, conductor; Galina Gorchakova, soprano; Sergei Leiferkus, baritone. A Russian Opera Evening. Hollywood Bowl.

23-24: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri, conductor; Peter Donohoe, piano; USC Trojan Marching Band. Tchaikovsky Spectacular. Hollywood Bowl.

27: The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri, conductor; Christopher Parkening, guitar. “Cleopatra” Symphony (Alex North); Guitar Concerto (Elmer Bernstein); “Scheherazade” (Rimsky-Korsakov). Hollywood Bowl.

29: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, conductor and piano. Bartok, Mozart and Kodaly. Hollywood Bowl.

30-31: The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra with John Mauceri, conductor; Davis Gaines, Rebecca Luker and Daniel Rodriguez, guests. “New York, New York,” at the Hollywood Bowl.

SEPTEMBER

1: The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra with John Mauceri, conductor; Davis Gaines, Rebecca Luker and Daniel Rodriguez, special guests. The Great American Concert. Hollywood Bowl.

1: Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra. “Coffee With the Brandenburgs.” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.