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Upbeat Live Podcasts

Upbeat Live Podcast

Upbeat Live events are an informative and engaging way to learn about the music before the concert. These presentations include talks by renowned musicologists, interviews with guest artists, and performances by noted guest artists and members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. We have provided links to download podcasts of recent Upbeat Live events below:

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Salonen Conducts Falla and Ravel (Casual Fridays)

Salonen Conducts Falla and Ravel (Casual Fridays)
Friday, October 3
Russell Steinberg, composer, conductor and performer, Mr. Steinberg is the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, and is on the faculty at UCLA.

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Salonen Conducts Falla and Ravel

Salonen Conducts Falla and Ravel
Saturday, October 4
Russell Steinberg, composer, conductor and performer, Mr. Steinberg is the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, and is on the faculty at UCLA.

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Salonen Conducts Falla and Ravel

Salonen Conducts Falla and Ravel
Sunday, October 5
Russell Steinberg, composer, conductor and performer, Mr. Steinberg is the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, and is on the faculty at UCLA.

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Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky

Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky
Thursday, October 9
Veronika Krausas, composer and Professor at Thornton School of Music at USC.

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Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky

Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky
Friday, October 10
Veronika Krausas, composer and Professor at Thornton School of Music at USC.

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Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky

Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky
Saturday, October 11
Veronika Krausas, composer and Professor at Thornton School of Music at USC.

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Midori and Harth-Bedoya

Midori and Harth-Bedoya
Thursday, November 6
Alan Chapman, KUSC-FM radio host, composer-lyricist and pianist.

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Midori and Harth-Bedoya

Midori and Harth-Bedoya
Friday, November 7
Alan Chapman, KUSC-FM radio host, composer-lyricist and pianist.

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Green Umbrella: <em>Kafka Fragments</em>

Green Umbrella: Kafka Fragments
Tuesday, November 18
Steven Stucky, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer. Mr. Stucky is the Consulting Composer for New Music for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Respighi's Rome (Casual Friday)

Respighi's Rome (Casual Friday)
Friday, November 21
Christopher Russell, Director of Orchestral Studies at Azusa Pacific University and Coordinator of the Orchestral Program at Orange County High School of the Arts.

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Respighi's Rome

Respighi's Rome
Saturday, November 22
Christopher Russell, Director of Orchestral Studies at Azusa Pacific University and Coordinator of the Orchestral Program at Orange County High School of the Arts.

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Organ Recital: Chelsea Chen

Organ Recital: Chelsea Chen
Sunday, November 23
Tom Neenan, Music Director and Conductor of the St. Matthews Chamber Orchestra and lecturer in Music History and Music Theory at CalTech.

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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Monday, November 24
Alan Chapman, KUSC-FM radio host, composer-lyricist and pianist.

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Dudamel Conducts Strauss and Beethoven

Dudamel Conducts Strauss and Beethoven
Friday, November 28
Asadour Santourian is the Artistic Advisor and Administrator of the Aspen Music Festival and School.

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Dudamel Conducts Mozart and Strauss

Dudamel Conducts Mozart and Strauss
Thursday, December 4
Alan Chapman, KUSC-FM radio host, composer-lyricist and pianist.

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Green Umbrella: Stockhausen and the Music of the Future

Green Umbrella: Stockhausen and the Music of the Future
Tuesday, December 9
Steven Stucky, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer. Mr. Stucky is the Consulting Composer for New Music for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Alsop Conducts Brahms (Casual Friday)

Alsop Conducts Brahms (Casual Friday)
Friday, December 12
Eric Bromberger, violinist, Fulbright nominee and recipient of a National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship at Yale University.

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Salonen and Ax

Salonen and Ax
Saturday, January 10
Christopher Russell, Director of Orchestral Studies at Azusa Pacific University and Coordinator of the Orchestral Program at Orange County High School of the Arts.

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Salonen and Upshaw: Saariaho's Passion

Salonen and Upshaw: Saariaho's Passion
Thursday, January 15
Steven Stucky, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer. Mr. Stucky is the Consulting Composer for New Music for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Salonen Conducts <em>The Rite of Spring</em>

Salonen Conducts The Rite of Spring
Sunday, January 18
Helane Anderson is the Artistic Administrator for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Green Umbrella

Green Umbrella
Tuesday, January 20
Steven Stucky, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer. Mr. Stucky is the Consulting Composer for New Music for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Stéphane Denève Conducts Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff

Stéphane Denève Conducts Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff
Saturday, January 24
Veronika Krausas, composer and Professor at Thornton School of Music at USC.

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San Francisco Symphony

San Francisco Symphony
Monday, January 26
Russell Steinberg, composer, conductor and performer, is the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, and is on the faculty at UCLA.

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Hahn and Slatkin (Casual Friday)

Hahn and Slatkin (Casual Friday)
Friday, January 30
Eric Bromberger, violinist, Fulbright nominee and recipient of a National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship at Yale University.

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Organ Recital: Kevin Bowyer

Organ Recital: Kevin Bowyer
Sunday, February 1
Tom Neenan, Music Director and Conductor of the St. Matthews Chamber Orchestra and lecturer in Music History and Music Theory at CalTech.

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Thibaudet plays Gershwin

Thibaudet plays Gershwin
Saturday, February 14
Daniel Kessner, composer, conductor, and flutist

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Zacharias: Brahms, Haydn, Schumann

Zacharias: Brahms, Haydn, Schumann
Thursday, February 19
Paul Romero is a classical pianist and a composer of soundtrack scores.

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Vienna Philharmonic

Vienna Philharmonic
Tuesday, March 3
Eric Bromberger, violinist, Fulbright nominee and recipient of a National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship at Yale University.

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Vienna Philharmonic

Vienna Philharmonic
Wednesday, March 4
Eric Bromberger, violinist, Fulbright nominee and recipient of a National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship at Yale University.

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Argerich Plays Ravel

Argerich Plays Ravel
Friday, March 13
Veronika Krausas, composer and Professor at Thornton School of Music at USC.

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Mendelssohn and Mahler

Mendelssohn and Mahler
Saturday, March 21
Russell Steinberg, composer, conductor and performer, Mr. Steinberg is the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, and is on the faculty at UCLA.

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Handel and Haydn

Handel and Haydn
Friday, April 3
Christopher Russell, Director of Orchestral Studies at Azusa Pacific University and Coordinator of the Orchestral Program at Orange County High School of the Arts.

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Salonen Conducts Beethoven and Salonen

Salonen Conducts Beethoven and Salonen
Thursday, April 9
Steven Stucky, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer talks with Esa-Pekka Salonen about his new Violin Concerto. Mr. Stucky is the Consulting Composer for New Music for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Salonen Conducts Stravinsky: The Final Concerts

Salonen Conducts Stravinsky: The Final Concerts
Thursday, April 16
Gail Eichenthal is the Program Director for KUSC and host of the weekly radio program, Arts Alive.

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Joshua Bell and Bringuier

Joshua Bell and Bringuier
Thursday, April 23
Veronika Krausas, composer and Professor at Thornton School of Music at USC.

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Graf Conducts Kodaly, Liszt, and Dvorák

Graf Conducts Kodaly, Liszt, and Dvorák
Thursday, April 30
Alan Chapman, KUSC-FM radio host, composer-lyricist and pianist.

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Bronfman Plays Prokofiev

Bronfman Plays Prokofiev
Saturday, May 9
Eric Bromberger, violinist, Fulbright nominee and recipient of a National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship at Yale University.

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Green Umbrella: Composer's Choice: Adams

Green Umbrella: Composer's Choice: Adams
Tuesday, May 12
Helane Anderson, Artistic Administrator for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, in discussion with the evening's three composers: Timothy Andres, Payton MacDonald, and John Adams.

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Adams Conducts Adams: <em>A Flowering Tree</em>

Adams Conducts Adams: A Flowering Tree
Friday, May 15
Chad Smith, LA Philharmonic Vice President of Artistic Planning. In conversation with Peter Sellars and John Adams.

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Eschenbach Conducts Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky

Eschenbach Conducts Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky
Friday, May 22
Russell Steinberg, composer, conductor and performer, is the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, and is on the faculty at UCLA.

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Organ Recital: Naji Hakim

Organ Recital: Naji Hakim
Sunday, May 24
Tom Neenan, Music Director and Conductor of the St. Matthews Chamber Orchestra and lecturer in Music History and Music Theory at CalTech.

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Mozart and Bruckner

Mozart and Bruckner
Thursday, May 28
Christopher Russell, Director of Orchestral Studies at Azusa Pacific University and Coordinator of the Orchestral Program at Orange County High School of the Arts.

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