Classical | Jazz | World Music | Spectaculars | Sunday Sunsets | Special Concerts
Classical
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Tuesday Classics (TU1 - 5 concerts )Leonard Slatkin opens the series with Beethoven's epic Ninth Symphony. Gustavo Dudamel joins Yo-Yo Ma for Schumann’s Cello Concerto. Baroque/Classical specialist Nicholas McGegan returns with an all-Haydn program featuring the glorious Alison Balsom on trumpet. The series ends with a program of Russian masterworks. |
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Tuesday Classics (TU2 - 5 concerts )Joshua Bell launches the series with Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto and Edgar Meyer’s Double Concerto. Resident Conductor Lionel Bringuier joins Yefim Bronfman for an evening of Brahms and Elgar. Gustavo Dudamel leads festive music of North and South America. Bramwell Tovey, Sarah Chang and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos make welcome returns. |
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Thursday Classics (TH1 - 5 concerts )Gustavo Dudamel returns with the sensational Yuja Wang for Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet appears with conductor Stéphane Denève. The effusive Bramwell Tovey returns, and Nicholas McGegan leads a jubilant all-Mozart evening. |
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Thursday Classics (TH2 - 5 concerts )Joshua Bell kicks off this series with Edgar Meyer’s Double Concerto and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Gustavo Dudamel leads music by Ginastera and Copland. Resident Conductor Lionel Bringuier returns with Renaud Capuçon to perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos leads Carmina Burana. |
Jazz
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Jazz at the Bowl (JZ1 - 4 concerts )Herbie Hancock’s JZ1 series not only includes a celebration of Miles Davis, The Neville Brothers’ Farewell Tour, and night of Latin jazz starring Rubén Blades, but it also features Herbie’s own all-star program Celebrating Peace. |
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Jazz at the Bowl (JZ2 - 4 concerts )Herbie Hancock’s other jazz series is star-studded, with the Count Basie Orchestra celebrating Ray Charles, the Duke Ellington Orchestra with Brian McKnight, an evening of both Anita Baker and Esperanza Spalding, and our blues night with B.B. King and the Tedeschi Trucks Band. |
World Music
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KCRW's World Festival (SU1 - 3 concerts )L.A.’s own Ben Harper leads off this popular series that also boasts apl.de.ap in a celebration of Filipino music from around the world and an evening of Animal Collective plus Huun Huur Tu. |
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KCRW's World Festival (SU2 - 3 concerts )This year’s Reggae Night features Tuff Gong Worldwide Salutes Legends of Reggae with Ziggy Marley. The series ends with an evening of London’s Hot Chip and the soulful, danceable and unabashedly pop sounds of Passion Pit |
Spectaculars
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Weekend Spectaculars (FR1 - 5 concerts )Frozen Planet Live, The Producers (fully staged), Norah Jones, Diana Krall and the Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks make up this unique and superb series. |
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Weekend Spectaculars (FR2 - 5 concerts )Our FR2 and SA2 series are filled with major stars and amazing shows like Smokey Robinson, Pixar’s first show with live orchestra, Colombian superstar Juanes, an evening with John Williams, and the Fireworks Finale featuring The Brian Setzer Orchestra. |
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Weekend Spectaculars (SA1 - 5 concerts )Frozen Planet Live, The Producers (fully staged), Liza Minnelli, Diana Krall and the Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks make this one of the most highly desirable series of the summer. |
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Weekend Spectaculars (SA2 - 5 concerts )Our FR2 and SA2 series are filled with major stars and amazing shows like Smokey Robinson, Pixar’s first show with live orchestra, Colombian superstar Juanes, an evening with John Williams, and the Fireworks Finale featuring The Brian Setzer Orchestra. |
Sunday Sunsets
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Sunday Sunset Concerts (SU3 - 4 concerts )Sunday’s eclectic performing arts series includes a fully staged production of The Producers, Pixar in Concert, Dudamel leading Verdi’s Rigoletto, and the Fireworks Finale featuring The Brian Setzer Orchestra. |
Special Concerts
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Special ConcertsSubscribers can get tickets before the general public to some of our most popular concerts including Opening Night at the Bowl and July 4th Fireworks Spectacular. Always a hit with Bowl fans, these concerts sell out, so subscribe now and add your favorites to your order. |














