Franz Joseph Haydn
Born: March 31, 1732 in Rohrau, Austria
Died: May 31, 1809 in Vienna
Assignments: music director to Count Morzin, Kapellmeister to the Esterhazys
Operas: Lo speziale, L'infedeltà delusa, Il mondo della luna, La fedelta premiata, Orlando paladino and Armida
Is regarded: as the father of the symphony and the string quartet
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Founded: 1968 as an artistic outlet for the film and record studios' most gifted musicians
Music Directors: Renowned pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane has led the group since 1997, continuing the standard of excellence set by the orchestra’s first four music directors, Sir Neville Marriner, Gerard Schwarz, Iona Brown and Christof Perick.
Raves: “America’s finest chamber orchestra” — Jim Svejda, KUSC
“LACO has never sounded better than it does these days…” — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times
“At keyboard or on podium, [Kahane] has brought his L.A. Chamber Orchestra into a Golden Age.” — Alan Rich, L.A. Weekly
Awards: First Place Award for Programming of Contemporary Music, offered by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and the American Symphony Orchestra League.
Performs: 15 concerts at two historic theaters, the Alex in Glendale and UCLA’s Royce Hall, plus Baroque Conversations at Zipper Concert Hall
Upcoming: In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth (January 27th, 2006), the orchestra is performing all 23 of Mozart’s original piano concertos over 15 months — a feat no other American orchestra has ever attempted. Jeffrey Kahane conducts all 23 from the keyboard, just as Mozart intended.
In the community: Meet the Music reaches thousands of elementary school students, most of whom have never experienced a classical concert before, and through Neighborhood Concerts, LACO brings live, professional performances to areas of greater Los Angeles where families have little or no access to the city’s cultural institutions.
Web site: www.laco.org