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Tuesday-June 3: Ojai Festival, Esa-Pekka Salonen, music director, Festival Bowl. June 2: Angeles Chorale and YMF Debut Orchestra, Donald Neuen, conductor: Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis,” Royce

Hall. June 3: Ahn Trio for Coleman Concerts, Caltech, Beckman Auditorium. * Pacific Serenades: Donald Crockett premiere, Neighborhood Church. * Stotsenberg International Classical Guitar

Competition, Pepperdine University. June 4: Members of the L.A. Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, conductor, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. June 6-27: Los Angeles Opera, “Tosca” (Puccini),

with Catherine Malfitano, Richard Leech and Tom Fox, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. June 7: Anton Nel, piano, Mainly Mozart Festival, Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla. June 9: Pasadena

Symphony, Jorge Mester, conductor: Lutoslawski, Ginastera and Glass, Pasadena Civic Auditorium. June 10: Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, David Atherton, conductor; Anton Nel, piano,

California Center for the Arts. * Pianist Ilya Itin, Mainly Mozart Festival, Westgate Hotel, San Diego. June 12: Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, David Atherton, conductor, with pianist

Ilya Itin, Spreckels Theater. June 16: Long Beach Symphony, Joann Falletta conductor: Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Terrace Theater. June 17: Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Mainly Mozart Festival,

Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla. June 23: Vox Femina, Zipper Hall, Colburn School. June 25: Shanghai String Quartet: Mozart, Barber and Beethoven, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. June 29:

Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for Marilyn Horne and Stevie Wonder, Hollywood Bowl. * Pasadena Pops Orchestra, Rachael Worby conductor: Gershwin, Descanso Gardens. Also June

30. June 30: California Philharmonic, Arboretum of L.A. County. * Luciano Pavarotti, San Diego Sports Arena. July 2: July 4th Fireworks Spectacular with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John

Mauceri conductor, Hollywood Bowl. Also July 3-4. July 4: Pacific Symphony: “Star-Spangled Swing,” Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. July 6: L.A. Philharmonic, Leo Marchildon, conductor: “Bugs

Bunny on Broadway,” Hollywood Bowl. July 7: L.A. Philharmonic: “An Evening With Natalie Cole,” Hollywood Bowl. July 7: Music Academy of the West Orchestra, Roberto Abbado conductor, Lobero

Theatre. July 7-8: Southwest Chamber Music, Huntington Library. July 8: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri, conductor: Verdi’s “Aida,” with Alessandra Marc, Catherine Keen, Richard

Margison and Gregg Baker, Hollywood Bowl. * Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. July 10: L.A. Philharmonic, Emmanuel Krivine, conductor; mezzo-soprano Denyce

Graves, Hollywood Bowl. July 12: L.A. Philharmonic, Emmanuel Krivine, conductor; Sergio Tiempo, piano, Hollywood Bowl. July 13-14: L.A. Philharmonic, John Williams, conductor: “John

Williams’ Movie Memories,” Hollywood Bowl. * Pasadena Pops Orchestra, Rachael Worby, conductor, Descanso Gardens. July 14: California Philharmonic, Victor Vener, conductor: “Musical

Masterpieces,” Arboretum of L.A. County. July 17: L.A. Philharmonic, Lawrence Renes conductor; Kyoko Takezawa, violin, Hollywood Bowl. July 19: L.A. Philharmonic, Emmanuel Villaume,

conductor; pianist Louis Lortie, Hollywood Bowl. July 20-21: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri conductor; singer Charlotte Church, Hollywood Bowl. July 21: Pacific Symphony, Carl

St.Clair, conductor, with pianist Robert Thies, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. * Music Academy Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate, conductor, Lobero Theatre. July 21-22: Southwest Chamber Music,

Huntington Library. July 24: L.A. Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert, conductor: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with soloists Kelley Nassief, Marietta Simpson, Gordon Gietz and Raymond Aceto,

Hollywood Bowl. July 26: L.A. Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert, conductor; Andreas Haefliger, piano: Beethoven program, Hollywood Bowl. July 27-28: L.A. Philharmonic, Eri Klas; conductor;

pianist Norman Krieger: “Beethoven Spectacular,” Hollywood Bowl. July 28: California Philharmonic, Arboretum of L.A. County. * Music Academy Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor, Lobero

Theatre. July 31: L.A. Philharmonic, Yoel Levi, conductor; soprano Hei-Kyung Hong, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore, Hollywood Bowl. Aug. 2: L.A. Philharmonic, Yoel Levi, conductor; pianist

Andre Watts, Hollywood Bowl. * I Palpiti Chamber Orchestra, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. Aug. 3-4: L.A. Philharmonic and Patti LuPone, Hollywood Bowl. Aug. 3-19: La Jolla SummerFest,

“Brahms and His Legacy,” Sherwood Auditorium. Aug. 4-5: Southwest Chamber Music, Huntington Library. Aug. 5: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri; conductor; “Show Boat,” with Douglas

Sills, Alice Ripley, Susan Egan, singers; and William Warfield, narrator, Hollywood Bowl. Aug. 7: L.A. Philharmonic, Nicholas McGegan, conductor: Vivaldi program, Hollywood Bowl. Aug. 9:

L.A. Philharmonic, Nicholas McGegan, conductor; Christine Brandes, soprano: all-Bach program, Hollywood Bowl. Aug. 10: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri, conductor; soloists Marin

Mazzie and Rodney Gilfry: “The Great American Concert: Heroes and Superheroes,” Hollywood Bowl. * Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra, Grand Performances, California Plaza. * Music Academy of the

West, “Don Pasquale,” Lobero Theatre. Also Aug. 12. Aug. 11: California Philharmonic, Victor Vener, conductor, Arboretum of L.A. County. * Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair, conductor, Verizon

Wireless Amphitheater. Aug. 14: L.A. Philharmonic, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor; violinist Christian Tetzlaff, Hollywood Bowl. Aug. 16: L.A. Philharmonic, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor;

pianist Vardan Mamikonian, Hollywood Bowl. Aug. 17: La Jolla SummerFest: “A Night in a Spanish Garden,” Sherwood Auditorium. Aug. 17-18: L.A. Philharmonic, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor;

L.A. Guitar Quartet; guest artists Arturo Sandoval and Albita: Latin Festival, Hollywood Bowl. Aug. 18: L.A. Mozart Orchestra, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. * Music Academy of the West

Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor, Lobero Theatre. Aug. 18-19: Pianist Mari Kodama in Beethoven Sonatas for Southwest Chamber Music at Huntington Library. Aug. 19: La Jolla SummerFest

Chamber Orchestra: Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” Sherwood Auditorium. Aug. 21: L.A. Philharmonic, Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor, violinist Joshua Bell, Hollywood Bowl. Aug. 23: L.A. Philharmonic,

Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor, Hollywood Bowl. Aug. 24-25: Pasadena Pops, Rachael Worby, conductor; vocalists. Diane Ketchie and Raymond Saar, Descanso Gardens. Aug. 25: California

Philharmonic, Victor Vener, conductor, Arboretum of L.A. County. * Pacific Symphony, Mark Mandarano, conductor, with a Van Cliburn Competition medalist, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Aug.

26: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri, “TV Night,” Hollywood Bowl. Aug. 28: L.A. Philharmonic, Peter Oundjian, conductor; pianist Helene Grimaud: Mozart program, Hollywood Bowl. Aug.

30: L.A. Philharmonic, Peter Oundjian, conductor; Julia Fischer, violin: Mozart program, Hollywood Bowl. Aug. 31-Sept. 1 and 2: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri conductor, with

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: “Tchaikovsky Spectacular,” Hollywood Bowl. Sept. 2: L.A. Baroque Orchestra, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. MORE TO READ