Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Founded in 1968, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is an artistic outlet for the recording industry’s most gifted musicians.

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✨ Full of intimate concerts and great music, LACO's enchanting 2025/26 season is not one to miss! From awe-inducing guest artists to programs designed to inspire and move, there's so much to this season to discover!

🎟️ Tickets are available at https://t.co/BL3ERBjp0C

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LACO’s chamber series is an intimate journey through melody & emotion.

🎻 Brahmsian Affair: Margaret Batjer leads Brahms’s lush String Sextets.
🎹 Harmonic Conversations: Richard Goode illuminates Schumann, Beethoven & Mozart.

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🎻 Before Rhapsody in Blue, there was Lullaby. One of Gershwin’s earliest works, it’s soulful, whimsical, & full of promise. Hear it live at PIONEERS: MARTÍN + SCHUMANN + PRICE with Jaime Martín & Lara Downes. Don't miss it!

📅 April 19 & 20

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One movement, infinite emotions. Lara Downes returns to the LACO stage with Florence Price’s powerful Piano Concerto in One Movement. Experience PIONEERS: MARTÍN + SCHUMANN + PRICE live.
📅 Apr 19 & 20. Don’t miss it!

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LACO’s 2025/26 season is a symphony of wonder. Experience Beethoven, Brahms, and Schumann interpreted by Fazil Say, Marc-André Hamelin, & Isabelle Faust. Plus thrilling premieres, esteemed guest artists and timeless classics. Subscriptions are on sale now!

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LACO welcomes back 🎻 virtuoso Nemanja Radulović! Known for his electrifying stage presence & genre-defying artistry, he returns for VISIONARIES: MARTÍN + BEETHOVEN to perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major. Don’t miss this unforgettable performance!
📅 May 10 & 11

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From musical storytelling to learning composition, students at Lanai Road Elementary explored the building blocks of classical music with LACO musicians, a hands-on introduction to the magic of music-making and the creative power behind every note.

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Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 was born from struggle but ends in triumph. Composed through illness, its radiant fanfare rises, darkness shrouds, & then; light. His resilience soars with a secret tribute to his wife. Jaime Martín leads Pioneers: Martín + Schumann + Price. Apr 19 & 20

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Louise Farrenc, Clara Schumann, and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel composed against the odds, leaving a legacy of brilliance. LACO honors them at Vanguard: Farrenc’s Nonet, curated by Margaret Batjer, with innovative work from Sarah Gibson and Nokuthula Ngwenyama. 📅 Apr 5 & 6

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Every 🎵 note tells a story. In PIONEERS: MARTÍN + SCHUMANN + PRICE, Lara Downes makes her highly anticipated LACO mainstage debut with Florence Price’s breathtaking Piano Concerto. Jaime Martín leads a journey to the soul-soothing melodies of Schumann.
📅 Apr 19 & 20

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🎻 A powerhouse musician joins LACO to celebrate the trailblazing women of chamber music! Violist & composer Nokuthula "Thula" Ngwenyama brings fire, finesse & brilliance to Vanguard: Farrenc’s Nonet. Don’t miss this electrifying evening. 📅 Apr 5 & 6

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LACO is on the air one last time this season! Tune in on March 30 at 7 PM for Classical California, celebrating Jaime Martín’s five-year tenure with a stirring program featuring Bach, Pergolesi, and Mozart. Listen on-air & online: https://t.co/teUlmE9fAu | https://t.co/fKTCu421Jy

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Listen to a love letter in music. Clara Schumann’s Three Romances (1853) is filled with longing, tenderness & artistry. Hear it alongside the late Sarah Gibson’s tribute piece at Vanguard: Farrenc’s Nonet 📅 Apr 5 & 6.

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Dear Devotees of the Romantic, some music demands to be heard. Join us this fall as Marc-André Hamelin takes on Brahms’s tempestuous First Piano Concerto, paired with Louise Farrenc’s luminous Symphony No. 2 under Jaime Martín.
📅 Oct 25 & 26

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Dear Radiant Audiences, we invite you to Radiance + Reverie, an evening of joy & light led by Jaime Martín. Anthony Marwood & Coleman Itzkoff unite for the world premiere of a new work by Christopher Cerrone, alongside works by Mozart & Tchaikovsky.
📅 May 16 & 17, 2026

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🎧 LACO is on the air March 23 at 7 pm! Relive the historic first concert after the pandemic at Walt Disney Concert Hall with Jaime Martín. Recorded on June 26, 2021. Tune in for an unforgettable cultural journey!
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Dear Friends,
Past and future entwine in Temporal Echoes. 🎻 Anne Akiko Meyers unveils Eric Whitacre’s The Pacific Has No Memory. Led by Jaime Martín. Juhi Bansal’s new work shines, alongside echoes of Shostakovich & Prokofiev. Join us 📅 Apr 11–12, 2026. Will you be there?

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“LACO’s versatility creates intimate, adventurous concerts under Margaret Batjer’s leadership.”

Batjer's mastery moves from delicate melodies to thrilling runs, captivating audiences. Join her for Vanguard: Farrenc's Nonet. A female composer celebration! 🎻🎶
📅 Apr 5 & 6

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Dear Orchestra Devotees, a night of rare delights awaits! Isabelle Faust makes her highly anticipated LA debut with Turning Points, breathing brilliance into Schumann’s Violin Concerto. Huang Ruo presents Tipping Point and Dinis Sousa takes the podium.
📅 Mar 14 & 15, 2026

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Louise Farrenc’s Nonet in E-flat Major is a hidden gem of 19th-century chamber music, blending winds and strings in a lush, intricate soundscape. Once her most celebrated work, it ironically features no piano—her primary instrument. Hear it live at Vanguard.
📅 Apr 5 & 6