Alan Chapman

Producer/host, @ClassicalKUSC, Los Angeles; composer/lyricist/pianist/bassist/music theorist; recovering academic

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At a concert in Logroño, Spain, an opportunity to hear and meet the “Paganini of the castanets,” Lucero Tena.

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Reposted in 2024 for the 200th anniversary of the premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, a performance from 2020 with Jake Chapman.

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Delightful preconcert conversations with superstar mandolinist @aviavital, performing a new concerto by Fazil Say this weekend with @PacificSymphony.

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Duck o’ the Day

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Happy #StarWarsDay

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@manfromroto I’ve thought it would nice to have Evgeny Kissin play an arrangement of Rossini’s most famous overture. Then we’d have Kissin Tell.

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@manfromroto Yes. And then there’s L’Oiseau de few, about a rare bird.

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Come visit Classical California at the LA Times Festival of Books on the USC campus. We’ll be there again tomorrow (Sunday). And if you want you can ask me a question!

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Preconcert conversations with stage director Eric Einhorn. Excited to see tonight’s performance by @PacificSymphony.

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From the Colburn Conservatory faculty photo shoot. Great photography by Abby Mahler.

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A new Colburn Conservatory faculty photo.

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This possibility has been debated for years. Now there is documentary evidence that it was composed by Giovanni Truffatore. Apparently at some later date the Truffatore concerto was mistakenly bundled with Bach’s concertos, possibly on the first of April, 1738.

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@UnicornOps I think it's the natural reverb of the hall that makes his sound seem unfocused. Thanks for pointing this out.

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Backstage at @PacificSymphony with superstar violinist (and selfie pro) @anneakikoviolin and composer @MK_Daugherty. Delightful preconcert conversations before she performs Daugherty’s Blue Electra, a violin concerto inspired by aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.

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Happy #StPatricksDay! (That’s the tie that, by law, I’m only allowed to wear one day a year.)

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My April 1 Music 101 multimedia extravaganza at Disney Hall has been cancelled. But if you hurry you can still buy those EIGHT DOLLAR tickets on StubHub at a modest markup.

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A weekend of preconcert conversations with violinist @PaulHuang9 and his brilliant performance of the Beethoven concerto with @PacificSymphony.

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Quite a trio of guest stars at the Olympics opening ceremony: Rossini, Puccini, and Verdi.

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I've written an article about pieces composed for children, some of which are intended to be performed by young musicians. (Musical performances are included). https://t.co/04W5o2fWuF

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Happy Groundhog Day!