Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

making great music personal

2013-14 season

Great composers capture the joy, sorrow, yearning and triumph we all experience. Find the soundtrack to your life in LACO’s 2013-14 season.

Passionate, collaborative, fun-loving — and all virtuoso soloists — our 40 musicians come together in our Orchestra with music director Jeffrey Kahane because they believe deeply in the transformational experience of sharing with you the great music that reflects life’s most memorable moments.

Music director Jeffrey Kahane presents a dazzling year that brings rising international stars to the Los Angeles stage.

This year, bring your life, we’ll provide the music.

our next performance

    • Saturday, September 21, 2013
    • Ambassador Auditorium
    • Sunday, September 22, 2013
    • Royce Hall

mozart: turkish violin concerto

  • Beethoven Twelve Contredanses for Orchestra
  • Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, “Turkish”
  • Lutosławski Chain 2
  • Kodály Dances of Galánta
Jeffrey Kahane

Indulge in this season’s invigorating orchestral series performances featuring the dynamic collaboration between acclaimed soloists and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, lead by music director Jeffrey Kahane, presented at the highest level of artistry.

The virtuosity of the soloists and the musicians is sure to thrill you as they perform some of the orchestral repertoire’s most powerful, most demanding and most popular works.

upcoming performance

    • Saturday, October 19, 2013
    • Ambassador Auditorium
    • Sunday, October 20, 2013
    • Royce Hall

haydn: cello concerto

  • Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
  • Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major
  • Mozart Serenade No. 6 in D major (Serenata notturna)
  • Adolphe Do You Dream in Color? (West Coast premiere)
Laco People

about LACO

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1968 as an artistic outlet for the film and record studios’ most gifted musicians. The respected music critic Jim Svejda praised LACO as “America’s finest chamber orchestra.” Learn More.

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announcing our 2013-14 season!

We are thrilled to announce our 2013-14 Orchestral Series season, which launches September 21 at Ambassador Auditorium and September 22 at Royce Hall. Click here to read the Los Angeles Times coverage and click here to read the full press release on our press page.

lorraine available on cd

LACO’s long anticipated release of Lorraine on Yarlung Records is now available to purchase. The album features mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson’s famed 2003 LACO performance of Bach’s Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut and the 2012 Margaret Batjer lead Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4.

Click here to read Classicstoday.com’s fantastic review.

Purchase your copy at yarlungrecords.com or at the LACO gift shop during Orchestral Series concerts.

the LACO blog

let me introduce myself

My introduction to music started off a little funny…

My first real interaction with music began when I was 5 years old. My older sister had begun playing piano and I was jealous of the candy, chips and other treats her piano teacher would give her after each weekly lesson. I realized that the only way I would be able to have access to the assortment of candy was if I began taking lessons myself. So, without much effort, I convinced my parents to allow me to begin my musical studies in piano.

I continued taking piano lessons until I entered the Sixth grade, where I was inducted into my middle school’s band. When asked what instrument I wanted to play in the group (piano was not an option), I instantly chose the French Horn, as it was recommended to me by my band director, whom I had a slight teacher-crush on. And so began my long-term love affair with the horn.

From performing in the Sydney Opera House to attending USC and interning with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, my passion for music has provided me with many great experiences and opportunities. All of which has lead me to where I am now: at my desk in the LACO office.

As I complete my second week with the LACO, I am overwhelmed with gratitude at the opportunity to intern for an organization that shares my passion. I am lucky to be surrounded by talented and charismatic people in the fast-paced atmosphere of downtown Los Angeles. I truly feel welcomed into the LACO family and I look forward to the experiences, challenges and many coffees I will have in my future weeks here.

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