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- EIN 23-7010825
- (213) 622-7001
- 510 W 6th St Ste 1001 Los Angeles CA 90014-1321 USA
- www.laco.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Performing Arts, Symphony Orchestras
Mission: The mission of the los angeles chamber orchestra (laco) is to enrich and connect our community through intimate and transformative musical experiences which exemplify and foster artistic excellence, education and innovation. (see continuation on schedule o)los angeles chamber orchestra, ranked among the world's top musical ensembles, marks its 50th anniversary season with more artistic energy and creative impulse coursing through its musical veins than at any time in its history. Beloved by audiences and praised by critics, the orchestra is known as a preeminent interpreter of historical masterworks as well as a champion of contemporary composers. Laco, headquartered in the heart of the country's cultural capital, has been proclaimed "america's finest chamber orchestra" (public radio international), "la's most unintimidating chamber music experience" (los angeles magazine), "resplendent" (los angeles times), and "one of the world's great chamber orchestras"(kusc classical fm).
Programs: The los angeles chamber orchestra (laco), proclaimed "america's finest chamber orchestra" by public radio international, has established itself among the world's top musical ensembles. Under the leadership of music director jeffrey kahane. The orchestra maintains its status as a pre-eminent interpreter of historical masterworks and a champion of contemporary composers. During its almost 50-year history, the orchestra has made 31 recordings, toured europe, south america, and japan, performed across north america, earning adulation from audiences and critics alike, and garnered eight ascap awards for adventurous programming. Headquartered in downtown los angeles, laco presents eight orchestral series at both glendale's alex theatre and ucla's royce hall, five baroque conversations concerts at downtown los angeles' zipper concert hall, and three westside connections chamber music concerts at the moss theatre in santa monica. Additionally, laco's outreach programs: meet the music, community partners, campus to concert hall, and the laco/usc thornton strings mentorship program reach thousands of young people annually, nurturing future misicians and composers as well as inspiring a love of classical music. Laco programs reach approximately 25,000 in southern california, plus an additional 1. 4 million radio listeners nationwide. Highlights of the 2016-17 season included:lift every voice, a three-week festival exploring courage and compassion in music and the lives of kurt weill, rabbi joachim prinz and martin luther king, jr. , including a performance of weill's musical lost in the starslocal and world premieres by composers julia adolph, albert schnelzer, adam schoenberg, kurt weill, bruce adolphe, andrew norman, john adams and christopher cerrone. Yo-yo ma, long-time collaborator with jeffrey kahane, joined the orchestra in a celebratory concert of mozart and brahms. Artist residencies with armenian violinist movses pogossian, iranian-born harpsichordist mahan esfahani. A series of internationally-themed chamber music dinners hosted by los angeles-based foreign consuls.