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An acclaimed musical group will have a local focus in its thematics during its return to Santa Monica.On Friday evening, the legendary Takács Quartet will once again grace the BroadStage after a sold-out appearance in 2022. This time around, the string quartet’s program comes as part of the California Festival, a statewide affair featuring new music from symphony orchestras, chamber music groups, jazz ensembles, choirs and more.

Few of the hundreds of songs in the antifascist repertoire became as popular as the “Song of the Peat Bog Soldiers,” written 90 years ago at the Börgermoor concentration camp. This is its history. The rise of German fascism prompted an impressive musical culture directed against it.

"Afro-Atlantic Histories," has been radically downsized at LACMA. Plus: In praise of Paul Mescal's acting and why "Tár" is bad for classical music.

Violinist Adam Millstein is among a generation of musicians elevating the works of composers whose lives and careers were halted by or lost to fascist regimes of the 20th century. Some of these pieces will be featured in Numi Opera's “Journey Out of Darkness” at the Broad Stage.