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Print The Skirball Cultural Center partially reopens this weekend with “Ai Weiwei: Trace,” the artist’s portraits of imprisoned dissidents and free-speech advocates, all crafted with Lego bricks. It’s a smaller version of Ai’s installation for his unprecedented 2014 exhibition on Alcatraz, which Times critic Christopher Knight called “an always-poignant, often-powerful meditation on soul-deadening repressions of human thought and feeling.” The Skirball show leads our weekend list of cultural offerings for your viewing consideration. All times are Pacific. SoCal in-person event...

Adriane White Conductor Marin Alsop talks to CPR Classical's Karla Walker about the women composers you should be listening to right now. Classical music conductors are hugely influential in determining what music you hear at concerts. They are the single biggest gatekeepers for whether most living composers will have their works performed or not.  Conductor Marin Alsop stands firm in her commitment to championing the works of women composers. "I try to program with diversity in mind, always adhering to my principle that I have to believe in the music in order to champion it," she said. We...

Anna Meredith is a Scottish composer, producer and performer whose 2019 track "moonmoons" blew Emma’s mind. “This song is single-handedly one of the best gifts I've ever been given,” she raved. “I actually said ‘yes!’ out loud when I was listening to it. I have listened on repeat ever since you gave it to me – I didn't know music like this existed!” Warning: Third party content may contain ads. See the BBC Privacy Policy for more info. Meredith’s music defies easy categorisation. “She is fearless and she doesn't care if it's classical or pop: it's just music,” says Clemm...

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Highlights of the 2021-22 Philharmonics Series include: Sept. 23 and 25: Delfs leads the orchestra in the Romantic-era selections “Dawn & Siegfried’s Rhine Journey” by Wagner and Brahms’s Symphony No. 1, as well as Jennifer Higdon’s Violin Concerto, featuring violin soloist Benjamin Beilman. Mar. 24 and 26, 2022: Delfs conducts Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” (with soloist Jorge Osorio) and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, alongside “Something for the Dark” by Sarah Kirkland Snider. April 14 and 16, 2022: Guest conductor Ken-David Masur — music director of the ...