NEWS

Review: S.F. Symphony’s Operatic Triumph is a Posthumous Tribute to Composer Kaija Saariaho

https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/classical/kaija-saariaho-adriana-mater-sf-symphony-18126605?fbclid=IwAR3g7QvkVOPRs7aNZYx6umWzbOHt0gj08-_BWe-HS-x61Lq6_bRraXjRURw

Reena Esmail’s Malhaar is a Rainmaker for Los Angeles Master Chorale

https://www.sfcv.org/articles/review/reena-esmails-malhaar-rainmaker-los-angeles-master-chorale

Chicago Symphony Chorus Takes Flight in Orff’s “Carmina Burana”

https://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2023/03/chicago-symphony-chorus-takes-flight-in-orffs-carmina-burana/

Notable Performances and Recordings of 2022

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2022-in-review/notable-performances-and-recordings-of-2022

Review: With S.F. Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen Puts a New and Distinctive Stamp on Mahler

https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/review-with-s-f-symphony-esa-pekka-salonen-puts-a-new-and-distinctive-stamp-on-mahler/amp

Finally, a Lot of Classical Music and Opera to Hear This Season

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/arts/classical-concerts-opera-calendar.html

Long Beach Opera’s Midsummer Nightmare Double Bill

https://www.sfcv.org/articles/review/long-beach-operas-midsummer-nightmare-double-bill

DANIELLE AGAMI DIRECTS AND CHOREOGRAPHS THE LONG BEACH OPERA’S PRODUCTION OF “PIERROT LUNAIRE” AT THE FORD

https://www.ladancechronicle.com/danielle-agami-directs-and-choreographs-the-long-beach-operas-production-of-pierrot-lunaire-at-the-ford/

OPERA America Announces Recipients of Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors

https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/OPERA-America-Announces-Recipients-of-Opera-Grants-for-Women-Stage-Directors-and-Conductors-20210611

LA Times Today: L.A. Master Chorale adapts in COVID times

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/00000175-4cb0-d4fe-a5f7-4fb069b40000-123

How rising conductor Jenny Wong hopes to change the face of choral music

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-10-07/jenny-wong-conductor-los-angeles-master-chorale

Sweet Land Reviews

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-03-01/sweet-land-opera-industry-review

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/arts/music/sweet-land-opera-review.html

https://operawire.com/the-industry-2020-review-sweet-land/

Duruflé Requiem / Dale Trumbore Reviews

“…Wong conducted the entire program from memory — a graceful feat of musicianship.”

https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/los-angeles-master-chorale/la-master-chorale-offers-two-requiems-of-solace-and-doubt

“…under Associate Conductor Jenny Wong: ‘phenomenal’ not in the sense of extraordinary – though it was – but rather as a quality both perceptible and tangible…”

http://seenandheard-international.com/2019/03/on-death-and-dying-music-and-the-art-of-loss-from-the-la-master-chorale/

“…before she ever so glacially lowered her arms to allow the impact of this extraordinary music to settle in. The ensuing applause was ecstatic.”

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/a-requiem-could-be-sacred-or-secular-its-the-same-grief/

Jenny conducts surround-sing at LA Master Chorale’s annual gala at the exclusive Marciano Art Foundation in March 2017. 

https://www.latimes.com/socal/la-canada-valley-sun/entertainment/tn-vsl-me-valleyline-20190401-story.html