Chapman University’s new Musco Center for the Arts inaugurated its Distinguished Piano Series with a sophisticated, 50 Shades of Gray Liszt and Scriabin recital by 2013 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Vadym Kholodenko.
The Canadian chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy, using baroque bows on metal strings at modern pitch, came to Walt Disney Concert Hall, backing Alexandre Tharaud on a big beautiful Steinway.