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Notes from the Fires: Christopher Still (Part 2)

Finally, some progress for one of the people we’re following in Notes from the Fires. Host John Rabe met LA Phil trumpeter Christopher Still and his wife Amanda at the site of their burned home in Altadena.

Classical Californians: Etienne Gara | Tune in Wednesday at 7pm!

This week's Classical Californian is violinist Etienne Gara

Notes from the Fires: Sasha Schoettler

Today, when losing your house means losing your dad … again.

Notes from the Fires: Jeffrey Kahane (Part 2)

Today on Notes from the Fires, meditations on displacement, exile, trauma, history, and music, in the second part of John Rabe’s interview with maestro Jeffrey Kahane - among other things the longtime leader of the LA Chamber Orchestra.

Notes from the Fires: Jeffrey Kahane

Notes from the Fires host John Rabe had a long conversation recently with maestro Jeffrey Kahane, the pianist and former conductor of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

Notes from the Fires: Tesserae

Perhaps no musicians we’ve heard from in Notes from the Fires so far have lost so much … yet retained so much optimism. Alex Opsahl and Ian Pritchard, founders of the Baroque ensemble Tesserae, were in Europe with their two young boys on January 7.