Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Presents Dai Wei’s “Invisible Portals”

Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/21/2023
8:00 pm

Location
Alex Theatre

Category(ies)

• Music

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (Photo – laco.org)

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, led by Music Director Jaime Martín, presents the West Coast premiere of Dai Wei’s Invisible Portals, a LACO Co-Commission, on a program that also includes Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 in C major, “Jupiter” and Violinist Augustin Hadelich performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor.

LACO’s 2023/24 Orchestral Series launches with Music Director Jaime Martín conducting the West Coast premiere of Dai Wei’s poignant Invisible Portals, a co-commission by LACO and the American Composer’s Orchestra, which filters musical traditions through the Chinese-born composer’s experimental lens. Inspired by her recent collaborations with local performers and musicians in the Tibet and Yunnan province, Wei says of Invisible Portals, “The work involves musical elements such as throat singing, traditional ethnic dance music, contemporary resonance, and the propulsive rhythms of pop music. I want to create a multicultural and multidimensional conversation that goes beyond time and space, which ultimately takes me to the sanctuary I carry inside.” The program continues with Grammy-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich, whose performances reveal “something from a plane beyond ours” (The Washington Post), playing Mendelssohn’s transportive Violin Concerto in E minor, and concludes with Mozart’s eternal Symphony No. 41 in C major, “Jupiter.”

LACO recognizes the generous support of the Colburn Foundation. The Orchestra also receives public funding via grants from the National Endowment for the Arts; State of California; California Arts Council; the Los Angeles County Arts Commission; and City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. LACO gratefully acknowledges Hogan Lovells US LLP for generous pro bono support.

Steinway is the official piano of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

> Tickets ($32 – $142) may be purchased online at laco.org or by calling LACO at (213) 622-7001. Discounted tickets are also available by phone for seniors 65 years of age and older, and for students.