MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Music & the Arts

Lessons in Chemistry: The Complete Etudes of Philip Glass by Five in LA

How many pianists does it take to play Philip Glass’ etudes? In Los Angeles, it took Lara Downes, Anton Batagov, Timo Andres, Jenny Lin, and Maki Namekawa. (Photos by Halline Overby for the Los Angeles Philharmonic)

An unforgettable evening this week spent with the Complete Etudes of Philip Glass, presented by Pomegranate Arts at Walt Disney Concert Hall as part of the Los Angeles Phiharmonic Green Umbrella series:

LOS ANGELES — The tradition of etudes for solo piano, by definition and connotation, evokes a single performer embarked on a Gradus ad Parnassum, a lonely and sometimes Sisyphean pilgrimage toward elusive perfection.

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