concerts I've been to
The 5 best concerts I've ever attended:
  1. Golijov's La Pasion Segun San Marcos, Oregon Bach Festival, June 2005.
  2. U2, The Staples Center, Los Angeles, April 2005.
  3. Ani Difranco, The Avalon, Hollywood, February 2005.
  4. The Dave Douglas Quintet, The Jazz Bakery, Culver City, CA, May 2004.
  5. Soulive, Goodrich Hall, Williamstown, MA, Spring 2000.

I started keeping track of all concerts I attended at the beginning of last year. It's interesting for me to see what I've gone to.

2008

05/27LA Phil, Green Umbrella: Ades
05/21LA Phil, Baroque Variations: Ades
04/28Southwest Chamber: Ives, Schubert, Mahler
04/01LA Phil, Baroque Variations: Europa Galante
03/25LA Phil, Green Umbrella: Ursula Oppens
02/13LA Phil, Baroque Variations: Hesperion XXI
02/06LA Phil, Baroque Variations: Tafelmusik
01/31LA Opera: Tristan und Isolde
01/15LA Phil, Green Umbrella: Messiaen
01/11LA Phil: Concrete Frequency II

2007

12/04LA Phil, Green Umbrella: Stucky 20th Anniversary
11/03Southwest Chamber Music
11/02Vishten, at Caltech
11/01Sandeep Bhagwati; Vineland Stelae at the Redcat
10/09LA Phil, Green Umbrella: Saariaho
10/02Piano Spheres: Gloria Cheng
09/08LA Opera: Fidelio
05/15LA Phil, Green Umbrella: The Shadows of Stalin.
05/03LA Opera: The Merry Widow.
04/30Southwest Chamber Music: Chavez, Copland.
04/18LA Phil: Tristan und Isolde.
04/16Monday Evening Concerts: Scandinavian Voices.
04/15Coleman Chamber Series: Australian Chamber Orchestra.
04/01Aditya Verma at Caltech.
03/18Coleman Chamber Series: Takacs Quartet.
03/16Rohan De Saram at the Redcat.
03/07Gabriel Alegria: Afro-Peruvian Sextet at the Redcat.
03/03LA Opera: Tannhauser
02/22LA Phil: Brahms Second and Fourth.
02/07Camerata Pacifica: Crumb, Takemitsu, Turnage, Debussy, Beethoven.
02/03Jim Malcolm, at Caltech.
01/27Southwest Chamber Music: Berio, Newton, Takemitsu, Bach.
01/23LA Phil, Green Umbrella: Adams conducts Adams.
01/09LA Phil, Green Umbrella: Lutoslawski, Donatoni, Stucky, Salonen.

2006

12/16Pasadena Jazz Orchestra: The Ellington/Strayhorn "Nutcracker."
11/28LA Phil, Green Umbrella: Thomas Ades.
11/19Coleman Chamber Series: Julliard String Quartet.
11/11Southwest Chamber Music: Ung.
10/27Dervish, at Caltech.
10/17LA Phil Green Umbrella: Brett Dean.
10/16Southwest Chamber Music: Harrison, Schubert, Berio.
10/07Inti-Illimani: Caltech, Beckman Auditorium.
09/19Piano Spheres: Ades, Saint-Saens, Beethoven, Taylor, Adams
05/28LA Phil: Brandenburg Concertos
05/28Partha Bose and Swapan Chaudhuri
05/24Pacific Symphony: Lou Harrison
05/13LA Phil: Ligeti Requiem, Beethoven 9
05/09LA Phil Green Umbrella
05/02Piano Spheres: Cage's Sonatas and Interludes
04/26LA Phil World Music Series: Ravi Shankar
04/24LACMA Monday Evening Concerts: Marino Formenti
04/22Dave Douglas Quintet: The Jazz Bakery, Culver City
04/08LA Chamber Orchestra: Copland, Stravinsky, Meyer
03/30Piano Spheres: Minimalist Jukebox
03/28LA Phil Green Umbrella Series: Minimalist Jukebox
03/19Concertante: Caltech, Coleman Chamber Series
03/11Karen Casey: Caltech
02/25Chris Potter: The Jazz Bakery, Culver City
02/21LA Phil Green Umbrella Series: Ades
02/17Jeremy Pelt Quartet: The Jazz Bakery, Culver City
02/14Piano Spheres, Zipper Hall
02/06LACMA, Monday Evening Concerts: Parisii Quartet
02/04Southwest Chamber Music: Composer portrait, Chinary Ung
01/28Southwest Chamber Music: Composer portrait, Chinary Ung
01/23Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: The Village Vanguard, NYC
01/22Andrew Lamb: The Stone, NYC
01/22Golijov, Ainadamar: Rose Theater, Lincoln Center
01/17LA Phil Green Umbrella Series: Poetry
01/08Caltech Coleman Chamber Series: Eroica Trio

2005

12/06LA Phil Green Umbrella Series: Andsnes
12/02Caltech Public Events: The Yuval Ron Ensemble
11/28LACMA Monday Evening Concert: Sergey Schepkin
11/11The Jazz Bakery, Culver City: Uri Caine Trio
11/04The Jazz Bakery, Culver City: Frank Morgan
10/22Norton Simon Museum, Southwest Chamber Music: Carlos Chavez
10/21LA Phil, World Music: Golijov-Ayre
06/27Oregon Bach Festival: Schola Cantorum de Caracas
06/24Oregon Bach Festival: Schola Cantorum de Caracas-Golijov Pasion Segun San Marcos
06/15LA Opera: Falstaff
06/08LA Opera: Der Rosenkavalier
05/29LA Phil: Ives, Adams, Ravel
05/22LA Phil: Lieberson, Shostakovich 10
05/17LACMA: New York Chamber Soloists-Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Carter, de Falla, Powell.
05/14Caltech Folk Series: Old Blind Dogs
05/02LACMA: Penderecki String Quartet-Lutoslawski, Daniel, Berg
04/20LA Phil, Chamber Music: Ha Na Chang-Ligeti, Bach, Britten
04/15Minnesota Orchestra: Sibelius, Rihm, Nielsen
04/07LA Phil: Brahms and the Gypsies
04/06U2 - The Staples Center
04/05Coleman School of Music, Southwest Chamber Music: Ung, Stravinsky
04/02LA Phil, World Music Series: Kronos Quartet with Emil Zrihan
03/28LACMA, Monday evening concerts: Antares
03/20Caltech, Coleman Chamber Series: St. Lawrence String Quartet
03/15Kris Delmhorst with Julie Wolf - Molly Malone's, Los Angeles
03/05Dave Douglas with Nomad - The Jazz Bakery, Culver City
02/26LA Phil, World Music: Masters of Persian Music
02/15Ani Difranco - The Avalon, Hollywood
02/05Caltech Folk Series: Jim Malcom
01/24LA Phil, World Music Series: Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile
01/15Pasadena Symphony: Tchiakovsky Violin Concerto (Jennifer Frautschi), Shostakovich 10