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UCLA Live welcomes groundbreaking British performance group DV8 Physical Theatre to Royce Hall for the West Coast debut of To Be Straight With You. Blending dance with spoken word, recorded sound, video and animation, the show explores tolerance, intolerance, religion and sexuality, incorporating ideas and material gathered through interviews with 85 people from all walks of life. Learn more...

The Tiger Lillies perform The Songs of Shockheaded Peter and other Gory Verses at Royce Hall. The pioneering alt-cabaret band's collection of macabre Halloween music includes songs from their hit show "Shockheaded Peter" and their Grammy-nominated album "The Gorey End." Learn more...

Living bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys perform at UCLA. Stanley has been singing bluegrass for over 60 years, and his appearance on the O Brother! Where Art Thou? soundtrack catapulted him back into the national spotlight. Cherryholmes, a family group who have topped the bluegrass charts in recent years, will open the show. Learn more...

Gal Costa sings at UCLA's Royce Hall. She's been at the forefront of Brazilian music for over 40 years; her recordings of songs by composers like Caetano Veloso and Antonio Carlos Jobim helped launch the legendary Tropicalia movement. She'll perform alongside acclaimed guitarist Oscar Castro-Neves in this concert. Learn more...

Omara Portuondo sings at UCLA's Royce Hall. A musical star in her native Cuba, she gained U.S. fame with her unforgettable performance in the hit film The Buena Vista Social Club. Her first U.S. tour in five years will feature more of the deeply emotional ballads and boleros that have made her famous for the last half century. Learn more...

In a meeting of three renowned musicians, Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer perform at UCLA's Royce Hall. Fleck's playing has reinvented the banjo for the modern era; he's won eight Grammy Awards. Hussain, a native of India, is one of the world's premier tabla percussionists; Meyer is among the best classical and bluegrass bassists alive. Learn more...

Carol Channing presents Broadway Voices for Arts in Education. The theatre legend will appear alongside Carole Cook, Sam Harris, Ilene Graff and other theatre and musical stars in an evening of her Broadway classics. Proceeds benefit the Dr. Carol Channing and Harry Kullijian Foundation for Arts, which promotes arts education in public schools. Learn more...

Marianne Faithfull sings at UCLA. The resilient rock icon has earned critical acclaim for her latest album, Easy Come Easy Go, which features songs ranging from from Billie Holiday and Dolly Parton to Morrissey and the Decemberists, all masterfully interpreted in Faithfull's inimitable style. Learn more...

The daughter of famed film composer Henry Mancini and singer Ginny Mancini, Monica Mancini has made a name for herself as a concert performer and recording artist. Mancini has twice been nominated for Grammy Awards, and she has appeared with major orchestras around the world, performing American classics including some of her father's most beloved compositions, like "Moon River." Learn more...

In 1984, the Irish folk-rock fusion group Moving Hearts released its critically acclaimed, genre-defining album, Storm, and established itself as one of Ireland's most influential bands. Soon after, the band members went their separate ways. Now, after almost two decades, the band has reunited and brings its inimitable musical blend of traditional Irish folk, rock and jazz to Royce Hall for a rare performance. Learn more...

Renowned for its dazzling footwork, powerful athleticism and passionate intensity, the legendary flamenco family Los Farruco features three generations of dancers. At UCLA's Royce Hall, this electrifying group will be accompanied by two guitarists and three singers for a night of traditional gypsy dance and music. Learn more...

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra presents a program featuring renowned violinist Cho-Liang Lin. Lin will play alongside the Orchestra in Lalo Schifrin's passionate tribute to the music of his native Argentina, Tangos Concertantes. The program also includes the debut of Principal Flute David Shostac's Carmen Fantasy, based on Bizet's classic opera, as well as Haydn'a Symphony no. 92, "Oxford". Learn more...

Jazz trumpter Jon Hassell and his band Maarifa Street headline an evening of modern global music at UCLA's Royce Hall. Hailed as one of the most innovative composers alive, Hassell is known for his "Fourth World" style that combines ancient and digital, composed and improvised, and Eastern and Western, and he has collaborated with the likes of Brian Eno and Ry Cooder. Tunisian vocalist and oud player Dhafer Youssef also will perform. Learn more...

Tango: Historias Breves illuminates tales of life, love and passion with eight award-winning dancers and a talented ensemble of live musicians. Dancer and choreographer Guillermina Quiroga, along with her company, captures the passion and sensuality of the tango. Learn more...

UCLA's Royce Hall presents Beyond the Secret Live, a panel of experts hosted by Leeza Gibbons (Entertainment Tonight). Featuring Bob Proctor, star of the film The Secret and author of You Were Born Rich, plus several of America's top motivational speakers and life coaches, the discussion focuses on practical means of applying positive thinking to everyday life. Learn more...

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson present a staged reading of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's classic comedy You Can't Take It With You to benefit the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Directed by Nora Ephron, the reading also features Annette Bening, William Shatner, Martin Short, Alicia Silverstone, Jon Hamm, and more Hollywood stars; a gourmet dessert reception follows the performance. Learn more...

Pianist Nikolaï Lugansky and violinist Vadim Repin create the perfect musical dialogue with their breathtaking skill and deeply expressive performances. The Russian duo makes its Royce Hall debut with a thrilling program of sonatas by Debussy, Prokofiev and Beethoven. Learn more...

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra performs at UCLA's Royce Hall. Led by renowned Music Director Leon Botstein, they'll be exploring the works of Jewish-American composers, playing Erich Walter Sternberg's The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Bernstein's Serenade, and Copland's Symphony No. 3. Grammy-nominated violinist Robert McDuffie is the guest soloist. Learn more...

Dubbed "The Maverick Organist" by The New York Times, Cameron Carpenter is known for his intensely personal, often flamboyant performances. His influences and repertoire span the full range of classical, jazz, and pop music as he plays classic tunes, original compositions, and wildly imaginative improvisations with flawless technique and a unique sense of style. Learn more...

Peru's Tania Libertad is one of Latin America's most important living musicians. Her adventurous style of Afro-Peruvian roots music has sold more than two million albums, and earned critical acclaim and fans worldwide. This UCLA Live concert also features Lura, who brings new innovations to the Cape Verdean music made famous by Cesaria Evora. Learn more...

As part of UCLA Live's International Theatre Festival, Moroccan-Flemish choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and theater collective Toneelhuis present Myth. Larbi's new work blurs the line between dance, theater, music and art, drawing inspiration from numerous mythological, religious and iconographical sources including the tarot, martial arts and The Wizard of Oz. Learn more...

UCLA Live presents the Global Drum Project. Led by the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart, the group comprises tabla player Zakir Hussain, Nigerian talking drum player Sikiri Adepoju, and conga legend Giovanni Hidalgo. They originally formed to release 1991's pioneering world music album Planet Drum. Learn more...

The celebrated Kronos Quartet presents the Southern California premiere of Awakening: A Musical Meditation on the Anniversary of 9/11. This acclaimed concert was first performed on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. It contains music responding to the tragedy, commissioned by the Quartet from composers from over a dozen nations. Featuring the Paulist Choristers of California. Learn more...

Lindsey Buckingham rose to worldwide fame as a singer and guitarist with legendary rock group Fleetwood Mac, writing such songs as "Go Your Own Way" and "Tusk". He recently released his latest solo album, Gift of Screws, and performs live at UCLA's Royce Hall. Learn more...

The 2008 World Festival of Sacred Music-Los Angeles opens with an unforgettable gathering of the world's most outstanding international artists. The concert features master musicians from India, Persia, Africa, Latin America, Tuva and the United States performing folk music, Javanese songs, Portuguese fado, and more. Learn more...

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra presents Harold Lloyd's whimsical and stylish Speedy (1928), a hilarious comedy shot on location in Manhattan, with an extended cameo by Babe Ruth. This movie has it all: New York's last horse-drawn car, baseball, good guys and bad guys (guess who wins). The orchestra will accompany the silent film. Learn more...

Soprano Jessye Norman continues to build upon her own rich legacy as she brings joy, passion and her opulent sound to innovative recital performances and operatic portrayals around the world. A 2006 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Norman explores works by Brahms, Mahler, Schoenberg, Messiaen, Gershwin, Kurt Weill, Joseph Kosma, Richard Danielpour and more. Learn more...

The electrifying Benin-born, Brooklyn-based vocalist Angélique Kidjo brings her exuberant performance style -- which has attracted numerous collaborators, including Carlos Santana, Gilberto Gil and Dave Mathews -- to Royce Hall, performing songs from Djin Djin, her new star-studded recording which recently won a Grammy Award. Offbeat L.A. garage band Dengue Fever opens the concert. Learn more...

Tony winners Audra McDonald, Sara Ramirez and Loretta Devine will headline Good Medicine -- a once-in-a-lifetime musical event with the casts of television series Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. The evening will include musical performances by Paul Adelstein, Amy Brenneman, Tim Daly, T.R. Knight, Chris Lowell, James Pickens, Gina Taylor-Pickens and Chandra Wilson. Taye Diggs, Katherine Heigl, Sandra Oh and Ellen Pompeo also to appear. Learn more...

On the heels of their first American performances at the Spoleto Festival this summer, Nina Ananiashvili (in select performances) and the company will perform one of the most beloved ballets of all time, Giselle, and a separate program of mixed repertory, featuring works by Balanchine and more. (Please check the listing for specific details on program and artists.) Learn more...

Widely regarded as the pre-eminent dramatic soprano of her generation, Deborah Voigt is one of today's most sought-after singers, dazzling audiences with the raw power and lustrous sheen of her extraordinary voice. Voigt has made a name for herself as the world's reigning interpreter of Strauss and Wagner, and has garnered wild acclaim for her performances of Italian repertoire and Broadway classics. She'll be performing An American Songbook , a collection of Broadway tunes and popular standards. Learn more...

An all-star cast of comedians presents Write Aid, a special benefit concert for workers affected by the writers' strike. The bill includes Eddie Izzard, Sarah Silverman, Patton Oswalt, and Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass). Proceeds will go to provide health and financial services for entertainment industry workers affected by the WGA strike. Learn more...

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra performs a concert that celebrates the exuberance of youth. The program includes Mozart's Symphony No. 33 (written at age 24) and the charming Bassoon Concerto (written at age 18), plus Joseph Swensen's Sinfonia in B, his arrangement for chamber orchestra of the Brahms Piano Trio (written by Brahms at age 21). Learn more...

Legendary for her spectacular live performances characterized by dazzling showmanship and musical adventurousness, Grammy-winning percussionist Evelyn Glennie returns to UCLA Live for the first time in ten years. Glennie has performed with most of the major European and American classical orchestras, as well as with Bela Fleck, Björk, Bobby McFerrin, Sting, Emmanuel Ax, the King's Singers and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Learn more...

Organist Christoph Bull performs a live score to Walter Ruttman's influential silent documentary "Berlin: Die Sinfonie einer Großstadt" (1927). An symphony in five movements, this expressionistic, feature-length montage offers a view of a day in the life of the bustling metropolis. The evening begins with an all-German concert on Royce Hall's pipe organ featuring works by Nicolaus Bruhns, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Johannes Brahms, N.J. Schneider and Christoph Bull. Learn more...

It's a gala evening of beloved classic silent films, accompanied by gorgeous live music! This year's Silent Film Gala features Charlie Chaplin's hilarious "The Pilgrim" and Buster Keaton's delightful "Sherlock Jr." Both films are accompanied by the 40 musicians of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Timothy Brock, who also wrote a new musical score for the Buster Keaton movie. Learn more...

One of the most celebrated dancers today, Sylvie Guillem's virtuosity has made her star of the Paris Opera Ballet and principal guest artist at London's Royal Ballet. Perhaps the world's most acclaimed ballerina, she partners with British Bangladeshi choreographer Akram Khan for an amazing pairing of Indian classical kathak dance and ballet, exploring male and female energies and primal creation mythologies. Learn more...

Irvin Mayfield and The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra pay tribute to New Orleans: Then and Now in concert at UCLA's Royce Hall. Irvin Mayfield, the trumpet prodigy and protégé of Wynton Marsalis, leads this 16-piece ensemble romp through New Orleans' rich musical traditions of jazz, blues, swing and spirituals. Learn more...

This delightful and funloving evening of classical music includes contemporary composer John Adams' "Chamber Symphony," whose movements--named Mongrel Arts, Aria with Walking Bass, and Roadrunner--give a hint at the general ambience! All of this, plus work by composers Britten and Beethoven, celebrate the West Coast debut of the astonishing 32-year-old Edward Gardner, recently named music director of the English National Opera. Learn more...

Widely recognized as an operatic superstar, Denyce Graves is most well-known for her performances in signature portrayals of the title roles in Carmen and Samson et Dalila, both of which partnered her with the great Placido Domingo. With an elegant presence and great charisma, this expressive vocalist brings Royce Hall to vivid, soaring life with a selection of traditional and modern opera and classic spirituals. Learn more...

The fiery and iconic Sara Baras is Spain's most popular dancer and a modern flamenco icon. The dazzling, powerful diva of this sensual and commanding art form brings her Ballet Flamenco to UCLA's beautiful Royce Hall for Sabores, a night of modern flamenco, showcasing the many styles and flavors of Spain's most dynamic dance. Learn more...

It's an amazing overview of one man's creative genius--and his challenges--when the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra presents Mozart's festive and lighthearted Concerto #13, his bold and beautiful Concerto #19, and his "Coronation"--written during Mozart's impoverished later years. Learn more...

Christopher O'Riley of National Public Radio garnered international acclaim for his groundbreaking recording of Radiohead transcriptions--but even before that, he was widely regarded as an accomplished classical pianist whose poetic and captivating virtuosity have made him one of today's most versatile artists. He returns to Royce Hall to perform the music of the enigmatic British folk singer Nick Drake. Learn more...

The Japanese art of taiko drumming creates a never-before-seen event as a wall of sound from countless drums carries the listener into a primal musical experience. This one-of-a-kind ensemble returns by popular demand to the beautiful Royce Hall at UCLA! Learn more...

Music, visual art and fashion collide in Stephen Petronio's adrenaline-powered choreography to produce potent modern landscapes for the senses. Petronio and his remarkable company return to Royce Hall with a gleaming new work, featuring music by whimsical singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. Learn more...

The L.A. Chamber Orchestra presents pianist Peter Serkin in his only Los Angeles appearance this season, along with violinist Margaret Batjer and flutist David Shostac. The program includes Pärt's Fratres; Bach's Concerto in D minor after BWV 146, 188 and 1052, and Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major; and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence. Learn more...

Russian master clown Slava arrives from an award-winning two-year-run off Broadway to deliver a visual, musical and laughter-filled extravaganza that's as poetic and beautiful as it is funny. From eye-popping special effects to an audience flooded with faux-snow, this show brings out the childlike joy in everyone. Learn more...

It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 250th birthday, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is celebrating with a concert featuring some of the extraordinary composer's best work. Music director Jeffrey Kahane plays three piano concertos from the height of Mozart's career--nos. 16, 18 and 25. Learn more...

In a tour-de-force of teamwork, finesse and versatility, three pianos appear together on stage as three pianists--all astonishing in their own right--come together for a magnificent display at the keyboard. The program begins with the 1782 concerto Mozart described as "very brilliant, pleasing to the ear, and natural," and the concert culminates in the darkened mood of concerto No. 24--an arc of musical craft sure to transport the audience along with it. Learn more...