PRESS RELEASES
| JUST ANNOUNCED: Broadway Stars Reeve Carney & Javier Muñoz Headline The Soraya’s Opening Weekend Performances of Randy Newman’s FAUST: The Concert
The Soraya Season Opening Weekend launches Sep 28 and 29 with a Soraya original, Randy Newman’s FAUST: The Concert. For two performances only, Stars from two of Broadway’s biggest hits in recent years, Javier Muñoz from Hamilton and In the Heights and Reeve Carney from Hadestown and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, face off as good and evil as the headliners of Randy Newman’s FAUST: The Concert.
| London Philharmonic Orchestra Will Perform with Randall Goosby at The Soraya on second stop of First U.S. Tour in 10 Years
— The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), under the baton of Principal Conductor Edward Gardner, will perform at The Soraya with American concert violinist Randall Goosby on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 8 p.m., performing Barber’s “Violin Concerto, Op. 14,” featuring violin soloist Goosby, Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36,” and Tania León’s Raíces (Origins).
| Announcing The Soraya’s 2024-25 Season!
The Soraya announced its 2024-25 Season to a sold-out house on Saturday, May 11, at the performance of Tony Award-winning Broadway star Aaron Tveit with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra. True to The Soraya form, the new season features more than 40 events from every genre, including jazz, dance, and classical along with original presentations found only at The Soraya. The season also includes returning favorites, 12 major artists making their Soraya debuts, and a new series of innovative programming.
| Chris Walden Leads the 40-Piece Pacific Jazz Orchestra with Tony Award-Winning Aaron Tveit Making His Debut at The Soraya!
Tveit’s debut comes less than one week after his starring role in Broadway’s revival of Sweeney Todd. Fresh from his leading role in Broadway’s revival of Sweeney Todd, Tony award-winning Aaron Tveit comes to The Soraya for one night only on Saturday, May 11 as Chris Walden and The Pacific Jazz Orchestra take center stage for an unforgettable night of Broadway, jazz and American standards music.
| Two Pillars of the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts History Honored at Benefit Concert and Dinner
Joshua Bell and Academy of St Martin in the Fields Headlined the Performance to Celebrate $2.5 Million Endowment for the New Jolene Koester Arts Education Endowment Fund, launched on April 4
| The Soraya Announces New Sound System By L-Acoustics
On April 30 The Soraya will unveil an all-new sound system by L-Acoustics, the industry leader in premium sound technologies used around the world in the largest festival stages and venues, such as NFL Super Bowl Performances, Coachella, and prominent local performance venues such as the Hollywood Bowl.
| Chicano Performance Troupe Culture Clash Celebrates 40th Anniversary at The Soraya With New Show May the 40th Be With You
Guest performers include actors Sabina Zúñiga Varela and Kirk Ward,comedians Frankie Quińones, Marcella Arguello, and Rudy Moreno, musical group Los Tres Perdidos with Vanessa Calderon, and more.
| Joshua Bell Makes his Ninth Soraya Appearance, Will Lead Academy of St Martin in the Fields
The ever-popular Academy of St Martin in the Fields, under the musical direction of renowned violin soloist Joshua Bell, returns to The Soraya with a program offering operatic highlights from Rossini and Mozart, plus symphonic work by Brahms, Mendelssohn and Saint-Saëns.
| Classical Nights Continue at The Soraya with the Debut of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Led by Nathalie Stutzmann, Music Director Featuring Pianist Haochen Zhang
Nathalie Stutzmann broke the gender barrier at the very pinnacle of classical music when she became only the second woman in history to lead a major American orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Now, in a program featuring Beethoven and Dvořák, Stutzmann — the orchestra’s Music Director, leads Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, Emperor, known for being one of Beethoven’s most demanding works, featuring Van Cliburn gold medal award-winning pianist Haochen Zhang. The concert also features Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World.