• Recital Announced

January 6, 2010

A new recital on May 2, 2010 has been announced. Leila will be playing with John Novacek at Town Hall in New York City, NY.

 

•Music Review: John Adams goes for ecstasy in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's West Coast, Left Coast festival

December 6, 2009

 

...Josefowicz brought a gorgeously rich and full tone to the concerto, which was inspired by Jack Kerouac’s luminous prose as well as the Left Coast sound of Lou Harrison and Terry Riley.  She wore a flower child-evoking gown that was just what the stage needed in contrast to the orchestra, which has been dressed in New York black for the festival. Women have not been prominently featured in the festival (two female composer-performers, Pauline Oliveros and Amy X Neuburg, were not part of the Disney concerts but played at other venues), so she also helped slightly redress that neglect....

 

•Live Review: Leila Josefowicz Gives John Adams’ Violin Concerto Total Depth (2009.10.29)

November 5, 2009

John Adams’ Violin Concerto comes across like a melodic discourse on gravitational forces, but a touch more tender. Alien tensions built slowly from the BSO, with little far-off explosions. The center around which this Adamonic universe whirled was Leila Josefowicz.