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Live Shows Resume as Laguna Beach Music Festival Kicks Off
Acclaimed American composer and pianist Conrad Tao will lead the 2021 Laguna Beach Music Festival as artistic director with live, in-person performances through May 16 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre.
The festival is co-presented by the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and Laguna Beach Live. It marks the long-anticipated return to public performances since the pandemic restrictions halted live shows more than a year ago.
“This year’s festival occurs during an ‘anything but normal’ time, yet our goal is to ensure that the music that we’ve all missed, more than anything, is front and center,” Tommy Phillips, Philharmonic Society of Orange County’s president and artistic director, told The Epoch times via email.
Laguna Beach Music Festival opening with virtual concert by Conrad Tao
Conrad Tao, an award-winning composer and pianist, is the artistic director for the 2021 Laguna Beach Music Festival.
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By Andrew TurnerStaff Writer
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The 19th annual Laguna Beach Music Festival opens Thursday with a one-night salon virtual performance by award-winning composer and pianist Conrad Tao.
Tao, the winner of eight consecutive American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Morton Gould Young Composer Awards and a recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, will give the featured performance at 6 p.m.
Laguna Beach Live! and the Philharmonic Society of Orange County are partnering to provide the virtual concert, for which tickets are $20 per household. An admission will allow the viewer to enjoy the concert for up to a week after the event.