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By John Welborne

Get a great musical start to the first months of the new year at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave.

Michael Tilson Thomas will lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a program of Debussy and Messiaen on Fri., Jan. 6, and Sat., Jan. 7, at 8 p.m. and Sun., Jan. 8, at 2 p.m.

Tilson Thomas returns to conduct Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 — the composer’s final completed symphony — on Fri., Jan. 13, and Sat., Jan. 14, at 8 p.m. and on Sun., Jan. 15, at 2 p.m.

John Adams will conduct his opera “Girls of the Golden West” on Jan. 27 and 29 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and seven soloists. Originally scheduled for Los Angeles in 2021, the production, like most of the Philharmonic’s 2020-21 season, was cancelled due to pandemic restrictions. For the production, which originated in San Francisco in 2017, director and librettist Peter Sellars draws on memoirs and historic texts to bring the California Gold Rush to life — from a point of view that conflicts with the traditional romantic view of the Gold Rush and its Forty-Niners.

Yuja Wang & Dudamel

Serious music lovers, many pianists included, said over the recent holidays that Los Angeles soon will be the location of one of the most significant series of piano concerti in recent memory. This coming February, spanning two weekends, starting on Feb. 9, esteemed pianist Yuja Wang will join Gustavo Dudamel to perform all four Rachmaninoff piano concerti.

Wang also will perform Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and his Symphonic Dances. Those two pieces will be performed on Friday, Dec. 10. The schedule for the four Rachmaninoff concerti is: Concerto 1, Thurs., Feb. 9; Concerto 2, Sat., Feb. 11 and Sun., Feb. 12; Concerto 3, Thurs., Feb. 16 and Fri., Feb 17; and Concerto 4, Sat., Feb. 18 and Sun., Feb. 19.

Pianist Lang Lang also comes to Disney Hall in February — to perform a new work by Helen Grime and the Piano Concerto by Edvard Grieg on Thurs., Feb. 23, at 8 p.m.

There are many more concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall in the coming weeks, including celebrity recitals, an organ recital, jazz, new music, symphonies for youth, conductor Roderick Cox, violinist Ray Chen and more. For a full concert schedule visit laphil.com.

Letters

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Jason Manacker Pasadena

I have been working for Paramount for 24 years. We have been visiting Larchmont, and Village Pizzeria since the beginning. Steve and his family have always treated us like family, and we have done all that we could throughout the pandemic to support their business. Additionally, we have had many, many events at the studio where we had them cater the food.

It’s heartbreaking to see how the new people have taken advantage of Steve. We will never support that kind of sleazy business and will not eat there unless and until they make good on their promises to Steve and Village Pizzeria. Bob Wishnefsky Glendale

Give Steve Cohen of Village Pizzeria back all his memorabilia. He gave so much to Larchmont for so many years. How has this not happened already — especially if it is in the legal contract? It doesn’t speak too well to the character of the current ownership. Tommie Fahn West Los Angeles

Note: Reaching out to the restaurant’s new owners, the Chronicle learned, just at our deadline for this issue, that the disputes between buyer and seller are continuing and possibly are advancing to litigation. A representative of the ownership group told us the new owners will continue exploring conciliatory options with previous owner Steve Cohen, but that their suing him is likely.