SoCal music & dance, April 22-29: Hear Now Festival, Rhiannon Giddens, Festival Ballet Theatre and more

Classical, opera, jazz, folk, pop, rock, ballet, tap, flamenco, contemporary dance and more for LA & OC

International Contemporary Ensemble (Hear Now Festival)

Welcome to the latest TV or Not TV newsletter spotlighting live music and dance performances all around Southern California this coming week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for the LA Times’ Calendar section.

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Classical & opera

‘Camerata Pacifica Baroque: The French Dispatch’ The ensemble offers pieces by Telemann, Rameau, et al. Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall, 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23. Also at the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 8 p.m. Thursday, April 25; and the Music Academy’s Hahn Hall, 1070 Fairway Rd., Santa Barbara. 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 26. $75; $80. (805) 884-8410. cameratapacifica.org

Hear Now Festival The annual five-day, multi-venue showcase spotlighting new music by L.A.-based composers returns and features performers including International Contemporary Ensemble, the Lyris Quartet, Brightwork Ensemble, HEX vocal ensemble and the UCLA Philharmonia.

• Electroacoustic Concert, 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, and Chamber Concert I, 8 p.m. Thursday, April 25 at 2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd., L.A.

• Chamber Concert II, 8 p.m. Friday, April 26, and Chamber Concert III, 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at Frankie, 300 S. Mission Rd., L.A.

• Orchestra Concert, 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28 at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall, 445 Charles E. Young Drive East, Westwood.

$15-$35; passes, $119; Sunday’s concert, free with RSVP. hearnowmusicfestival.com

‘La Traviata’ A Parisian courtesan lives, laughs, loves — and then dies — as LA Opera presents director Shawna Lucey’s new staging of Verdi’s tragic tale; with soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen; sung in Italian with English subtitles. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday, April 24 & 27. $29 and up. (213) 972-8001. laopera.org

‘Piano Night’ Chamber Music Palisades wraps its 27th season with pieces by Dvořák, Richard Strauss, Rossini, Ligeti, et al.; KUSC’s Alan Chapman hosts. Saint Matthew’s Parish, 1031 Bienveneda Ave., Pacific Palisades. 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 24. $35; full-time students, free. cmpalisades.org

Yefim Bronfman The acclaimed pianist plays works by Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Salonen and Prokofiev in recital. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 24. $58-$129. (323) 850-2000. laphil.com

‘Tchaikovsky’s Sixth’ Guest conductor Shiyeon Sung leads Pacific Symphony in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique,” Donghoon Shin’s “The Hunter’s Funeral,” and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 featuring pianist Yeol Eum Son. Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 25-27. $39-$225. (714) 755-5799. pacificsymphony.org

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 will also be performed in a stand-alone concert, 3 p.m. Sunday, April 28. $25-$127. (714) 755-5799. pacificsymphony.org