By convention, most music fans would not directly associate the guitar with the world of classical music. After all, it would be difficult to imagine a collaboration between guitar legend Eric Clapton and equally renowned classical musicians such as Itzhak Perlman or Yo-Yo Ma. Read more...

“Bride & Prejudice” Directed by Gurinder Chadha Miramax Pictures Throngs of Indian women in colorful saris bursting into song is not the image most commonly associated with Jane Austen’s 18th-century novel “Pride and Prejudice.” Luckily for director Gurinder Chadha, it’s pretty difficult to mess up a classic, and her new film “Bride & Prejudice” sneaks by with this odd combination. Read more...

For most American filmmakers, freedom of subject matter isn’t a problem. But for the growing genre of Iranian cinema, whose films are beginning to receive greater international acclaim, filmmakers deal with challenges in this area all the time. Read more...

Any discussion about music being licensed for television would be incomplete without bringing up the story of the band Phantom Planet. The band’s song “California,” off of its 2002 album “The Guest,” can currently be heard as the catchy theme song of Fox’s hit show “The O.C.” The increased exposure that the band has gotten due to the licensing of this song has been unprecedented, and casual listeners can often identify the band just because of one song. Read more...

You won’t find much about rap music in Jeff Chang’s new book ““ which would be pretty normal if it weren’t a history of hip-hop. Chang, who earned his master’s degree in Asian American studies from UCLA in 1995, will be taking his promotional tour of “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation” to the Kerckhoff Hall State Rooms (131-135) on Feb. Read more...

From Los Angeles to Vienna to London and back, UCLA World Arts and Cultures Professor Peter Sellars has dedicated his life to spreading artistic vision. Only returning to Los Angeles to teach his Monday night four-hour course titled “Art as Social Action,” Sellars preaches that art is not just a medium for beauty or entertainment ““ it truly can enact change. Read more...

For better or worse, the Grammy Awards can be extraordinarily difficult to watch. With an annual viewership of almost 30 million and a long, successful history, the Grammys are the oldest and most respected of any music awards show. Read more...