About Angela Allen
A longtime Portland, Ore., journalist and reviewer by day, poet by night, and photographer when the light is good, I write and shoot pictures with sharpness and candor, keeping the colors in mind.
Latest News, Events & Clips
Animated `Magic Flute’
Mar. 11, 2025:Seattle Opera stages the beloved Mozart opera, baking in brilliant animation. See Angela’s review. Photo: David Jaewon Oh
Brazilian jazz
Mar. 4, 2025:Jovino Santos Neto’s quintet plays exuberantly at the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival. See Angela’s take on the concert. Photo by @normederphoto
Jazz fest feast ‘2025
Feb. 27, 2025:Blanchard, Herrod, Goldings and Portland musicians bring it on. See Angela’s story.
@normederphoto
Dynamite duo
Feb. 11, 2025:Pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel wow the Old Church crowd with Russian music. See Angela’s Oregon Arts Watch review.
Photo by Alex Irvin.
Photo by Alex Irvin.
Beyond minimalism
Feb. 7, 2025:Portland composer and percussionist Andy Akiho opens 45th Parallel’s knock-out evening of minimalist music at The Reser. See Angela’s review. Photo by Bora Yoon.
Longtime together
Jan. 29, 2025:Portland-based Florestan Trio is back again, charming with golden oldies. See Angela’s review. Photo by Jessica Reynolds Gordon.
Piano jazz
Jan. 28, 2025:East Coast pianist/composer Aaron Diehl plays lesser known jazz with his tuned-in trio. See Angela’s review. Photo by Karen Johnson.
Chamber music goes modern
Oct. 16, 2024:Chamber Music Northwest musicians Soovin Kim, Gloria Chien and David Shifrin explain today’s music with Brahms and Bartok. See Angela’s review. Photo by Tom Emerson.
South-of-the-border jazz
Oct. 11, 2024:Vocalist Magos Herrera and guitarist Vinicius Gomes bring straight-to-the-heart tunes to Portland. See Angela’s story.
Photo by @normederphoto for PDX Jazz.
Photo by @normederphoto for PDX Jazz.
Poetic, powerful `Shizue’
Oct. 8, 2024:Portland Opera premiere about a Hood River Japanese family speaks to wartime atrocity and immigrant resilience. See Angela’s review.
Photo by Chris Kim.
Photo by Chris Kim.