Victoria Looseleaf

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Arts Journalist, Freelance
Freelance Arts Journalist, Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles

Arts and Entertainment

As seen in: Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Yahoo Entertainment, Datebook SF, San Francisco Chronicle, Creators, San Francisco Classical Voice, Cultural Weekly, Dance Teacher, Festival Napa Valley, Fjord Review and

Covers: The performing and visual arts, including music, opera, dance, theater, painting and sculpture, as well as film, food, fashion, literature and fads. I also do business writing.

Doesn't Cover: Physics, astrophysics and the law.

Globetrotting arts journo covers music, dance, theater, film, food, wine, art. Books: Russ & Iggy's Art Alphabet, Leo: Up Close & Personal @artnowla #RESIST

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Victoria Looseleaf is an award-winning international arts journalist, having contributed many hundreds of articles to the Los Angeles Times, KCET Artbound, Dance Magazine, Performances Magazine and the New York Times, among other outlets. In addition, she publishes a blog, The Looseleaf Report, adjudicates dances festivals, and frequently moderates pre and post-concert talks.

Looseleaf has also filed datelines from around the world, including such cultural hotspots as Abu Dhabi, Vienna, Tel Av…

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The Women Breaking Opera's Glass Ceiling

We may not have elected a woman president in 2016, but more and more women are gracing the podium and the sta…

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The Baritone That Goes From Cuban Music to Tibetan Throat Singing

There aren't too many lyric baritones who can not only sing in a number of Philip Glass operas and work with …

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"Isn't It Rich?" A Novella In Verse

"Isn’t It Rich?" A Novella In Verse is an intoxicating and hilariously funny journey through one woman’s life…

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Dispatch From Montpellier: Hits and misses at contemporary dance festival

While Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman will always have Paris, dance aficionados will eternally be in thral…

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Sweet Dreams - Fjord Review

A kind of cross between Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and the booze-infested flick, Lost Weekend, the w…

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A Hollywood Love Story: Debbie Reynolds & Carrie Fisher

By Victoria Looseleaf While we were writing this yesterday, the unthinkable happened: The winsome, beautiful,…

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Chloé Van Soeterstède Leads with Color and Texture

Jun 19, 2026 |

By Victoria Looseleaf

| San Francisco Classical Voice

Chloé Van Soeterstède | Credit: Olivia da Costa Chloé Van Soeterstède is attracting the attention of orchestras around the globe for her commanding presence on the podium, as well as her instinctual and expressive music-making. The principal guest conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra will make her debut with the San Francisco Symphony on July 1 in a Romantic program capped with Mendelssohn’s “Reformation” Symphony.

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Aspen Music Festival Announces LA Phil Exec Meghan Umber as Its Next CEO

Jun 11, 2026 |

By Victoria Looseleaf

| San Francisco Classical Voice

Inside the tent at the Aspen Music Festival and School | Credit: Elle Logan, courtesy of Aspen Music Festival and School Alexandra Munroe, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS), announced today that Meghan Martineau Umber has been named the organization’s Munroe President and CEO, effective from October 1, 2026. Umber joins AMFS from the LA Philharmonic, where she currently serves as President, Hollywood Bowl & Chief Programming Officer.

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Hilary Pecis: 'Love Letters' | Art Now LA

Jun 09, 2026 |

By Victoria Looseleaf

| ArtNowLa

Hilary Pecis's stunning exhibition of new work at David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles sees her returning to the familiar, while also ambitiously expanding the scope of her work.

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What was your first job as a journalist?

I created, produced & hosted "The Looseleaf Report," a talk/variety TV show that aired in LA & NY. It was my first gig as a journalist.