Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

Calidore String Quartet

Samueli Theater 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA

World Premiere - String Quartet No. 3 by Han Lash commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting for our Chamber Series "Four more individual musicians are unimaginable, yet these speak, breathe, think and feel as one” – The Washington Post “a major new presence on the chamber music scene” – All Music The Calidore String Quartet is recognized as […]

Coleman Chamber Music — Esmé Quartet

Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium 332 S. Michigan Ave., Pasadena, CA

Praised for their warm sound and powerful stage presence, the Esmé Quartet was formed in 2016 at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne, Germany by four musicians who were already friends and shared common interests and passions in music, the arts, and life. In 2018 the quartet won the first prize as well […]

Denis Bouriakov, flute – Music by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Frank, and Norfleet

St. Matthew’s Church 1031 Bienveneda Avenue, Pacific Palisades, CA, United States

The Chamber Orchestra will open with the world premiere of a new Music Guild commission by Los Angeles-based Dawn Norfleet, a versatile composer, performer and bandleader with a broad range of roots and inspiration, from Claudio Monteverdi to Charles Stepney. The concert continues with Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout by Gabriela Lena Frank, whose opera El […]

Harlem Quartet with Aldo López-Gavilán

BroadStage 1310 11th St., Santa Monica, CA

BroadStage presents the mesmerizing combination of GRAMMY® Award-winning Harlem Quartet and Cuban pianist and composer Aldo López-Gavilán, who shares a special bond with the quartet as the brother of violinist Ilmar Gavilán! Harlem Quartet has been hailed in the Cincinnati Enquirer for “bringing a new attitude to classical music, one that is fresh, bracing and […]

Tetzlaff Quartet

IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE 4242 Campus Dr, Irvine, California

Featured Performers Tetzlaff Quartet Program MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13  Jörg WIDMANN: String Quartet No. 2, Choralquartett DVOŘÁK: String Quartet in A-flat major, Op. 105  Praised by The New York Times for its “dramatic, energetic playing,” the Tetzlaff Quartet performs a dynamic concert of chamber music of Mendelssohn, Widmann, and Dvořák.

Theotime Langlois De Swarte & Les Arts Florissants

Samueli Theater 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA

Program: Claudio Monteverdi (1567 -1643) Adoramus te, SV 289, transcription. Antonio Vivaldi  (1678–1741) Concerto for strings and basso continuo Madrigalesco” R.V. 129 Marco Uccellini (1603-1680) : Bergamasca Vivaldi:  Concerto in D-Minor, RV 813 Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762):  Concerto XII in D-minor “Follia”. (after Corelli) Vivaldi:  Concerto in E-Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269  (“Spring”) Vivaldi:  Concerto […]

Simone Porter & Blake Pouliot, violin with Hsin-I Huang, piano

BroadStage 1310 11th St., Santa Monica, CA

Three young virtuosos share the stage for an unforgettable evening of classical brilliance! Violinist Simone Porter has been recognized as an emerging artist of impassioned energy, interpretive integrity, and vibrant communication. The Toronto Star praises violinist Blake Pouliot as “one of those special talents that comes along once in a lifetime." Together with the highly […]

Coleman Chamber Music — Poulenc Trio with Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet

Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium 332 S. Michigan Ave., Pasadena, CA

The Poulenc Trio has earned critical acclaim over its 20-year history, with the New York Times praising their “elegant rendition” of Piazzolla’s tangos and the Washington Post commending them for honoring their namesake with an “intriguing and beautifully played program” that exuded “convincing elegance, near effortless lightness, and grace.” Pianist Irina Kaplan Lande teaches at […]

Alina Ibragimova & Cédric Tiberghien

IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE 4242 Campus Dr, Irvine, California

Featured Performers Alina Ibragimova, violin Cédric Tiberghien, piano Program JANÁČEK: Violin Sonata  ENESCU: Violin Sonata No.3  Gerald BARRY: Triorchic Blues  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 9, “Kreutzer”  Cédric Tiberghien and Alina Ibragimova first met in 2005 as members of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Creating a unique partnership shortly after, the duo has gone […]

Jordi Savall with Hesperion XXI – Music of Fire & Love

Samueli Theater 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA

Program: Grounds & Improvisations Antonio de Cabezón Pavana con su glosa Anonymous (England) Greensleeves to a Ground (Romanesca) 1650 Juan Garcia de Zépedes (México 1619-) The Guaracha Improvisations Captain Hume's Muusicall Humours & Battles London 1605 A Souldiers March - Harke, harke - Good againe, A Souldiers Resolution Catalan Laments Anonyyme/Jordi Savall. La Canço del Lladre - El Testament d'Amelia The Hispanic […]

Jolivet Trio – flute, bassoon and harp

Fullerton First United Methodist Church 114 N Pomona Ave, Fullerton, CA

All three musicians perform regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Opera and the Santa Monica Symphony. The joy these musicians have found playing together and the special communication they share make this unusual combination of instruments and unique and rare concert experience.

Salastina

BroadStage 1310 11th St., Santa Monica, CA

Salastina joins the Sunday Morning Music / Santa Monica chamber music series with 19th-century German repertoire that's like a warm hug for your soul. On the program: works by Brahms, Schumann, and Wagner celebrating romantic love and domestic bliss. Brian Lauritzen of KUSC puts the program in relatable context between pieces. Winner of San Francisco Classical Voice’s Audience Choice […]