Enjoy an evening of chamber music masterworks in which the rich, dark sound of the viola plays a central role. Viola Plus founder and director Tatjana Masurenko brings her acclaimed concert series to Los Angeles for the first time. The program will feature Tatjana herself, Colburn faculty and students, the Los Angeles Viola Ensemble, and more in works by Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Kodály, and Vaughan Williams. This performance will be livestreamed.
Program to include: BRAHMS String Quintet No. 2 BRAHMS Viola Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major KODÁLY Intermezzo for String Trio VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Piano Quintet in C Minor
Marko Topchii, winner of the 2023 Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition, performs guitar classics, contemporary works, and unique arrangements. This performance will be livestreamed.
FREDERIC HAND Undercurrents BACH Partita No. 2 in C Minor ARAUD DUMOND Comme un Hommage à Ravel RAVEL Pavane, Sonatine, Alborada del Gracioso (arr. Topchii) SHEVCHENKO Carpathian Rhapsody POULENC Sarabande DOWLAND Chromatic Fantasy MANGORE Un Sueño en la Floresta GIULIANI Six Variations LEO BROUWER La Gran Sarabande RODRIGO Toccata GRAEME KOEHNE A Closed World of Fine Feelings and Grand Design
Delight in an evening of masterworks performed by Van Cliburn-winning pianist Fabio Bidini and Quartet Integra, Colburn’s ensemble-in-residence. These talented musicians will bring to life Brahms’s and Schumann’s only piano quintets, two of the most popular in the genre. This performance will be livestreamed.
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat Major BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F Minor
Superstar cellist Steven Isserlis comes to DTLA for a special duo recital with longtime collaborator Connie Shih on piano. “A musical force to be reckoned with" (Toronto Star), the pair brings a program of virtuoso cello sonatas by Beethoven, Martinů, and Grieg, plus a short piece by Nadia Boulanger. This “musical collaboration of rare intensity” (Bachtrack) is not to be missed!
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor MARTINŮ Cello Sonata No. 1 BOULANGER Trois Pièces for Cello and Piano GRIEG Cello Sonata in A Minor
Adrian Dunn, Colburn’s Director of Choral Programs, leads a joyous musical celebration of Black History Month featuring acapella spirituals and original compositions for chorus. The program will be performed by the Adrian Dunn Singers, an all-Black professional ensemble founded by Dunn and dedicated to transforming classical music and the music industry at large.
Kerson Leong, described by the Toronto Star as “not just one of Canada’s greatest violinists but one of the greatest violinists, period," performs a dynamic program of sonatas by Poulenc, Fauré, Boulanger, and Franck.
POULENC Violin Sonata FAURÉ Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major BOULANGER Deux Morceaux FRANCK Violin Sonata in A Major