Students of Colburn Faculty Tatjana Masurenko show off their talents in this intimate recital, featuring a delightful mix of repertoire.
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Los Angeles. The Range Ensemble will perform ABBA under the gentle glow of candlelight.
Dancing Queen SOS Money, Money, Money The Winner Takes It All Voulez – Vous Angeleyes Waterloo Fernando Knowing Me, Knowing You Chiquitita Lay All Your Love On Me Super Trouper Mamma Mia
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Los Angeles. Discover the music of Hans Zimmer at Zipper Concert Hall under the gentle glow of candlelight, performed by the Range Ensemble.
Discombobulate – from Sherlock Holmes Spirit – from Spirit This Land – from The Lion King The Last Samurai Theme – from The Last Samurai Chevaliers de Sangreal – from The Da Vinci Code Time – from Inception Dune Main Theme – from Dune Day One – from -Interstellar Maestro – from The Holiday Tennessee – from Pearl Harbor The Dark Knight – from Batman Man of Steel – from Man of Steel Now We Are Free – from Gladiator
Experience a unique evening of new piano duet music performed by Duo Amal, featuring two extraordinary pianos: an original 1877 Steinway Centennial Grand and a 2023 William E. Steinway Limited Edition Grand. This performance will showcase the intersection of history and technology, with one half of the duet performed remotely via Steinway's Spirio system.
The LA community is invited to explore, be curious, pop in, and choose their own adventures at more than 15 participating cultural institutions along Grand Avenue, who will open their doors to visitors of all ages for a day of free workshops, performances, tours, and interactive events. Explore art, music, dance, literature, and more!
Music Academy students show off their talents in this intimate recital series featuring a delightful mix of repertoire. This performance will be livestreamed.
The Community School’s esteemed faculty artists demonstrate their talent and creativity in a program of works by Stravinsky, Jessie Montgomery, Bartók, Jerry Kalaf, and more.
World renowned guest artist Stephen Drury will celebrate the 150th birthday of America’s great original composer, Charles Ives, with a special performance of Ives’ complete sonatas for piano.
The dynamic alumni duo of violinist William Hagen and pianist Albert Cano Smit take the Colburn stage once again for a program of Dvořák, Schumann, Bartók, and Ravel. This performance will be livestreamed.
SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 2 DVOŘÁK Sonatina BARTOK Rhapsody No. 1 RAVEL Tzigane
Experience great artistry as students from the Conservatory of Music perform solo and chamber works in this weekly recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.
Maestro Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall for an all-Finnish program featuring some of Sibelius’s greatest hits. After an ethereal piece by Kaija Saariaho – a work dedicated to Salonen himself – the violin shines in Sibelius’s brooding Violin Concerto before the soaring melodies and triumphant timbre of Sibelius’s Second Symphony close out the concert.
SAARIAHO Lumière et pesanteur SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D Minor SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D Major
Archive of Desire is a multidisciplinary production combining live music, poetry, and visual art, created for the 160th anniversary of the birth of Greek poet C. P. Cavafy. The performance is set to the images of a constellation of abstract works by Broad collection artist, Julie Mehretu.
Led by Eleanor Núñez, the Community School’s Youth Orchestra and Sinfonietta perform works by Hindemith, Holst, Nielsen, and Dvořák.
HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis HOLST St. Paul’s Suite NIELSEN Little Suite, Op.1 DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings
Camerata Pacifica artists are representative of the world’s finest, bringing to our stage their highly individual personalities for dynamic performances of music that span the huge, eclectic range of the chamber music repertoire.
FUKUSHIMA Mei for Solo Flute RACHMANINOFF Moments musicaux, Op. 16 STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet SCHOENBERG, arr WEBERN Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Performers: Sooyun Kim, Jose Franch-Ballester, Alena Hove, Ani Aznavoorian, Irina Zahharenkova
Directed by Ted Atkatz, the Colburn Contemporary Ensemble takes over Performance Forum with a program of original works from innovative 20th and 21st-century composers. This performance will be livestreamed.
JOHN ADAMS Road Movies STRAVINSKY L’histoire du soldat Suite AURÉL HOLLÓ José / beFORe JOHN5
Students in Colburn’s Music Academy are selected from the finest young musicians, ages 12-18, from around the globe. Guided and mentored by world-class faculty, Music Academy students develop their artistic voice as they prepare to enter top conservatories and for future processional success. This performance will be livestreamed.
Experience the talent and creativity of Colburn’s distinguished faculty artists as they perform their own curated programs with friends and students. This concert features a pair of Dvořák piano trios.
DVORAK Piano Trio in B-flat Major DVORAK Piano Trio in G Minor
Leading guest artists from San Francisco Ballet (SFB) collaborate with the Colburn Conservatory in a performance and discussion illuminating the creative process. The centerpiece of the program is the duet from Benjamin Millepied’s Appassionata, which is set to a Beethoven piece of the same name. Following a performance of the work, faculty member and dance historian Jill Nunes Jenson will moderate a conversation with the dancers and pianist about the choreography and music, the process of preparing the piece, and the experience of working and performing together.
Join us for the launch of VOX's 28th season with a concert that delivers a significant and timely message right on the eve of the election! Hear the compelling return of Andrea Ramsey's emotionally charged "Suffrage Cantata," along with other stirring pieces that celebrate the bravery required to create change. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the unifying power of music and be part of something truly impactful!
Experience great artistry as students from the Conservatory of Music perform solo and chamber works in this weekly recital series. Performance Forum is generously underwritten by Alice Steere Coulombe. This performance will be livestreamed.
Baroque composers such as Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, and more are spotlighted in this intimate performance of masterworks. This performance will be livestreamed.
Cellist Paul Watkins’s remarkable artistic resume includes membership in the famed Emerson String Quartet, eight concerto appearances at the BBC Proms, and regular performances with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He curates a program sure to excite both wind and string lovers alike with its unique instrumental combinations. This performance will be livestreamed.
CARLOS SIMON be still and know for Piano Trio COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Clarinet Quintet WAGNER Prelude to Lohengrin arr. for Cello Quartet MOZART Horn Quintet BRITTEN Sinfonietta, op. 1
Students from the Conservatory of Music present dazzling chamber works in this intimate recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.
The acclaimed Calidore String Quartet returns to its alma mater to perform the complete cycle of Korngold’s String Quartets. The composer’s three string quartets are technically challenging, with melodies that harken to the composer’s successful film music career and vastly different styles and textures. This performance will be livestreamed.
KORNGOLD String Quartet No. 1 in A Major KORNGOLD String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major KORNGOLD String Quartet No. 3 in D Major
The acclaimed Calidore String Quartet continues its week-long residency with a program of eclectic works for four, six, and eight string instruments. Following Wynton Marsalis’s New Orleans-inspired string quartet, the group is joined by Quartet Integra, Colburn’s ensemble-in-residence, for works by Korngold and Mendelssohn. This performance will be livestreamed.
WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from String Quartet No. 1 (“At the Octoroon Balls”) KORNGOLD String Sextet MENDELSSOHN String Octet in E-flat Major
Talented ensembles and soloists from the Conservatory of Music present programs of beloved classical works.
Led by Eleanor Núñez, the Community School's orchestras present a rich program of varied work.
A few months ago, Salastina’s Resident Cellist Yoshika Masuda and Resident Pianist HyeJin Kim released Hidden Flame on Avie Records. Hear more about their repertoire selection and the recording process at this intimate concert.
Immerse yourself in musical imagery that paints vivid pictures of literature and life. The journey of errant knight Don Quixote is depicted through solo instruments in Strauss’s tone poem of the same name. Debussy brings an undulating seascape to life in his famous La mer and a piece by Reena Esmail uses a unique oboe duet to capture the uncertainty felt in concert halls in 2021.
STRAUSS Don Quixote REENA ESMAIL RE|Member DEBUSSY La mer (The sea)
Experience the talent and creativity of Colburn’s distinguished faculty artists as they perform their own curated programs with friends and students. Colburn’s Tap and Music faculty join forces for a cabaret-style performance full of improvisational artistry.
This end-of-semester School Recital series showcases talented instrumentalists and vocalists from the Community School of Performing Arts.
The Community School’s Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, directed by Eleanor Núñez, perform thrilling works for brass, winds, and percussion.
Top students from the Ed and Mari Edelman Chamber Music Institute present an evening of chamber works. This performance will be livestreamed.
Led by Adrian Dunn, the Community School’s choral program presents an afternoon of traditional works and festive songs to celebrate the season. This performance will be livestreamed.
Flute students from the Community School will perform repertoire especially composed and arranged for the instrument.
Performers from all of Colburn's dance programs will dazzle in this end-of-semester showcase featuring new choreography and beloved masterworks. This performance will be livestreamed.