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.
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Los Angeles. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Coldplay at Zipper Hall under the gentle glow of candlelight.
Tentative Program
“Clocks” “My Universe” “Speed of Sound” “Trouble” “Fix You” “Paradise” “Shiver” “Yellow” “Something Just Like This” “The Scientist” “A Sky Full of Stars”
Join students from the Community School of Performing Arts for a free performance of works by Bach in the Colburn Café, as part of the international ‘Bach in the Subways’ initiative.
Music Academy and Dance Academy students perform celebrated choreography paired with musical masterworks. This year’s program features beautiful Balanchine choreography danced to music by Glinka and Hindemith; an encore performance of Janie Taylor’s enchanting Contour and Flight featuring an original score by David K. Israel performed live; and the world premiere of Trú, choreographed by LINES Ballet dancer and Colburn Amplify Artist Michael Montgomery. This performance will be livestreamed.
Music Academy students show off their talents in this intimate recital series featuring a delightful mix of repertoire. This performance will be livestreamed.
The 28th International Liana & Ruben Cohen Music Competition was set up in memoriam of Colburn alumni Liana & her brother Ruben Cohen, piano & violin. The Cohen family’s purpose for the competition and concert is to encourage youth to study classical music. On March 24, in honor of Liana's birthday, the competition winners will perform and receive awards in this concert [...]
In a program of grandeur fitting for Walt Disney Concert Hall, two monumental 20th century works take centerstage: Prokofiev’s powerful second piano concerto and Shostakovich’s crowd-pleasing fifth symphony. A fast-paced work by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Colburn’s Maestro Ernst H. Katz Chair of Conducting Studies, opens the concert.
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Helix PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Salonen Conducting Fellow Elias Peter Brown conducts and curates a program centered around climate grief and solastalgia, the sense of loss felt in the face of changing ecological conditions.
GYORGY LIGETI Melodien (1971) WILLIAM MARSEY Why Do You Grieve (2022) US Premiere CLAUDE DEBUSSY La Mer (version for chamber orchestra by J. Gale)
The concert will run for approximately 1 hour; the first two works will be performed without pause.
The Colburn Baroque Ensemble performs selections from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos in the Colburn Café, as part of the international 'Bach in the Subways' initiative.
19th-Century Parisian Courtesans: A Feminist's Perspective with Tiffany Kuo, Professor of Music, Mount San Antonio College and Colburn Conservatory of Music.
Violinist Steven Copes will be gracing the stage for a mesmerizing performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 with the Vicente Chamber Orchestra. Don't miss this unique opportunity to witness a world-class musician in action. Get ready to be swept away by the beautiful music in this intimate setting.
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 works by Vivaldi, Bach, Rameau, Milandre, Stamitz, and Arne.
RAMEAU Pièces de clavecin en concert: Troisième Concert MILANDRE Pièces pour la Viole d’Amour avec la Basse BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major STAMITZ Sonata in D Major for Viola d’amore and Basso ARNE Sonata No. 4 in D Minor for Harpsichord VIVALDI Concerto in D Minor for Viola d’amore
Join us for festivities on the Colburn Plaza, as we celebrate breaking ground on the School’s 100,000-foot expansion project–the Frank Gehry-designed Colburn Center. Drop-in to enjoy refreshments, discover more about the project, and be entertained by special performances on this historic day for the Colburn Community.
Join fellow patrons, artists, and students for the Celebrate Colburn Gala, our hallmark annual event featuring exuberant performances and comradery to raise philanthropic support for scholarships and academic programs. This season's gala will be a mid-day brunch affair, including an inspired performance in Zipper Hall under the baton of Maestro James Conlon. Tickets now available for purchase!
James Conlon, Conductor Ryota Yamazaki, Piano Fiona Shea, Violin Charlotte Stickel, Viola
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449 (1784) MOZART Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat Major, K. 364 (1779) MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385, “Haffner” (1782)
Violinist Arnaud Sussmann leads an in-depth master class with Colburn students, offering a rare glimpse into the artistic, creative, and learning processes. Arnaud Sussmann is a violinist with a unique sound and a strong passion for chamber music. Winner of a 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant, he is an in-demand soloist and regular fixture in chamber festivals across the country.
Students in the Colburn Conservatory Brass Studio show off their talents in this intimate recital, featuring a delightful mix of repertoire.
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.
Arnaud Sussmann is a violinist with a unique sound and a strong passion for chamber music. An in-demand soloist who appears regularly with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, he takes the Colburn stage for a program blending classic and contemporary. This performance will be livestreamed.
HAYDN String Quartet in G Major. Op. 76, No. 1 KRÁSA Tanec (Dance) for String Trio ANDREW NORMAN Gran Turismo for Violin Octet DOHNÁNYI Sextet in C Major for Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano
Violinist Shunske Sato leads a baroque-focus master class with Colburn students, offering a rare glimpse into the artistic, creative, and learning processes. Sato will also perform a short recital. Violinist Shunske Sato is equally at home as a soloist or an ensemble leader, whether on the baroque or modern violin. Historically informed practice of all eras inspires Shunske; the parameters of the past are essential for him in bringing the music into the present. He is particularly involved in cutting-edge research of 19th century performance practices, and gives lectures and workshops on the topic.