Pianist

A national treasure in her native England, Imogen Cooper has become known for poetic, insightful interpretations and a rare ability to negotiate the composers’ shifting moods. “I try for a story to be told and to bring much color and difference of material to the sound in the piano,” Cooper says of her PCMS recital, which centers on treasured works by Beethoven, Schubert, and Liszt.

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Imogen Cooper, piano

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Composers in Paris took pride in absorbing the artistry of others and building on it to create their own auditory worlds. Composers like Milhaud, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, and Ravel drew inspiration from Baroque composers and idioms to create the masterworks in this concert.

A Weekend in Paris: Beg, Borrow and Steal

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Salons were the cultural and intellectual hub of Paris; open forums for the city’s most creative minds to engage in thought-provoking and often subversive conversations. These events, along with the famed Masquerade balls, were rife with stirring and seductive new ideas, art, literature, and music. The pieces on this program emerged from these glamorous salons and range from the charming piano duo by Debussy and Sarasate’s devilishly virtuosic Carmen Fantasy to Ravel and Caplet’s decadent and macabre evocations of Edgar Allan Poe’s story The Masque of the Red Death.

A Weekend in Paris: The Salon and The Masquerade

What creative genius’ work has permeated the culture and had more influence than that of the Bard himself? Join us for this intermission-free Wednesday evening event as we enjoy music from Shakespeare’s time and hear some of his most famous words composed into song. Following Korngold’s popular incidental music for the comedy Much Ado About Nothing, composed in 1920, we conclude with Beethoven’s “Ghost” Piano Trio, which came out of sketches for an opera based on Macbeth that he never completed. Stay after the concert for a special event in the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd to enjoy more music and a feast featuring the best of San Diego’s culinary and craft cocktail scene!

Join us for the musical prelude with Pelia Quartet for a performance of Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 “Harp.”

Under the Influence: Shakespeare's World

In The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, observe the intricate rehearsal process that goes into every SummerFest performance and engage in conversation with the artists during post-rehearsal Q&As. 

Open rehearsals are free and open to the public, no registration is required.

Imogen Cooper

Pianist

Events

Mar 8, 2023

Imogen Cooper, piano · Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Aug 7, 2022

A Weekend in Paris: Beg, Borrow and Steal · La Jolla Music Society

Aug 5, 2022

A Weekend in Paris: The Salon and The Masquerade · La Jolla Music Society

Aug 3, 2022

Under the Influence: Shakespeare's World · La Jolla Music Society

Aug 2, 2022

Open Rehearsal II · La Jolla Music Society

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