Violinist

The cornerstone of the third concert is Mahler’s First Symphony. We last performed it twenty years ago, during the 25th all-Mahler anniversary season. This time I’ve paired it with Alban Berg’s final work, the deeply moving Violin Concerto, written as a memorial for Manon Gropius (daughter of Mahler’s widow, Alma, and Walter Gropius), who died at the age of 18. Berg dedicated it to "the memory of an angel.” We open the program with a work in memory of another lost child: Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess), composed by the only composer who could be thought of as Mahler’s equal in his mastery of orchestration.

Ravel / Berg / Mahler Concert

Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

Join us for this special Wednesday evening event at The Conrad as we transport ourselves to the Italian countryside. The Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi’s radical violin concerto, is by far the composer’s most popular work. The concerto was one of the first of its kind and, in the right hands, can sound as revolutionary today as it did when it was first heard. The festivities continue after the concert with the best of San Diego’s culinary scene, libations, and more music in the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd.

Join us for the Musical Prelude with Aestas Trio for their performance of Smetana’s Piano Trio in G Minor, Opus 15

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Under the Influence: Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Open Rehearsal IV

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

Step into the famed halls and studios of Le Conservatoire de Paris, the epicenter of Paris’ most innovative musical minds where, whether as student or professor, composers like Debussy, Lili Boulanger, Franck, and Fauré reflected the great artistic and intellectual movements of their times.

Join us for the Music Prelude for Aestas Trio’s performance of Tailleferre’s Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello and Wynona Yinuo Wang’s performance of Selections from Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin

A Weekend in Paris: Le Conservatoire

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.

Open Rehearsal III

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

Open Rehearsal II

The Baroque period contains riches that inspired composers above any other. We begin with J.S Bach’s immortal concerto for two violins, and continue to explore some of the most captivating pieces of his era and beyond, with C.P.E. Bach’s (his son) Cello Concerto, Biber’s brilliant and irreverent Battalia, a commentary on the Thirty Year War that engulfed Europe at the time, and Grosso Mogul, Vivaldi’s fiery and dazzling concerto.

Liza Ferschtman

Violinist

Events

Feb 24, 2024

Ravel / Berg / Mahler Concert · Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

Aug 10, 2022

Under the Influence: Vivaldi's The Four Seasons · La Jolla Music Society

Aug 9, 2022

Open Rehearsal IV · La Jolla Music Society

Aug 7, 2022

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

Aug 6, 2022

A Weekend in Paris: Le Conservatoire · La Jolla Music Society

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