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Scenes from Life: Identity

Name: Scenes from Life: Identity
Start: 2026-03-14T19:00:00
Location: JAMS Performing Arts Center

Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra

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In this deeply personal program, Music Director Pola Benke brings her Polish musical heritage to the stage, featuring Lutosławski’s charming Small Suite and Chopin’s poetic Piano Concerto No. 1. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 — a bold statement of artistic independence — closes the program with energy and vision. A concert that honors where we come from and the new paths we create.

Program

Frédéric Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1

Composer

Witold Lutoslawski - Small Suite

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 1

Participants

Ryota Yamazaki

Piano

Pola Benke

Conductor

Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra

Producer