Stefan Jackiw, Andrew Wan, Julie Albers, Sterling Elliott, Matthew Lipman, Jonathan Vinocour
LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY
Todd R. Schultz President and CEO
Leah Rosenthal Artistic Director Inon Barnatan SummerFest Music Director
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Fred Tomaselli, Head with Flowers [detail], 1996, paper collage, datura, ephedra, hemp, and resin on wood, 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm), Collection Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Museum purchase with funds from the Contemporary Collectors, 1997.14.
All photos by Ken Jacques except page 6 photo by Allison Boles.
DigIntoDeepertheMusic
Alex Ross
In keeping with SummerFest 2024’s theme, I invite you to create your own Inside Stories by digging deeper into the music this summer. Over the course of four weeks, 21 performances, and nearly 50 FREE Learning & Engagement Activities, you’ll be surprised and delighted at every turn thanks to brilliant programming by SummerFest Music Director and pianist Inon Barnatan.
With the wide variety of activities detailed in this guide, there are endless opportunities to learn something new and create lasting memories at SummerFest.
Open Rehearsals illuminate the dedication, diligence, and passion that SummerFest artists put into every performance, while Artist Lounges reveal meaningful insights from some of the festival’s musicians and composers.
In our Encounters, we welcome founder of Beginner’s Ear and former New York Times contributing critic Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim to lead audiences through an ear-opening experience that brings together science, mindfulness, and live music. We’ll also explore how lives can be transformed by music with a screening of the Oscar-winning documentary short film The Last Repair Shop. And we welcome back Ara Guzelimian, the Artistic and Executive Director of the Ojai Festival in California, who will take us back in time to the 1930s and ’40s when an extraordinary array of artists fled wartime Europe to make a new home in the promised land of Southern California.
I’m proud to announce that we have expanded one of our most beloved and impactful education programs, welcoming eight new Fellowship Artists to the festival this year. Follow their musical journey and build relationships with these emerging musicians who have studied at some of the world’s leading conservatories by attending Coaching Workshops, Fellowship Artist Spotlight Encounters, and Musical Preludes.
I look forward to seeing you this summer!
Allison Boles Director of Learning & Engagement
Support for LJMS Learning & Engagement Activities provided by:
Judith Bachner and Eric Lasley | Gordon Brodfuehrer | Marge and Neal Schmale | Jeanette Stevens
OPEN REHEARSALS
LIVE PERFORMANCE!
Observe the intricate rehearsal process that goes into every SummerFest performance and engage in conversation with the artists during post-rehearsal Q&As.
Saturday, August 3 · 2:30–3:30 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
Joyce Yang and Inon Barnatan rehearse Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite for Two Pianos
Thursday, August 8 · 1:30–2:30 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
Inon Barnatan, Stefan Jackiw, and Alisa Weilerstein rehearse Beethoven’s Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 “Archduke”
Tuesday, August 20 · 4–5 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
Yura Lee, Anthony McGill, and Gilles Vonsattel rehearse Bartók’s Contrasts
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Open Rehearsals will be livestreamed and available to view on-demand. See page 2 for more information.
Allison Boles, Inon Barnatan, Takács Quartet
COACHING WORKSHOPS LIVE PERFORMANCE!
Follow our Fellowship Artist Ensembles, Abeo Quartet and Cohda Trio/Quartet, on their musical journey as they prepare for their SummerFest performances with a series of master classes conducted by seasoned performers from the SummerFest roster. For more information on this year’s Fellowship Artists, see page 13. We’re excited to welcome three local musicians to participate in Coaching Workshops. All Coaching Workshop times are 10–10:50 AM and 11–11:50 AM
Inon Barnatan, SummerFest Fellowship Artists
WEEK 1
TUESDAY
JULY 30
WEDNESDAY
JULY 31
THURSDAY AUGUST 1
WEEK 2
TUESDAY AUGUST 6
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7
THURSDAY AUGUST 8
WEEK 3
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14
THURSDAY AUGUST 15
WEEK 4
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21
THURSDAY AUGUST 22
Inon Barnatan coaches Cohda Trio on Schumann’s Piano Trio in F Major, Op. 80.
Jay Campbell coaches Abeo Quartet on Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4.
Alexi Kenney coaches Cohda Trio on Schumann’s Piano Trio in F Major, Op. 80.
Nicole Divall coaches Abeo Quartet on Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4.
Joyce Yang coaches Cohda Trio on Schumann’s Piano Trio in F Major, Op. 80.
Anna Han coaches a local student.
Erin Keefe coaches Cohda Quartet on Bax’s Piano Quartet in One Movement.
Stefan Jackiw coaches Abeo Quartet on Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4.
Macintyre Taback of Abeo Quartet coaches a local student.
Sterling Elliott coaches Cohda Trio on Françaix’s String Trio.
A member of Cohda Quartet coaches a local student.
Alisa Weilerstein coaches Abeo Quartet on Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92.
Paul Wiancko coaches Abeo Quartet on Glazunov’s Orientale from Five Novelettes, Op. 15 or Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92.
Conrad Tao coaches Cohda Quartet on Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45.
Masumi Per Rostad coaches Abeo Quartet on Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92.
Inon Barnatan coaches Cohda Quartet on Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45.
Jonathan Vinocour coaches Cohda Quartet on Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45.
Yura Lee coaches Abeo Quartet on Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92.
Kyril Zlotnikov coaches Cohda Quartet on Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45.
Inon Barnatan and Allison Boles discuss the festival with Cohda Quartet and Abeo Quartet.
Dates, times, programs, and artists are subject to change.
ENCOUNTERS
Encounters are free afternoon events, featuring intriguing lectures, discussions, performances, and diverse perspectives. Encounters reveal fascinating insights into the ways in which music is created, influenced, interpreted, and performed. Registration required.
Tuesday, July 30 · 2 PM · The JAI
Better Listening with Music
Lecture by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim with musical performance by SooBeen Lee, Rebecca Benjamin, and Leland Ko
Open your mind and ear with former New York Times contributing critic Corinna da FonsecaWollheim in a workshop that brings together science, mindfulness and live music. At a time of digital overstimulation and political overwhelm, listening can feel like an endangered skill. In fact, humans are biologically hard-wired to be bad listeners. Find out how music can help turn a cognitive quirk to our advantage and develop the focus, patience and generosity needed to become better listeners beyond the concert hall.
Tuesday, August 6 · 2 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
The Last Repair Shop Film Screening and Q&A with Producer Josh Rosenberg
From Academy Award-winning directing duo Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers, The Last Repair Shop grants access to the nondescript warehouse in the heart of downtown Los Angeles in which a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain over 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. Meet four unforgettable characters whose broken-and-repaired lives have been dedicated to bringing so much more than music to the schoolchildren of the recording capital of the world. A screening of the film will be followed by a Q&A with one of the film’s producers, Josh Rosenberg.
Leah Rosenthal, Inon Barnatan
Tuesday, August 13 · 2 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
Fellowship Artist Spotlight I with Violist Matthew Lipman
Praised by The New York Times for his “rich tone and elegant phrasing,” violist Matthew Lipman has become one of the most sought-after instrumentalists of his generation, frequently appearing as both a soloist and chamber musician. He joins the Abeo Quartet to perform Dvořák’s String Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97 “The American” for our first Fellowship Artist Spotlight performance along with duets from members of the Cohda Quartet.
Friday, August 16 · 2 PM · The JAI
California Dreaming: Exiles and Emigrés
Lecture by Ara Guzelimian
In the 1930s and ’40s, an extraordinary array of artists fled wartime Europe to make a new home in the promised land of Southern California. Everyone from Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Alma Mahler and Rachmaninoff to Max Reinhardt, Billy Wilder, Hedy Lamarr and Peter Lorre intersected under the sun, drawn by the lure of the palm trees, the Pacific and the creative promise of the young film industry. With Ara Guzelimian, the Artistic and Executive Director of the Ojai Music Festival in California, we explore this remarkable community through personal memoirs, rare films, and musical performances by festival artists.
Tuesday, August 20 · 2 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
Fellowship Artist Spotlight II with Violinist Simone Porter
Violinist Simone Porter has been recognized as an artist with impassioned energy, interpretive integrity, and vibrant communication. She joins Cohda Quartet while Fellowship Artist Anna Han joins Abeo Quartet to perform Dvořák’s Piano Quintet in A Major, No. 2, Op. 81 for an inspiring afternoon of piano quintet repertoire.
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Musical Encounters will be livestreamed, and all Encounters will be available to view on-demand. See page 2 for more information.
ARTIST LOUNGES
The spark of creativity is unique for every individual. Drawing on the theme “Inside Stories,” the Artist Lounge is an intimate, in-depth conversation hosted by Artistic Director Leah Rosenthal. Come discover more about these great artists in a warm, intimate setting.
Monday, July 29 · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room
One of today’s most intriguing artists on the British music scene, it would be wrong to describe Liverpool-born Mark Simpson as either clarinetist or composer. His musical life is a symbiosis of his performing on the concert platform and poring over his manuscripts. Hailed as a “revelation” (Bachtrack) and “standout” (Guardian), he has now established himself as a major new voice on the international stage.
Monday, August 5 · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room
Acclaimed for his stellar stage presence and joyous musicianship, cellist Sterling Elliott is a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient and the winner of the Senior Division of the 2019 National Sphinx Competition. Already in his young career, he has appeared with many major orchestras and is fast becoming a favorite on the summer festival circuit. This season, he received a Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization, awarded to artists who early in their careers demonstrate artistic excellence, outstanding work ethic, a spirit of determination, and an ongoing commitment to leadership and their communities.
Monday, August 12 · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room
The Washington Post describes acclaimed composer and cellist Paul Wiancko as “a restless and multifaceted talent who plays well with others”—a reference to his substantial collaborations with diverse artists like Max Richter, Chick Corea, Norah Jones, Arcade Fire, and The National. In 2023, he was named Director of Chamber Music at Spoleto Festival USA. He also recently became the cellist of the internationally celebrated Kronos Quartet, in addition to his role as a founding member of the viola and cello duo Ayane & Paul and Owls, a quartet-collective dubbed a “dream group” by The New York Times
Monday, August 19 · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room
At age 12, Yura Lee became the youngest artist ever to receive the Debut Artist of the Year prize at the Performance Today awards given by National Public Radio. Since then, her record-breaking and award-winning achievements have only continued. She’s a multifaceted musician as both a violinist and violist, and one of the very few who is equally virtuosic on both instruments. As a soloist and a chamber musician, her performances cover various musical mediums, captivating audiences with music from baroque to modern and enjoying a career that spans three decades and takes her all over the world.
PRELUDES
Ticket holders are invited to join us in The JAI an hour prior to performances to hear musical and historical insights through engaging interviews and fascinating lectures by our esteemed roster of scholars. See the calendar on page 14 for the detailed schedule.
Brown
Musicologist and Professor, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Michael Gerdes Director of Orchestras and Professor, San Diego State University
Ara Guzelimian Artistic and Executive Director, Ojai Music Festival
Molly Puryear Executive Director, Malashock Dance
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Charissa Noble Assistant Professor, University of San Diego
Leah Rosenthal Artistic Director, La Jolla Music Society
All Preludes will be available to view after the concert on TheConrad.org. See page 2 for more information.
Kristi
Montesano
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Founder, Beginner’s Ear
MUSICAL PRELUDES
PERFORMANCE!
Ticket holders are invited to extend their evening with more great music performed in The Baker-Baum Concert Hall an hour prior to the listed concert start time.
MUSICAL PRELUDES IN THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL | ONE HOUR PRIOR TO PERFORMANCES
SATURDAY
JULY 27
SUNDAY
DANSE MACABRE
Abeo Quartet performs Schulhoff’s Five Pieces for String Quartet and Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122
AUGUST 4 SUITE
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 7
FRIDAY
AUGUST 9
SUNDAY
Cohda Trio performs Schumann’s Piano Trio in F Major, Op. 80
MIDWEEK MASTERWORKS: Mozart & Pärt
Abeo Quartet performs Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4
GRATITUDE
Cohda Trio/Quartet performs Françaix’s String Trio and Bax’s Piano Quartet in One Movement
AUGUST 11 IN LOVING MEMORY
SummerFest Community Chorus performs with VOCES8
THE ROAD TO VICTORY
FRIDAY
AUGUST 23
SATURDAY
AUGUST 24
Abeo Quartet performs Glazunov’s Orientale from Five Novelettes, Op. 15 and Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92
SUMMERFEST FINALE: A Song and Dance
Cohda Quartet performs Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45
CALLING ALL SINGERS!
Register online to join the SummerFest Community Chorus and perform onstage in The Baker-Baum Concert Hall on Sunday, August 11 with the GRAMMY®-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8. Rehearsal for the Musical Prelude performance will take place on Saturday, August 10, from 2:30 PM–4 PM at The Conrad. Space is limited— register online today.
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All Preludes will be available to view after the concert on TheConrad.org. See page 2 for more information.
VOCES8
2024 FELLOWSHIP ARTISTS
We’re proud to welcome eight talented emerging musicians as our SummerFest 2024 Fellowship Artists. The Abeo Quartet and Cohda Trio/Quartet will participate in Coaching Workshops, perform in Encounters and Musical Preludes, and share the stage with other SummerFest artists during their four-week residencies in La Jolla.
Abeo Quartet
Grevious, Rebecca Benjamin,
Cohda Trio/Quartet
Han, piano
SooBeen Lee,
HISTORY
The Fellowship Artist Program is one of our longest-running SummerFest traditions. For over 30 years, young artists and ensembles from the program have gone on to lead major orchestras and win international competitions and awards, including the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Fischoff Competition, and the Banff International String Quartet Competition. They’ve all launched successful careers, and many have returned to the festival as senior musicians.
Anna
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violin; Brian Isaacs, viola; Leland Ko, cello
Njioma
violins; James Kang, viola; Macintyre Taback, cello
Cohda Trio/Quartet
Abeo Quartet
LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY
SUMMERFEST 2024
JULY 26–AUGUST 24
28 SUNDAY
PRELUDE · 2 PM · The JAI
Lecture by Charissa Noble
PASSIONS AND STORMS
3 PM
4 SUNDAY
PRELUDE · 2 PM
Performance by Cohda Trio
SUITE · 3 PM
29 MONDAY
ARTIST LOUNGE with Mark Simpson Hosted by Leah Rosenthal 1 PM · The Atkinson Room
5 MONDAY
ARTIST LOUNGE with Sterling Elliott Hosted by Leah Rosenthal
1 PM · The Atkinson Room
30 TUESDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS
10 AM–12 PM · The JAI
ENCOUNTER · 2 PM
The JAI
Better Listening with Music with Corinna da FonsecaWollheim
6 TUESDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS
10 AM–12 PM · The JAI
ENCOUNTER · 2 PM
The Last Repair Shop Screening
11 SUNDAY
PRELUDE · 2 PM
Performance by Community Chorus and VOCES8
IN LOVING MEMORY
3 PM
12 MONDAY
ARTIST LOUNGE with Paul Wiancko
Hosted by Leah Rosenthal 1 PM · The Atkinson Room
18 SUNDAY 19 MONDAY
ARTIST LOUNGE with Yura Lee
Hosted by Leah Rosenthal
1 PM · The Atkinson Room
13 TUESDAY
ENCOUNTER · 2 PM Fellowship Artist Spotlight I
31 WEDNESDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS
10 AM–12 PM · The JAI
PRELUDE · 6 PM · The JAI Hosted by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim
MIDWEEK MASTERWORKS: Amadeus 7 PM
7 WEDNESDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS
10 AM–12 PM · The JAI
PRELUDE · 6 PM
Performance by Abeo Quartet
MIDWEEK
MASTERWORKS: Mozart & Pärt
7 PM
14 WEDNESDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS
10 AM–12 PM · The JAI
PRELUDE · 6 PM · The JAI
Lecture by Ara Guzelimian
MIDWEEK
MASTERWORKS: Notes on a Scandal
7 PM
20 TUESDAY
ENCOUNTER · 2 PM
Fellowship Artist Spotlight II
OPEN REHEARSAL · 4 PM
Bartók’s Contrasts
21 WEDNESDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS
10 AM–12 PM · The JAI
PRELUDE · 6 PM · The JAI
Lecture by Michael Gerdes
MIDWEEK
MASTERWORKS: Instrumental Stories
7 PM
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
8/1 THURSDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS
10 AM–12 PM · The JAI
PRELUDE · 6 PM · The JAI
Hosted by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim
TAKEOVER @ THE BAKER-BAUM:
Curated by Thomas Adès
7 PM
8 THURSDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS
10 AM–12 PM · The JAI
OPEN REHEARSAL ·1:30 PM
Beethoven’s Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 “Archduke”
JAZZ @ The JAI WITH BRANDEE YOUNGER TRIO
6 PM & 8:30 PM · The JAI
15 THURSDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS
10 AM–12 PM · The JAI
JAZZ @ The JAI WITH DAN TEPFER Natural Machines
6 PM & 8:30 PM The JAI
22 THURSDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS
10 AM–12 PM · The JAI
7/26 FRIDAY
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM
The JAI
Interview with Inon Barnatan hosted by Leah Rosenthal
SYNERGY: OPENING NIGHT: A Deal with the Devil 7:30 PM
2 FRIDAY
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM
The JAI
Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano
BAROQUE FANTASIA 7:30 PM
9 FRIDAY
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM
Performance by Cohda Quartet
GRATITUDE · 7:30 PM
27 SATURDAY
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM
Performance by Abeo Quartet DANSE MACABRE 7:30 PM
16 FRIDAY
ENCOUNTER · 2 PM The JAI California Dreaming with Ara Guzelimian
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM
The JAI • Interview hosted by Molly Puryear
SYNERGY: COUNTERPOINT II · 7:30 PM
23 FRIDAY
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM
Performance by Abeo Quartet
THE ROAD TO VICTORY 7:30 PM
3 SATURDAY
OPEN REHEARSAL 2:30 PM
Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite for Two Pianos
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM
The JAI
Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano
RESILIENCE · 7:30 PM
10 SATURDAY
SPECIAL EVENT: INVITED REHEARSAL
2:30 PM
Rehearsal for Community Chorus with VOCES8
17 SATURDAY
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM The JAI
Lecture by Ara Guzelimian
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ 7:30 PM
24 SATURDAY
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM
Performance by Cohda Quartet
SUMMERFEST FINALE: A Song and Dance 7:30 PM SummerFest Gala 6 PM
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All events are in The Baker-Baum Concert Hall unless otherwise noted.
All dates, times, programs, artists, and venues are subject to change.
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