Welcome to La Jolla Music Society’s 54 th Winter Season

What an exceptional season this has been! We have presented more than 60 performances, from virtuosic recitalists and jazz legends to groundbreaking mariachi ensembles and iconic modern dance companies. The undeniable artistic excellence and diversity of our offerings this season has been and will continue to be a key component of our artistic mission each season. I cannot wait to share with you all our plans for the 2023–24 Season, which is also LJMS’ 55th anniversary. As we near the end of our Winter Season and look toward the summer, we hope that you will join us for the remaining performances through June. On April 28, we’re honored to present the U.S. première of Alice Sara Ott’s Echoes Of Life, a multimedia reimagining of the piano recital, illuminating Chopin’s 24 Preludes with help from masterpieces of the piano literature. Ott has added a full-length video installation designed by architect Hakan Demirel to further immerse us in her aural landscape.

Another exciting debut is the New Century Chamber Orchestra, led by violinist Daniel Hope, on May 12. If you love Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, you absolutely have to hear Max Richter’s charttopping Recomposed version, which reinvigorates the quartet and brings it into the 21st century.

Once the season concludes, our focus shifts to SummerFest. If you’ve never been, I implore you to experience Music Director Inon Barnatan’s glorious programming from July 28 to August 26. Our expanded four-week festival will explore the theme of “The Great Unknown” over 21 performances featuring iconic masterpieces like Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence, Mozart’s String Quintet, and the Dvořák String Quartet No. 12, the “American,” performed by the world’s most in-demand classical musicians including the venerable Takács Quartet, violin sensation Augustin Hadelich, legendary conductor Alan Gilbert and more. We’ll also add two Jazz @ The JAI evenings, featuring a night with Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould, and Louis Cato, bandleader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, with his band. We hope to attract new faces to our festival and create new ways to connect with our audiences.

I look forward to seeing each and every one of you in the coming weeks.

Leah Rosenthal Artistic Director

La Jolla Music Society / The Conrad

Our Mission: The mission of La Jolla Music Society is to enhance cultural life and engagement by presenting and producing a wide range of programming of the highest artistic quality, and to make The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center a vibrant and inclusive hub.

PRELUDE 6:30 PM

Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano

Support for this program generously provided by:

JWDA Architects

Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong