Ilya is an award-winning Russian pianist. Returning by popular demand, he is joining us for the third time to perform for our 75th Anniversary concert. He promises to play something from the association’s first concert.
Based in NYC, Eleanor & Dario have an uncanny ability to connect audiences, experiences and cultures together through their diverse repertoire and interactive, bilingual outreach programs. Featuring Jazz, Latin, French and original works, the dynamic husband/wife duo has performed on respected stages across 5 continents. Encompassing a multitude of cultures, eras and genres, Eleanor & Dario perform a wide variety of selections including “Sabor A Mi,” “Girl From Ipanema,” “Feeling Good,” and more!
Sinta Quartet is on a mission to bring the versatility, homogeneity, and excitement of the saxophone to audiences everywhere. Strengthening an already palpable connection with its audience by performing entirely from memory, the quartet provides a fresh take on chamber music that is at once beautiful, virtuosic, and a completely interactive experience.
Sonic Escape features Maria Kaneko Millar (violin) and Shawn Wyckoff (flute), a pair of Juilliard graduates whose hyper-instrumentals, stories, moves and original works have landed them on hundreds of stages across 45 North American states & provinces.
Combining classical and world music, Jaca brings an adventurous, passionate and completely original musical style to the stage. Led by Wesley Ferreira and Jaxon Williams, the duo is comprised of clarinet and guitar, and the music reflects the versatility of the instruments using Western classical training as a base mirroring their cultural heritage. Their program includes works by Mozart, Celtic music, Duke Ellington, and more.
This prize-winning Danish-Latvian ensemble brings truly unique and innovative chamber music experience to audiences. CARION fascinates with it carefully choreographed and dramatized performances of classical and modern works, making music on stage visible, thus adding a new dimension to traditional concert events.
Mary Elizabeth Bowden with Chrysalis Chamber Players is an all-female quintet that pulls its members from two different world-class programs. Featuring a string quartet and an award-winning trumpeter, their repertoire includes outstanding new arrangements and compositions highlighting virtuosic works by Bach, Debussy, Mozart, Haydn, and more.
A staple in the budding Los Angeles jazz & swing scene, the Jason Fabus Trio features highly sought-after saxophone player and songwriter/arranger, Jason Fabus, on saxophone, vocals and piano, joined by guitar and upright bass. The group’s repertoire focuses on tight and swinging arrangements of songs from the Golden Era of American music, spanning from the 1920s to the 1950s.