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The complex textures and rich harmonies characteristic of Richard Wagner’s compositions had a magnetic force on the composers featured on this afternoon’s program. From Strauss’ lusciously scored and radiantly colorful Sextet from his opera "Capriccio" and a string version of Berg’s intense "Piano Sonata" to arrangements and works in honor of Wagner by his own father-in-law, Franz Liszt, this program is a testament to the dominant force of this Romantic master. The program ends with the rarely heard, lushly exuberant "Sextet" by Hungarian composer Ernst Von Dohnányi for strings, clarinet, and horn.This event is part of La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest 2022, with a prelude performance by the Pelia Quartet at 2 p.m.Date | Sunday, August 14 at 3 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts CenterGet tickets here!Ticket prices ranging from $48 to $98.For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/the-wagner-effect or call (858) 459-3728.

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The opening concert for La Jolla Music Society SummerFest 2022 brings together compositions written in collaboration with multiple composers or played by multiple performers on the same instruments all performed by some of the most brilliant chamber musicians of our era. A series of Romantic-era variations culminates in two stunning quartets, Bacewicz’ Quartet for Four Violins and Czerny’s Quartet for Four Pianos, with four of the finest pianists in the world—Garrick Ohlsson, Inon Barnatan, Joyce Yang, and Wynona Yinuo Wang—on stage at once.With prelude interview with Inon Barnatan hosted by Leah Rosenthal at 6:30 p.m. at the The JAI.Date | Friday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts CenterGet tickets here!Ticket prices ranging from $53 to $113. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/opening-night-side-by-side or call LJMS at (858) 459-3728.

This special event transforms The Conrad for the spellbinding, once-in-a-generation vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, a multi-GRAMMY-winner and MacArthur Fellow. Salvant has a captivating passion for storytelling and weaves together jazz, blues, Baroque, and folk traditions from the world over. This evening’s concert will feature works from her new album, "Ghost Song," her “most revealing and rewarding album yet” (The New York Times). You’ll leave the concert entranced, but don’t float away too soon. Stick around after the show for the best of San Diego’s culinary scene, craft cocktails, and more live music.This show is part of La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest 2022, with a prelude interview with Cécile McLorin Salvant hosted at 6 p.m.Date | Wednesday, August 17 at 7 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. Get tickets here!Ticket prices ranging from $48 to $98. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/cecile-mclorin-salvant or call (858) 459-3728.

Interdependent yet independent, these selections explore the musical concept of counterpoint—the relationship between two or more musical lines or voices, used by composers spanning the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century. The evening includes the world première of a multimedia version of Steve Reich’s New York Counterpoint, commissioned by La Jolla Music Society for SummerFest, the Synergy Initiative, and Lincoln Center, which will feature clarinetists from all of the Lincoln Center performing ensembles.Date | Saturday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts CenterGet tickets here!Ticket prices ranging from $48 to $98. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/point-counterpoint or call (858) 459-3728.

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The exciting young members of the Arod Quartet, based in Paris, first came to international attention when they won first prize at the 2015 Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition and the 2016 ARD International Music Competition. They arrive to San Diego this Spring! The program includes Mozart’s famous “Dissonance” String Quartet no. 19 in C Major; Bartok’s String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, acknowledged as his first masterpiece; and Ravel’s only string quartet, a staple of the chamber music repertoire.Date | Sunday, March 20 at 3 p.m.Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts CenterGet tickets here!Tickets starting at $51.For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/arod-quartet or call (858) 459-3728.

Heralded by The New York Times as “the hottest artist on the classical music planet,” Lang Lang plays sold-out concerts all over the world with all the world’s top orchestras. The Chinese virtuoso pianist who won international acclaim while a teenager, whose expressiveness and charisma made him one of the most sought-after performers in the early 21st century, comes to San Diego to perform the Goldberg Variations, a milestone he just recorded and released in 2020 to great acclaim. His current tour also takes him to the Berlin Philharmonie, Milan’s La Scala, and London’s Barbican, among other storied halls.Date | Friday, March 18 at 8 p.m. Location | Balboa TheatreGet tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $55 to $124.For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/lang-lang or call (858) 459-3728.

Experience the talent of one of the most exciting young Hungarian artists to be making his mark on the international scene!Winner of the 2017 Concours Musical International de Montréal, Zoltán Fejérvári has appeared in recitals at prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, the Lingotto in Turin, Palau de Música in Valencia, Biblioteca Nacional de Buenos Aires, and Liszt Academy in Budapest. This season he comes to The Conrad in between recitals with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and his debuts with the Czech Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and Wigmore Hall. The program for the evening includes Chopin’s 24 Preludes, beloved as some of the composer’s most characteristic works, quintessential of Chopin’s style but also deeply tied with upheavals in the composer’s personal life at the time.Date | Sunday, January 16 at 3 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts CenterGet tickets here!General admission is $56. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/zoltan-fejervari or call (858) 459-3728.