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CLASSICAL CROSSROADS, INC. 2014-2015 Concert Series Talented artists and ensembles are selected at the Beverly Hills National Auditions and presented monthly in the South Bay on The Interludes concert series. The concerts also are presented on the preceding Friday evenings on the Music By The Sea recital series in the Encinitas Public Library. From January through June, the concerts are presented the following Sundays on Beverly Hills' Music In The Mansion recital series in Beverly Hills' historic Greystone Mansion. Find information about the next Beverly Hills National Auditions by clicking here. Saturday afternoons at 3:00 p.m. For information, call Classical Crossroads at (310) 316-5574 or click here. Free admission - Donations Appreciated Click to see Beverly Hills National Auditions Winners from past seasons: |
Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 3:30 p.m. Violinist
Born in Paris to a French mother and Hungarian father, Étienne Gara started playing the violin at the age of five and joined the Mozarteum University of Salzburg at age sixteen. His musical journey led him to the Musikhochschule of Cologne, Indiana University, and the New England Conservatory, where he earned his Master of Music degree under renowned pedagogue and violinist Donald Weilerstein. He recently joined the elite studio of celebrated violinist Midori at the University of Southern California Thornton School. |
Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 3:30 p.m. Two Beverly Hills Auditions Winners in One Concert THE UPSIDE
"In all of my years of performing and observing concerts, I have rarly seen such a brilliant and innovative chamber group as The Upside. They are the real deal, blending music of all genres with taste and virtuosity." ~ Jim Walker, former principal flute of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and founder of the jazz quartet Free Flight
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Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 3:30 p.m. Graduate Students at the Colburn Conservatory and the USC Thornton School ARGUS QUARTET
The newly formed Argus Quartet is dedicated to challenging the musical status quo through innovative concert presentations and adventurous repertoire. The Argus Quartet's interests extend beyond the highest level of music making - education, engagement, and bridging barriers between audience and artists are at the core of the quartet's mission. Listen |
Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. Two Stellar Singers Share a Recital Italian Soprano
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Mezzo Soprano
Much in demand, Ms. Mushegain's engagements in the previous seasons included roles with Pittsburgh Opera, Lyrique-En-Mer in Belle-Ile, France, Seattle Opera, Virginia Opera, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Annapolis Opera, New York City Opera, Festival Mozaic in San Luis Obispo, Austin Lyric Opera, New York City Opera, Ash Lawn Opera in Charlottesville, Virginia, Opera Memphis, Glimmerglass Opera in New York, Florida Grand Opera, and Los Angeles Opera, making her debut as the Novice in Puccini's Suor Angelica, under the baton of Maestro James Conlon. Ms. Mushegain received her Bachelor's Degree from Northwestern University, and pursued her Masters at University of California, Los Angeles. Listen
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Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. New York City-based Pianist His May 2011 recital was the New York Times' Choice of the Week and reviewed as "One of the coolest events in NYC to go to."
Currently, Dr. Arsenyan teaches at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa and a Master's degree from the Gnessin Music Academy in Moscow. In 2007 he received the full-tuition Yevgeny Kissin Award for the Professional-Studies Performance Program at Manhattan School of Music in New York. Mr. Arsenyan also studied piano in Paris at École Normale Supérieure de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot and the Conservatoire National de Region D'Aubervillier La-Courneuve. |
Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. MÜHLFELD TRIO
The Los Angeles-based Mühlfeld Trio is quickly establishing itself on the forefront of
new chamber music ensembles. The Trio takes its name in honor of clarinetist Richard
Mühlfeld (1856-1907), whose playing so inspired Johannes Brahms near the end of his
life that he came out of retirement and composed several works for him, including the
famous trio for clarinet, cello, and piano. Equally dedicated to commissioning new works
as performing the masterworks from the past, Mühlfeld Trio's 2014-2015 season will
include premieres by noted composers Magnus Lindberg, Matthias Müller, Chris
Rogerson, and Daniel Silliman, among others. |
Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. Quartet at the Colburn School ALMA QUARTET
The Alma Quartet was formed at the Colburn School in the spring of 2013, where it has given numerous performances including the Brahms G Major Sextet with noted past Tokyo Quartet members and current Colburn Conservatory faculty Martin Beaver, viola and Clive Greensmith, cello as part of the Colburn Chamber Music Series. The Alma Quartet has worked intensively at the Colburn School with the famed Quatuor Ebène and in summer 2014 at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival with members of the Tokyo, Emerson, Brentano, and Artis Quartets. The Alma's principal teacher at the Colburn Conservatory, in addition to Clive Greensmith and Martin Beaver, is renowned first violin Arnold Steinhardt of the now legendary Guarneri Quartet. |
Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. "οΏ½Virtuoso experience" Cellist First-Prize Winner at the 2013 Schmidbauer International Young Artist Competition in Texas
Hans has performed worldwide in leading concert halls including Weill at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, and Steinway Hall in Manhattan NY, the Chicago Cultural Center, Shriver Concert Hall in Baltimore, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway. Winner of numerous international competitions, he received First Prizes at the Schmidbauer International String Competition (2013), Alexander and Buono International String Competition (NY 2009), National Young Artist Competition in Midland-Odessa (2009), and the Lennox Young Artist International Competition (2008). In 2014, he was among ten winners in the Beverly Hills Auditions receiving a series of recital engagements in California and was named an iPalpiti Artist. As a soloist with orchestras in the U.S. and Europe, he has appeared with the Trondheim Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic, Aspen Philharmonic, Peabody Symphony, and Richardson Symphony, among others. As an orchestral musician, Hans has completed his internship at the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, and has been the principal cellist of the festival orchestras such as Aspen and Sarasota, and of the orchestras at Peabody and USC. Mr. Goldstein's teachers include Hans Jensen (Chicago), Amit Peled (Baltimore), Torleif Thedeén (Stockholm) and Ralph Kirshbaum (Los Angeles). |
Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. THE WHYMAN PROJECT Ryan Whyman piano/accordion/composer, The Whyman Project is a unique collaboration of four string players and a rhythm section. Each accomplished in their own right, these musicians are based in Los Angeles and came together to play original music and arrangements by Ryan Whyman. Crossing genres between classical, jazz, pop, rock, and film music, Ryan brings his own unique twist to everything, redefining and expanding the piano quintet and jazz genres. In May of 2014, The Whyman Project was chosen as one of the winners of the prestigious Beverly Hills Auditions. |
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