2025 Farfy Foundation Fellowship Artists
DECADES OF HISTORY
For more than 35 years, students from the country’s leading music programs have participated in one of SummerFest’s longest traditions—the Fellowship Artist program.
Thanks to generous support from the Farfy Foundation, this program continues to thrive. Farfy Foundation Fellowship Artists are selected by a panel of seasoned professional musicians and represent some of the most exciting talent emerging in classical music.
Many of the program’s alumni have gone on to major orchestras and prestigious internation competitions and awards and often return to the SummerFest roster in subsequent years, to the delight of audiences.
We are proud to welcome eight talented emerging musicians as our SummerFest 2025 Farfy Foundation Fellowship Artists.
The Hesper Quartet and Larinae Ensemble 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.
Musical Preludes
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1
NORTHERN LIGHTS
Hesper Quartet performs Mozart’s String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K.465 “Dissonance”
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2
PRODIGIES
Larinae Ensemble performs Smetana’s Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8
STRUNG TOGETHER
Hesper Quartet performs selections by Britten and Beethoven
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15
LOVE SONGS
Larinae Ensemble performs Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22
PROFOUND REFLECTIONS
Hesper Quartet performs Ravel’s Allegro moderato. Très doux from String Quartet in F Major and Jörg Widmann’s String Quartet No. 8 (Beethoven-Study III)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23
SUMMERFEST FINALE: Starburst
Larinae Ensemble performs Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello and Caroline Shaw’s Thousandth Orange
Other Events
In addition to Musical Preludes, the Hesper Quartet and Larinae Ensemble will participate in Coaching Workshops and Encounters—two FREE Learning and Engagement series at SummerFest.