La Jolla Music Society
SummerFest at 40!
Past, present, and future share the stage in one jubilant night.
Music Director Inon Barnatan joins festival favorite Jeremy Denk in a virtuosic opener, former Music Director Cho-Liang Lin returns for legendary composer John Williams’s Quartet La Jolla—written for SummerFest—and a world premiere commission looks ahead, before the piece that closed the very first SummerFest concert brings the celebration home.
REPERTOIRE
Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Quartet La Jolla (2011)
New Work (2026)
Souvenir de Florence
ARTISTS
STEVEN BANKS
saxophone
INON BARNATAN
piano
BENJAMIN BEILMAN
violin
JAY CAMPBELL
cello
JENNIFER JOHNSON CANO
mezzo-soprano
JEREMY DENK
piano
JEREMY KURTZ-HARRIS
bass
TENG LI
viola
CHO-LIANG LIN
violin
NINA LEE
cello
YURA LEE
violin
ROSE LOMBARDO
flute
PAUL NEUBAUER
viola
JULIE SMITH PHILLIPS
harp
SIMONE PORTER
violin
JONATHAN SWENSEN
cello
JOHN BRUCE YEH
clarinet
*Program, artists, and timing subject to change.
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PRE-SHOW PRELUDE • 6 PM
This concert has a pre-show prelude. All ticket holders can come early, grab a drink or snack from our concessions stand, and dive into the deeper meaning behind the music with our guest lecturer.
