This Week at SummerFest
SummerFest 2022: Wednesday, July 27 – Tuesday, August 2
at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
View this season’s featured artists
Learn more about SummerFest 2022
All events are in The Baker-Baum Concert Hall unless otherwise noted.
Open Rehearsal I
Wednesday, July 29, 2022 • 2:30 PM
In The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, observe the intricate rehearsal process that goes into every SummerFest performance and engage in conversation with the artists during post-rehearsal Q&As.
Open rehearsals are free and open to the public, no registration is required.
Joyce Yang and Inon Barnatan rehearse Mozart’s Fantasy in F Minor for Two Pianos, K.608 (arr. Busoni)
Join us in person or online, here.
Opening Night:
Side by Side
Friday, July 29, 2022 • 7:30 PM
Prelude Interview with Inon Barnatan hosted by Leah Rosenthal • 6:30 PM • The JAI
Our opening concert 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 time. A series of Romantic-era variations culminates in two stunning quartets, Bacewicz’ Quartet for Four Violins and Czerny’sQuartet 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.
Point Counterpoint
Saturday, July 30, 2022 • 7:30 PM
Prelude Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano • 6:30 PM • The JAI
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.
Beyond Bach
Sunday, July 31, 2022 • 3 PM
Prelude Lecture by Michael Gerdes • 2 PM • The JAI
The Baroque period contains riches that inspired composers above any other. We begin with J.S Bach’s immortal Concerto for Two Violins, and continue to explore some of the most captivating pieces of his era and beyond, with C.P.E. Bach’s (his son) Cello Concerto, Biber’s brilliant and irreverent Battalia, a commentary on the Thirty Year War that engulfed Europe at the time, and Grosso Mogul, Vivaldi’s fiery and dazzling concerto.
Coaching Workshops
Monday, August 1, 2022 • 10 AM • The JAI
Masumi Per Rostad coaches Pelia Quartet on Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 “Harp”
Monday, August 1, 2022 • 11 AM • The JAI
Inon Barnatan coaches Aestas Trio on Tailleferre’s Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello
Encounter: Under the Influence(r)
Monday, August 1, 2022 • 2 PM • The JAI
SummerFest artists join industry expert Scott Mello (Opus 3 Artists) to explore how social media has impacted classical music and changed the landscape for artists today. They’ll also examine how the pandemic has reshaped the demand for online content and consider what is expected of artists and the industry going forward. Panel discussion hosted by Education & Community Programming Director Allison Boles.
Coaching Workshops
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 • 10 AM • The JAI
Francisco Fullana coaches Pelia Quartet on Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 “Harp”
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 • 11 AM • The JAI
Efe Baltacigil coaches Aestas Trio on Tailleferre’s Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello
Artist Lounge: Joyce Yang
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 • 1 PM • The Atkinson Room
Known for her “poetic and sensitive pianism” (Washington Post) and a “wondrous sense of color” (San Francisco Classical Voice), GRAMMY-nominated pianist Joyce Yang has captivated audiences with her virtuosity, lyricism, and interpretive sensitivity through more than 1,000 debuts and re-engagements. Born in 1986 in Seoul, South Korea, Yang received her first piano lesson from her aunt at the age of four. Discover who influenced her and what inspired her to become one of the most captivating pianists today.
Open Rehearsal II
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 • 2:30 PM
In The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, observe the intricate rehearsal process that goes into every SummerFest performance and engage in conversation with the artists during post-rehearsal Q&As.
Open rehearsals are free and open to the public, no registration is required.
Imogen Cooper, Liza Ferschtman, and Efe Baltacigil rehearse Beethoven’s Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 “Ghost”
Join us in person or online, here.