Orchestral Treasures
Friday, May 20 | 08:00 PM
Emerging young soloists gracing J.S. Bach’s Fifth Brandenburg Concerto, a musical favorite by Ottorino Respighi, and the West Coast premiere of French composer Charles Koechlin’s tone poem Sur les flots lointains, crown one of our most exciting seasons ever!
Program
Charles Koechlin – Sur les flots lointains, Op.130
(version for string orchestra)
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D Major, BWV 1050
Nikka Gershman-Pepper, flute
Michael Liu, harpsichord
Chloe Yoon, violin
Ottorino Respighi – Ancient Airs And Dances, Suite 3, P.172
Concert without intermission
Artists
Nikka Gershman-Pepper
Described as “without question one of the finest and most dedicated young flute soloists” by Mike Green, the President of the Grammy Foundation, Nikka Gershman-Pepper is a 14-year-old flutist and composer. She is honored to be the youngest ever Haynes Young Artist. Nikka is currently attending the Pre-Conservatory Program at the Colburn Music Academy under the mentorship of the legendary Jim Walker.
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Michael Liu
Michael Liu began playing piano at the age of four and has since been fostering an everlasting passion for music and a belief in it as a unique form of communication.
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Chloe Yoon
Chloe is a thirteen-year-old Korean-American living in Los Angeles, California, attending Walter Reed Middle School, and currently studying under Mr. Chan Ho Yun at the Colburn School of Music.
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Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz
The Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra’s current home venue, where it has been the orchestra-in-residence since 2014, the Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz opened in June 2000. It is a tribute to the passion and ambition of Raymond Kabbaz, President and Founder of Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, who dedicated the last three years of his life to the creation of the Theatre.
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