Past Performances

Celebrated soprano Lisa Delan returns to the Theatre Raymond Kabbaz stage, performing one of her signature works. This is combined with an exciting finale by Jacques Castérède and W.A. Mozart’s Harp and Flute Concerto, featuring two rising musical stars in their Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra debuts.

Don’t miss this exclusive Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra mid-season performance at Los Angeles’ St. James Church, as part of its Great Music / Classical  Sundays at Six series. It will feature Tchaikovsky’s rarely heard Elegy, a musical gem by Mozart, and one of Frank Martin’s most enthralling works – all with our biggest lineup of young talent yet! This concert is free of charge and seating will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.

An orchestral concert led by guest conductor Constantine Orbelian, featuring operatic arias from ‘Il Tigrane’ by Vivaldi, Gluck, and Hasse, and songs by Katchaturian and Komitas performed by world-renowned soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian.

Ring in our exciting 8th season at the Theatre Raymond Kabbaz with two emerging violinists’ dazzling artistry gracing Johann Sebastian Bach’s evergreen Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, book ended by an orchestral favorite by Camille Saint-Saens and Josef Suk’s emotional Serenade in E-flat major.

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!

Maestro Carlo Ponti and LAV join Violins of Hope for a celebration of Jewish music and history through the artistry of young violinists, performing on storied violins played during the Holocaust. Celebrate the unifying power of music in this unique and emotional tribute!

Ring in the 2021-22 season with young pianist Lilian Guo in her orchestral debut, performing W.A. Mozart’s beloved Concert Rondo in D Major, and flute virtuoso Rachel Mellis’ artistry in Saint-Saens’ Odelette, framed by two dynamic Mozart symphonies!

Celebrate unforgettable orchestral masterworks by Pachelbel, Mozart and Debussy in an exciting mid-season live-streamed concert showcasing three young talented up-and-coming soloists, and music students of the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra’s current partner schools in their first appearances with a professional orchestra! {Video of the Concert}

Don’t miss a live-streamed season-opening performance of dazzling piano artistry at the Theatre Raymond Kabbaz featuring the Judges Award Winners of the Orange County Music & Dance School’s Rising Stars Piano Competition. {Video of the Concert}

Join Red Hen Press and The Broad Stage in an exclusive mid-season performance event! Carlo Ponti and Edoardo Ponti team up for an unforgettable afternoon of music and poetry, including readings by Edoardo Ponti from his poetry collection, Letters From a Young Father, which will reveal themes associated with one of the greatest journeys of all: fatherhood; illustrated by musical works performed by the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra under conductor Carlo Ponti.

The Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra joins forces with the talented young singers of the Fountain Valley High School Vocal Program in this exclusive fall performance crowned once again by Antonio Vivaldi’s exquisite Gloria!

Celebrate the beginning of the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra’s fifth concert season with an exciting performance at the West Performing Arts Center featuring Mozart’s genial Second Violin Concerto and Antonio Vivaldi’s timeless Gloria, with the combined vocal forces of the West High School Choirs!

Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in D minor, featuring the dazzling artistry of violin soloist YuEun Kim, concludes the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra’s fourth season in grand style at the Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, complemented by musical works from Erik Satie and Sir Edward Elgar.

Carlo Ponti and the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra are back at Bing Theater as part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Sundays Live series with inspired readings of Bela Bartok’s dazzling Divertimento for Strings and Mozart’s First Violin Concerto with acclaimed violinist Roberto Cani.

Our fourth season kicks off in grand style with LAV's concert debut at the Arcadia Performing Arts Center, featuring thrilling symphonic works by Samuel Barber, Gustav Holst, and the majesty of Mozart's great "Coronation" Mass, with the combined vocal forces of the Chanteurs and Arcadia Choral Society.

Program

Antonin Dvorak – Rondo for Cello and Orchestra in g minor, op.94

   Helen Z. Altenbach, cello

Joseph Canteloube – Chants D’Auvergne (First Series)

    Lisa Delan, soprano

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No.1 in C Major, op.21

Program

Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons, op.8, Nos.1 – 4

  Étienne Gara and YuEun Kim, violin soloists

Program

Camille Saint-Saens – Prelude to Le Deluge, op. 45

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525

Dmitri Shostakovich – Chamber Symphony in c minor, op.110a

Musical Program

Claude Debussy – Clair de Lune (orchestral version)

Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Violin and Strings in E, op.8, No.4, R.297, “L’Inverno”

Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Violin and Strings in G minor, op.8, No.2, R.315, “L’Estate”

Roberto Cani, violin

intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.4 in B flat Major, op.60

Musical Program

Giacomo Puccini – Crisantemi

Benjamin Britten – Simple Symphony, op.4

W.A. Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622

Juan Gallegos, clarinet

Musical Program

Gabriel Fauré – Nocturne from Shylock, op.57

Frank Martin – Petite Symphonie Concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano and double string orchestra

Amy Shulman, harp
John Rusnak, harpsichord
Jungwon Jin, piano

Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for strings in E Major, op.22 

Musical Program

Nino Rota – Ballet Suite from the film La Strada
Takis Morakis – ‘Tinafto’ (Ti Ine Afto Pou To Lene Agapi) from the film Boy on a Dolphin
        Alexia Vassiliou, singing
Armando Trovaioli – Suite from the film La Ciociara
Michel Legrand – "Windmills of Your Mind" from the film The Thomas Crown Affair
       Alexia Vassiliou, singing
Maurice Jarre – Suite from the film Doctor Zhivago
       Alexia Vassiliou, singing
Georges Bizet – Symphony No.1 in C Major

Musical Program

W.A. Mozart – Piano Concerto no.9 in E-flat, K.271, Jeunehomme
       Jungwon Jin, piano
Claude Debussy – Andantino from String Quartet in g minor, op.10 (orchestral version)
Giuseppe Verdi –String Quartet in e minor (orchestral version)

Musical Program

Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for four violins in b minor, op.3, no.10
Jules Massenet – Gavotte from Act 3 of Manon
Astor Piazzola – Invierno Porteno
Giuseppe Verdi – 'Caro nome...' from Act 1 of Rigoletto
                        Stacey Tappan, soprano
Astor Piazzola – Primavera Portena
Maurice Ravel – Pavane pour une Infante defunte
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade in C, op.48

Musical Program

Astor Piazzola, Invierno Porteno
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto no.10, op.30, RV 580
Astor Piazzola, Primavera Portena

Kevin Kumar, Maia Jasper, Yi-Huan Zhao and Jin-Shan Dai, soloists

Musical Program

Antonio Vivaldi, Selections from the Four Seasons
Vittorio Monti, Csardas
Ennio Morricone, Theme from Cinema Paradiso
Gioacchino Rossini, Overture to William Tell

Caroline Campbell, violin

Musical Program

Musical Program

Armando Trovaioli, Suite from La Ciociara
Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite, op.40
Daniel Brewbaker, Sinfonietta per Sofia
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Neapolitan Song, op.63