California Dreamin' - A Celebration of New Music Tickets

Part of the inaugural California Festival, a treasure trove of music celebrating the Golden State’s legacy of experimentation and free-spirited artistry, this concert features a new composition by Gabriella Smith, whose work is described as “high-voltage and wildly imaginative,” along with other pieces inspired by the diversity and richness of our state. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth, the concert also features Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 4, performed by Van Cliburn Piano Competition Gold Medalist Vadym Kholodenko. PROGRAM: Adam Schoenberg: Canto Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 -Intermission- Gabriella Smith: Bioluminescence Chaconne Debussy: La Mer Preview Talk at 7 p.m. with Alan Chapman