Camerata Pacifica 25/26 Season

Camerata Pacifica is “the best chamber music reason to get out of the house in these parts,” says the Los Angeles Times. Drawing the finest chamber artists from around the world, Camerata Pacifica explores the breadth of the chamber music genre in live, dynamic performances presented for a live, dynamic 21st century audience.

Join us for our 36th season, beginning September 2025, with six inspiring programs. Alongside returning favorites and exciting new artists from around the globe, we proudly launch our Beethoven 32 series — an extraordinary journey through all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. Explore the season and subscribe today.

September 28

Arensky – String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 35
Vasks – Castillo Interior for Violin & Cello
Brahms – String Sextet in G Major, Op. 36

Paul Huang, Alena Hove, Che-Yen Chen, Meredith Crawford, Ani Aznavoorian, Santiago Cañon-Valencia

November 2

Beethoven – Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier“
Sponsored by Betsey Tyler
Mozart – Serenade in E-flat Major for Wind Octet, K.375
Chopin – Nocturne No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 37, No. 1

Gilles Vonsattel, Nicholas Daniel, Claire Brazeau, Jose Franch-Ballester, Pascal Archer, Eleni Katz, William Wood, David Byrd-Marrow, Melia Badalian

November 23

Rachmaninoff – Sonata for Cello & Piano in G Minor, Op. 19
Sigfúsdóttir – Aequora
Babadjanian – Piano Trio in F-sharp Minor

Alena Hove, Ani Aznavoorian, Irina Zahharenkova

January 11

Beethoven – Sonata in E Minor, Op. 90
Sponsored by Miguel & Paula Levy
Schubert – Sonata in A Minor, D. 821, “Arpeggione”
Beethoven – Sonata in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1
Sponsored by Kimberley Valentine
Schumann – Märchenbilder, Op. 113

Che-Yen Chen, Gilles Vonsattel

March 1

Dring – Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Bruce – New Work for Wind Quintet World Premiere
Commissioned for Camerata Pacifica by Sandra Svoboda
Chaminade – Thème varié, Op. 89
Dvořák/arr. Jolley – Sextet after the Quintet in A Major, Op. 81

Sébastian Jacot, Nicholas Daniel, Jose Franch-Ballester, Eleni Katz, Ben Goldscheider, Irina Zahharenkova

May 17

Beethoven – Sonata in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2
Sponsored by George T. & Susan Northrop
De Mey – Musique de Table
Bunch – Transcontinental for Violin and Percussion Quartet
Shostakovich/Derevyanko – Symphony No. 15 for piano trio and percussion

Paul Huang, Ani Aznavoorian, Gilles Vonsattel, Ji Hye Jung, Ayano Kataoka, Svet Stoyanov, Jason Treuting