Salasitna’s Resident Flutist Benjamin Smolen sought out and befriended Walter Arlen, an Austrian-born, gay Jewish composer who fled the Nazis, ultimately spending most of his life and career in Southern California. Sadly, Ben never had the chance to perform Walter’s … Read More
Classical musicians don’t often fight over who will get to play second. This beloved work by Schubert is a notorious exception. Each part is so immaculately constructed that the second cello part is, in some ways, more satisfying. Cellist Michael … Read More
Classical musicians don’t often fight over who will get to play second. This beloved work by Schubert is a notorious exception. Each part is so immaculately constructed that the second cello part is, in some ways, more satisfying. Cellist Michael … Read More
On this mystical compline program, Salastina’s Composer Mentor Derrick Skye’s latest string quartet Deliverance is a portal to another time. Its musical DNA came from select works of other Baroque composers whose works share the program. Together, the program illustrates … Read More
Power, drama, tenderness, nostalgia, rusticity, patriotism… What is it about Dvořák that’s so compelling and familiar? What does it mean to be a “nationalist” composer? Brian explores all that and more as Salastina performs.
Power, drama, tenderness, nostalgia, rusticity, patriotism… What is it about Dvořák that’s so compelling and familiar? What does it mean to be a “nationalist” composer? Brian explores all that and more as Salastina performs.
If your soul could use a cathartic chakric cleanse, do not miss this hair-raising, spine-tingling, psyche-throttling musical rollercoaster. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 and String Quartet No. 8 are his best-known and most electrifyingly recognizable chamber works. More than … Read More
If your soul could use a cathartic chakric cleanse, do not miss this hair-raising, spine-tingling, psyche-throttling musical rollercoaster. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 and String Quartet No. 8 are his best-known and most electrifyingly recognizable chamber works. More than … Read More
Salastina joins the Sunday Morning Music / Santa Monica chamber music series with 19th-century German repertoire that's like a warm hug for your soul. On the program: works by Brahms, Schumann, and Wagner celebrating romantic love and domestic bliss. Brian Lauritzen of KUSC puts … Read More
Pianist Gloria Cheng is a muse to composers from John Williams to Esa-Pekka Salonen. In this afternoon of music and conversation, Gloria shares stories, insights, and spellbinding performances in equal measure. With half the program devoted to dialogue and the … Read More
Two masters of their instruments take on a trio of Russian-born visionaries—one who stayed (Prokofiev), one who left (Rachmaninoff), and one who redefined music abroad (Stravinsky). Salastina’s Resident Flutist Ben Smolen and Resident Pianist HyeJin Kim play Prokofiev's Flute Sonata … Read More
Two masters of their instruments take on a trio of Russian-born visionaries—one who stayed (Prokofiev), one who left (Rachmaninoff), and one who redefined music abroad (Stravinsky). Salastina’s Resident Flutist Ben Smolen and Resident Pianist HyeJin Kim play Prokofiev's Flute Sonata … Read More
