UPCOMING EVENTS
June 2026
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival
June 17-27, 2026
Experience the largest gathering of concertmasters and principal players in North America.
Festival Sponsors
Joann Clark | Sue & Steve Hart | Susan & Ronald Heller | Irwin Jacobs | Patricia & Chris Weil
OPENING NIGHT: Beethoven, Mozart & Prokofiev
Wednesday, June 17 @ 7:00PM
The Conrad
Soloist: Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Mozart:Idomeneo: Ballet Music, K. 367
Prokofiev:Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 (“Classical”)
Beethoven:Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Pre-concert performance and conversation by pianist Anton Nel and members of the All-Star Orchestra at 6:00PM in the JAI included with your subscription.
CONCERT SPONSOR
Helen Hodges
Opening Night Concert is dedicated to the memory of Reinette Levine
Beethoven's Eroica, Mozart & Copland
Saturday, June 20 @ 7:00PM
The Conrad
Soloist: John Russell, tenor
Copland:Appalachian Spring (Complete ballet, 13 instruments)
Mozart:Bardengesang auf Gibraltar: O Calpe! Dir donnert’s am Fuße, K. Anh. 25 / 386d
Beethoven:Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (“Eroica”)
Pre-concert performance and conversation by pianist Anton Nel and members of the All-Star Orchestra at 6:00PM in the JAI included with your subscription.
CONCERT SPONSOR
Linda & Richard Claytor | Kate Leonard & Richard Forsyth
Rodrigo's Aranjuez & Mendelssohn’s Italian
Sunday, June 21 @ 3:00PM
The Conrad
Soloist: Mak Grgic, guitar
Márquez: Danzón No. 4
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Mozart: Contradance, K. 535 (“La bataille”)
Mozart: Contradances, K. 609
Mozart: Turkish March from Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 (“Italian”)
Pre-concert performance and conversation by pianist Anton Nel and members of the All-Star Orchestra at 2:00PM in the JAI included with your subscription.
CONCERT SPONSORS
Susan and Joel Buxbaum
Mozart’s Jenamy, Lully & Strauss
Tuesday, June 23 @ 7:00 PM
The Conrad
Soloist: Anton Nel, piano
Lully:Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43
Mozart:Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271 (“Jenamy”)
Strauss:Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60 (Suite)
Pre-concert performance and conversation by pianist Anton Nel and members of the All-Star Orchestra at 6:00PM in the JAI included with your subscription.
CONCERT SPONSORS
Stephanie Bergsma & Dwight Hare
Mozart’s Jupiter & James Ehnes Plays Schumann
Thursday, June 25 @ 7:00 PM
The Conrad
Soloist: James Ehnes, violin
Pärt:Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Schumann:Violin Concerto in D minor
Mozart:Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 (“Jupiter”)
Pre-concert performance and conversation by pianist Anton Nel and members of the All-Star Orchestra at 6:00PM in the JAI included with your subscription.
CONCERT SPONSORS
Raffaella & John Belanich
CLOSING NIGHT: Beethoven's Fifth
Saturday, June 27 @ 7:00 PM
UCSD Epstein Amphitheater
Soloists: James Ehnes, violin | Robert DeMaine, cello
Mozart: Fantasia Fugato (arr. for orchestra after Fantasia, K. 608 by Ignaz von Seyfried)
Brahms:Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 (“Double Concerto”)
Beethoven:Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
CONCERT SPONSORS
Brian Devine, in memory of Silvija Devine
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY SPONSORED BY
August
Mainly Mozart:
Club Amadeus
August 23, 2026 | Sunday @ 2PM
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Up close with world-renowned artists in intimate concert settings
November
Mainly Mozart:
Club Amadeus
November 15, 2026 | Sunday @ 2PM
Experience San Diego’s most exciting classical music community
Up close with world-renowned artists in intimate concert settings