String Quartet No. 9, “King Lear”
V. Movement V (Excerpt)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Dance of the Knights
from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Wet Hands
from Minecraft
C418 / Daniel Rosenfeld (b. 1989)
Theme from Spider-Man
Bob Harris (1925–2001) & Paul Francis Webster (1907–1984)
In the Hall of the Mountain King
from Peer Gynt, Op. 23
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Let It Go
from Frozen
Kristen Anderson-Lopez (b. 1972) & Robert Lopez (b. 1975)
Danse macabre
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
The Rosin Eating Zombies from Outer Space
Richard Meyer
Beetlejuice
Main title
Danny Elfman (b. 1953)
Special Surprise Encore
Bios
Ji Young An
Born in Seoul, South Korea, violinist Ji Young An studied violin performance at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris with Olivier Charlier and Joanna Matkowska, awarded Premier Prix in 2007. An furthered her studies in violin performance at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music with Guillaume Sutre, graduating with her Master’s and Doctoral degrees. She has also studied closely with renowned violinists such as Maryvonne Le Dizes, Régis Pasquier, Movses Pogossian and Alexander Treger.
Since 2013, she has been the Associate Concertmaster with the San Bernardino Symphony, and in 2014 joined the Santa Barbara Symphony. She has been serving as Principal Second Violin with Opera Santa Barbara since 2015. An is also an active recording musician, performing in major movie and video game music sessions.
Passionate about teaching, An served as Visiting Lecturer in Violin at UCLA during the 2014 Winter Quarter, filling in for Prof. Movses Pogossian during his sabbatical. She has also been in demand as a chamber music coach at the Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences Elizabeth Mandell Music Institute (EMMI) since 2015. When not performing or teaching in school, An maintains a full private studio from home.
Blagomira Lipari
Blagomira Lipari is a versatile solo, chamber, and orchestral musician. Most recently, she was awarded the “Ivan Vazov” Bulgarian national medal for her significant contribution to Bulgarian art and culture around the world and Exceptional Prix from the International Chamber Music Competition in Neerpelt, Belgium. Mrs. Lipari has been a soloist with the National Academy of Music Orchestra in Bulgaria, Shumen Philharmonic, Orfei Chamber Orchestra, and New Millennium Orchestra in Chicago. Mrs. Lipari’s performances have been featured on Bulgarian, Spanish and US National Television, WCNY-FM 91.3 Syracuse, NY, and WFMT in Chicago.
As a chamber musician, Mrs. Lipari serves on the executive board of National Music & Global Culture Society in New York City. She has also served as co-chair and violinist of Bulgarian Concert Evenings of New York, and has been a member of Access Contemporary Music Ensemble, CUBE ensemble, and the Society for New Music. Lipari has given many world premieres at prestigious venues such as the Getty Museum, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Center Chicago, Stanford University, University of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, Pritzker Pavilion, Harris Theater, and Paris Conservatory. She has collaborated with members of Chicago Symphony, Metropolitan Opera, International Chamber Players, and International Contemporary Ensemble. A devoted and passionate teacher, Blagomira Lipari is on the faculties of Hollywood Academy of Music and Arts, Arabesque Conservatory, and Vibe Performing Arts in Los Angeles. Blagomira Lipari has been a violin professor and music ensemble director at Sherwood-Columbia College in Chicago, and Hobart William Smith Colleges, NY. Mrs. Lipari holds a Doctoral degree in violin performance with a minor in orchestral conducting.
Ariana Solotoff
Ariana Solotoff, originally from New York, lives and works in Los Angeles as a performer, recording artist and teacher of viola and violin. Ms. Solotoff earned her Bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School under the mentorship of Michael Tree and Masao Kawasaki, and her Masters from the Haute École de Musique de Genève in Switzerland where she studied with Miguel Da Silva. While in Geneva, she was a recipient of the prestigious Hans Wilsdorf Foundation Scholarship Award. Ariana has performed with many chamber and symphonic orchestras across the US and Europe including Los Angeles Philharmonic, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Venia, Hulencourt Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Regală and Orchestra Națională Radio România. She is also an active chamber musician, frequenting chamber music festivals and series in SoCal and beyond.
She has made appearances on the Grammy Awards with Kelly Clarkson, Video Game Music Awards with Twenty- One Pilots, Global Demand Awards with Shelea & Disney Channel’s Suite Life with Zack and Cody, and recorded back tracks for Beyoncé. She recently joined the rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs for their Hidden in Pieces tour. Currently, she tours with her string quartet “Knights Of Tears” throughout the US, bringing beloved music from anime and video games.
As an educator, Ariana teaches violin, viola and piano, and is a mentor at the Windward School in Santa Monica. She is also on faculty at Montecito International Music Festival, Idyllwild Arts Summer Music Program and Cremona International Music Academy in Italy. She also runs the strings division of the Los Angeles branch of the Orbifold International Music Competition which spotlights up and coming young artists.
Javier Iglesias Martin
Spanish cellist Javier Iglesias-Martin combines a performing career in Europe and America with his passion for education. Born in Madrid, Javier moved to the United States in 2010 to pursue his musical studies at prestigious institutions such as the Peabody Conservatory, the New England Conservatory, and a doctorate at the University of Southern California. His main teachers include world-renowned cellists Amit Peled, Paul Katz and Ralph Kirshbaum.
Javier is a laureate of prestigious competitions including the first prize in the American String Teachers Association National Solo Competition, the Brookline Concerto Competition, the Baltimore Music Club Competition, the Nathaniel Rosen Strings Prize, the “Villa de Llanes” International Competition in Spain, and the Juventudes Musicales scholarship personally granted by the Queen of Spain herself. He has also participated in festivals such as Ravinia Steans Institute, Yellow Barn, Perlman Music Program, the Heifetz Institute, “Pablo Casals” Festival in Prades, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, the New York String Orchestra Seminar, and was accepted as a fellow for the Piatigorsky Cello Festival.
Based in Los Angeles, Javier is an active chamber musician and a regular member of Delirium Musicum. As an educator, Javier is regularly invited to work with students at schools in SMMUSD, Crossroads, Malibu High School, YOLA, and the California Orchestra Teachers Association. He is currently the Adjunct Professor of Cello at Pepperdine University and the Artistic Director at SOL-LA Music Academy in Santa Monica.