Shostakovich and Weinberg: A Story of Loss and Healing Power

Thayer Hall

Adam Millstein, Violin
Clive Greensmith, Cello
Dominic Cheli, Piano

This event has reached capacity. Walk-up patrons without tickets will be asked to wait in the standby line and allowed into the hall 10 minutes before the show if space is available. Additionally, you can view the concert livestream for free on our website. 

If our Recovered Voices programming speaks to you and you would like to support its activities at the School, we invite you to join us for a special fundraiser in a private Westside home on February 5. This exclusive salon event will feature a performance by the exceptional students, alumni, and faculty of the Colburn School, followed by a reception and conversation with the artists, including Maestro James Conlon, Artistic Director of the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices and Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera, and like-minded philanthropists across Southern California. Click here to learn more about this event.

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Using the music of Dimitri Shostakovich and Mieczysław Weinberg, this concert paints a picture of the composers’ friendship and life at the end of World War II.

The two trios on this program share many common motives and themes, and they represent the beginning of what would be a lifelong friendship. Despite the music demonstrating intense strife, both works share a common conclusion: a feeling of hope and belief that the inherent good in humanity can overcome evil.

This performance is presented as part of the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices, a unique Colburn resource that encourages greater awareness and more frequent performances of music by composers whose careers and lives were disrupted or ended during the years of the Nazi regime in Europe. Led by Artistic Director James Conlon, the Recovered Voices initiative brings this important repertory back to life for generations to come through performances, classes, competitions, symposia, recordings, and more.

Special appreciation goes to the extraordinary generosity from the Amron-Sutherland Fund which provides financial support for recently graduated Conservatory of Music pianists on the cusp of professional careers.

Patrons are encouraged to be fully vaccinated or obtain a negative COVID-19 test, but it is not required. See the full list of safety protocols for more information.