Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival
June 22 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The biggest event in classical music returns to San Diego June 20-29. The Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival, led by Maestro Michael Francis, is the largest gathering of concertmasters and principal players from the nation’s top orchestras, who come together in San Diego every summer to form one remarkable orchestra for a limited six-concert series. This year, the orchestra will return to two La Jolla venues where it first held performances in 2023: the UC San Diego Epstein Family Amphitheater and The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center.
Featuring musicians from top U.S. orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and more, Mainly Mozart’s All-Star Orchestra is the only orchestra of its kind in the country.
The 2024 Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival Program
Mozart Piano Concerto 21 & Beethoven 6
Thursday, June 20, 2024 | 7:30PM UCSD Amphitheatre (Outdoor)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6
Soloist: George Li, piano
Mozart Symphony 31
Saturday, June 22, 2024 | 7:30PM UCSD Amphitheatre (Outdoor)
MOZART: Symphony No. 31 SAINT-SAËNS: Danse Macabre GABRIEL FAURÉ: Fauré Requiem
Featuring: San Diego Master Chorale | Erica Petrocelli, soprano
Gran Partita Matinee
Sunday, June 23, 2024 | 3:00PM The Conrad, La Jolla (Indoor)
MOZART: Serenade No. 10 “Gran Partita” Tchaikovsky’s Serenade
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 7:30PM The Conrad, La Jolla (Indoor)
BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade, Op. 48
Mozart & Gulda
Thursday, June 27, 2024 | 7:30PM UCSD Amphitheatre (Outdoor)
MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D Major GULDA: Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra
Soloist: Robert DeMaine, cello
Closing Night
Saturday, June 29, 2024 | 7:30PM UCSD Amphitheatre (Outdoor) BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3
Soloist: Stefan Jackiw, violin
When: Thursday, June 20 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm | UC San Diego Epstein Family Amphitheater
Saturday, June 22 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm | UC San Diego Epstein Family Amphitheater
Sunday, June 23 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm | The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
Tuesday, June 25 | 6:30pm – 7:30pm | The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
Thursday, June 27| 6:00pm – 7:30pm | UC San Diego Epstein Family Amphitheater
Saturday, June 29 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm | UC San Diego Epstein Family Amphitheater
Where: June 23 and 25: The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center | 7600 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037 June 20, 22, 27 and 29: UC San Diego’s Epstein Family Amphitheater | 9500 Gilman Dr, San Diego, CA 92093
Tickets: Festival 6-concert, 4-concert, 3-concert and 2-concert packages are passes now on sale at https://www.mainlymozart.org/2024-fest-sales. Early Bird Prices available now through Feb. 29. Prices increase March 1.
