About this Event
Program:
8 Pieces Op. 83 - Max Bruch
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major Op. 87 - Johannes Brahms
Bios:
Matheo Irazabal, pianist, is an active member of the Los Angeles musical community. He is a staff collaborative and rehearsal pianist at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and has served as violinist in both UCLA Symphony and Philharmonia as well as the Caltech Orchestra. Additionally, was the previous president of the UCLA Bruin Chamber Musicians which seeks to make chamber music more accessible across the UCLA campus to amateur musicians. He has also performed across countries in Europe, playing both violin and piano in chamber, orchestral, and opera festivals. Notable works he has performed include pieces by Schoenberg, Boulez, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Mozart, and more.
Appointed to the cello section of the San Francisco Symphony for the 2026–27 season, Starla Breshears is a Kohl Scholar studying at the Colburn Academy with Clive Greensmith and previously attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College on a full scholarship. She began cello at age three with Yoshie Muratani and has received additional coaching from Christine Walevska and Sergei Riabtchenko. A prizewinner at the Stulberg and Johansen International Competitions, she has appeared as a soloist with 18 orchestras. Her quartet won First Prize at the 2023 Piero Farulli International Competition and silver at the 2024 Fischoff Competition.
Saren Daghlian is a second-year graduate student at Caltech studying Electrical Engineering. He first began playing the violin at the age of seven at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music studying with Sharon Harman. Up until college, Saren was involved in the chamber music program at the Pasadena Music Conservatory, playing in a trio with his siblings and in various string quartets. He was also concertmaster in the Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra program throughout middle school and high school. At Caltech, Saren has continued to remain involved in music performance, both in the Caltech Symphony Orchestra and the Caltech Chamber Music program while studying with Martin Chalifour. He was the orchestra’s concerto competition winner in 2024 and played the Beethoven violin concerto. In his research, Saren develops analog and radio frequency hardware in Caltech’s astronomy department for the DSA, a leading radio survey telescope being built in Southwest Nevada. In his free time, Saren enjoys collecting and restoring e-waste around campus and building radio telescope hardware at home.
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COVID-19 and flu precautions:
1. Limited attendance prevents crowding.
2. Washing hands upon arrival reduces risk.
3. Ventilation. Mask-wearing is optional.
4. If you have upper respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms, please cancel and recover at home.
Free parking on a quiet residential street.
Caution: Dark steps and uneven gravel path may limit access.
Shoes-free house with hardwood floors.
No bare feet. Please wear clean, thick socks.
Adults only.
No cell phone or noisy distractions, such as eating, during music.
Enjoy vegetarian snacks and beverages in the dining area.
You are welcome to contribute healthy finger food snacks and beverages for all to enjoy.
Alcohol is not provided.
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Plans
Apr 24: Andrew Boyle, pianist
May 1: Matheo Irazabal and friends
May 9: Ken Aiso, violinist and Valeria Morgovskaya, pianist
May 20: Agnes Schwartz, violinist and Sonia Lee, pianist
May 23: Adrien Ramos, pianist
May 28: Victor Shlyakhtenko, pianist
May 30: Isaac Mailach, cellist and Dani Pravder, keyboardist
Jun 2: Christa Marie Stevens, soprano; Marco Lozano, tenor: and James Lent, pianist
Jun 6: Makena James, organist
Jun 10: Eiline Tai, cellist and Valeria Morgovskaya, pianist
Jun 20: Timothy Ruzon, organist
Jul 10: Shirley Wang, soprano and friends
Jul 14: Greg Von Notias, violinist
Jul 17: Peiyao Yu, organist
Aug 2: Hermione Wise, soprano; Greg Schreiner and Bassel Sommakia, pianists
Aug 8: Paul Hyun’s Music Ensemble
Feb 7: Juhee Lee, organist
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Stan's Music Parlor, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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