Viola
Viola Faculty
Professor - Viola Performance
Che-Yen Chen Taiwanese-American violist Che-Yen Chen has established himself as an active performer and educator. Since winning First Prize in the 2003 Primrose International Viola Competition and the “President Prize” of the…
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Feb 13 Fri
7:30pm
Free
Free
classical
Camarades - Winter Vivaldi Join us for the string area’s annual Vivaldi concert, featuring first year students as soloists in the historic Powell Library Rotunda. UCLA Camarades (“The Music of Friends”) is the title
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Mar 7 Sat
8:00pm
Free
Free
UCLA Philharmonia and OPERA UCLA - IS THIS MOZART?
OPERA UCLA and UCLA Philharmonia team up to present an evening of some of W.A. Mozart’s rarest orchestral and vocal gems—-arias from seldom performed operas, orchestral pieces. Expect virtuosity from
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Mar 11 Wed
6:00pm
Free
Free
chamber-music, classical
UCLA Symphony UCLA Symphony, our remarkable all-campus orchestra, presents its second concert of the 2025-26 season. 108 musicians strong, Symphony is led by graduate conducting majors and features graduate performance-major soloists. It
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