The Topanga Symphony, the Santa Monica Mountains’ only community orchestra, announces the fall 2024 free concert date of November 3, 2024, at 3:00 P.M. at the Topanga Community Center. Ken Aiso, violin, and Jerome Kessler, cello, will perform Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102 by Johannes Brahms, conducted by Michael Stanley. The concert will conclude with Symphony in C by Georges Bizet.
Ken Aiso currently serves as Professor of Violin and Viola/Director of String Ensemble at Loyola Marymount University, Violin and Viola Faculty at La Sierra University and Viola and Chamber Music Faculty at Biola University. Jerome Kessler has been the Music Director and conductor of the Topanga Symphony since its inception in 1982, and of the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra since 1975. He is also music director of the Los Angeles-based cello octet, I Cellisti. These two powerful and virtuoso musicians will blend their talents together ensuring a delightful and exciting performance.
The Topanga Symphony has been presenting free classical music concerts to the public for over 40 years because of the support of LA County Department of Arts and Culture OGP, donations from “Friends of the Topanga Symphony” and local businesses, a grant from the Colburn Foundation and LA County 3rd District Supervisor Lindsay Horvath’s Discretionary Funding Program.
