These concerts are made possible by the generosity of
Terri and Jerry Kohl
and Carol F. Henry.

Summer of Paris 2023 Programs

Summer of Paris 2023

Welcome to the Summer of Paris Chamber Music Festival.

The New Hollywood String Quartet and the Da Camera Society are proud to welcome you to these four concerts featuring 16 works that showcase the extraordinary music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

Joining the New Hollywood String Quartet- violinists Tereza Stanislav and Rafael Rishik, violist Robert Brophy and cellist Andrew Shulman are some of the most accomplished chamber musicians from around the world. The guest artists are- violinist Corey Cerovsek, violinist Roger Wilkie, pianist Rohan De Silva, pianist Fabio Bidini, pianist Julio Elizalde, pianist Rodolfo Leone, cellist Robert deMaine, cellist Eric Byers, clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan, pianist Alin Allakhverdyan, flutist Denis Bouriakov, harpist Marcia Dickstein and mezzo-soprano Jessie Shulman.

The Summer of Paris is the fourth chamber music festival since the New Hollywood String Quartet’s 2019 Summer of Brahms Festival, which featured performances of all 25 instrumental chamber works of Brahms in a series of eight consecutive sold out concerts. The LA Times praised the “enthusiastic robustness” and “sheer liquidity,” of the performances. In December of 2021, the NHSQ presented the Vienna Holiday Concerts which celebrated the chamber music of Schubert and Mozart. Classical Voice noted, “At the Huntington, the NHSQ exuded a refined and luminous presence in keeping with its growing reputation, 20 years into its history.” The 2022 Summer of Beethoven Festival presented some of the best of Beethoven’s vast chamber music output, showcasing repertoire from each of his compositional periods, to convey the arc of his evolution as a composer.