23rd Annual Festival

Dedicated to the artistic career advancement of exceptionally gifted young professional musicians and to the promotion of peace and understanding through music.

iPalpiti Festival 2020

Los Angeles: July 18 – July 25 | Browse our Interactive Virtual Brochure

iPalpiti Orchestra of International Laureates
The acclaimed “United Nations of Music”
Eduard Schmieder, Music Director / Conductor

In Corona-ravaged times when spiritual dimension in recreation of music communication is evaporating because of the impossibility of personal interaction, we strive to replenish craving souls by infusing iPalpiti’s virtual performances with positive emotional energy, sending a message of UNITY and HOPE.

The iPalpiti Festival “has become one of the highlights – in some years, the highlight – of the summer here” (R. Ginell, American Record Guide, 2015)
Nothing can replace musicians’ live connection from the stage.
As we could not bring our 23rd Annual Festival to Los Angeles this July, inspired young musicians of iPalpiti from around the globe, are united in their hope of bringing beauty into your life through celestial sound, vital rhythm, and eternal loving energy.

May we all be blessed by the touch of higher harmony!

Thursday, July 15, 7:30PM

Encinitas Library

VIRTUOSI I: Violin Extravaganza
iPalpiti violinists play their favorites for the audiences’ delight

J.S. Bach: Largo from Sonata for Violin and Piano, BWV1017 3:30’
Aleksandr Snytkin (alumnus) & Daniel Snytkin (son), piano

Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for Two Violins in A minor
Poco Lento, maestoso –Allegro Fermo  12’
Miclen LaiPang & Samuel Nebyu

Maurice Ravel: Blues & Perpetuum Mobile from
Sonata N 2 for Violin & Piano 9’
Takamori Arai 

George Gershwin: “It Ain’t Necessary So” (1935) 2:40’
Diego Zapata

Ernest Bloch: Nigun (Improvisation)
from Baal Shem, Three Pictures of Hassidic Life (1923) 6’
Edgar Elgar: La Capricieuse, Op.17       3:30’
Samuel Allan-Chapkovski

Joseph White: La Jota Aragonesa, Op.5  6’
Samuel Nebyu

Tchaikovsky-Auer: Lensky’s Aria from Eugene Onegin 6’
Miclen LaiPang

Aram Khataturian: Nocturne from “Masquerade”
Ballet-Suite 3:20’
Sendi Vartanovi

Vazha Azarashvili: Nocturne for two violins 3:40’
Akhmed Mamedov & Irina Rostomashvili

Sulhan Tsintsadze: From “Miniatures”
1. Mzkemsuri  2.Suliko 6.Satchiado   6’
Irina Rostomashvili

Arno Babajanian: Sonata for Violin & Piano (1959) 10’
I mvt: Grave-Allegro energico-Andante
Nuné Melik

Franz Schubert: Der Erlkönig, D.328 Transciption for
Violin and Viola 4’
Xuan Yao & Zigmund Wang

Heinrich Ernst: Grand Caprice sur Erlkönig de Schubert, 5’
Yuan Tian

Enrico Morricone: Theme from Cinema Paradiso  3:30’
Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev

Heinrich Ernst: “The Last Rose of Summer” Variations 8’
Jaewon Wee      

JACOPO GIACOPUZZI,  pianist

Artists and programs are subject to change without notice.
Friday, July 16, 7:30PM

Encinitas Library

VIRTUOSI II: Jaewon Wee, violinist/South Korea
iPalpiti Special Prize recipient 2021

 

Igor Stravinsky: Divertimento 20”
                             (1882 –1971)  
Franz Schubert: Rondo Brilliant in Bb, Op.70 D895
(1797-1828) 
 Jaewon Wee, violin
Jacopo Giacopizzi, piano

 

Piano Trio No.1 in Bb, D.898 (1828) 35’
Jacopo Giacopizzi, piano
Jaewon Wee, violin
Egor Antonenko, cello

Artists and programs are subject to change without notice.
Saturday, July 17, 7:30PM

Encinitas Library

VIRTUOSI III: Romantics, Jazz & back

Chopin                      Nocturne Op.48 No.1 6’
Brahms                     Intermezzo Op.118 No.2 6’
Rachmaninoff           Prelude in C# minor  5’
Titov                          Oriental Fantasy “Fatin” Op.7 4’
Kapustin                    Etude Op.40 No.6    4’
Gershwin                   The Man I love 3’

Jacopo Giacopuzzi, piano

Gabriel Fauré            Piano Quartet N.1 in C minor, Op.15  30’
1. Allegro molto moderato
2. Scerzo: Allegro vivo
3. Adagio
4. Allegro molto

Jacopo Giacopuzzi, piano
Takamori Arai, violin
Julia Clancy, viola
Laszlo Mezo, cello

Artists and programs are subject to change without notice.

 

Sunday, July 18, 3 PM

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center | Baker-Baum Concert Hall, La Jolla

iPalpiti Orchestra / Eduard Schmieder

Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Variations on the Theme by Tchaikovsky, Opus 35a 17’

P.I.Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Souvenir D’un Lieu Cher  Op.42: Meditation. Scherzo. Melody. 18’
Jaewon Wee, violin soloist

Intermission

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) Marche Miniature Viennoise 4’

Alexey Shor (1970 -) “Seascapes” Concerto for Violin
in 4 movements(2014)  West Coast Premiere
Samuel Nebyu, violin soloist

 

Artists and programs are subject to change without notice.
Monday, July 19, 6:00PM
PETIT ERMITAGE
NO TICKETS, MEMBERS ONLY
Monday, July 18, 6:00PM

Petit Ermitage, West Hollywood

iPalpiti Soloists
string solos announced as performed

Tuesday, July 20, 7:30PM

Greystone Mansion

iPalpiti Soloists & iPalpiti orchestra

Maestro’s Selections from Festival programs as
announced from the stage

TICKET SET UP: Per 50% capacity RSVP
1st come/1st serve $36
GENERAL SEATING VIP seating for
Benefactors & Patrons with  purchased ticket

Thursday, July 22, 6:00PM

“Hollywood Night”
Elsewhere Topanga Estate 

Maestro & iPalpiti Orchestra 

An evening in a private gated estate amidst rural and tranquil setting
Surrounded by breathtaking nature accompanied by deer roaming freely
Begin with Champagne Social in a Great Hall of Infinite Proundry
A gourmet picnic basket & rosé in a Riding Ring Amphitheater
iPalpiti “astounding, memorable, moving” performance followed by
Dessert & libations at the Little Barn Terrace Meet the Artist reception
Inquire for availability
Friday, July 22, 12:00 PM

Powell Library Rotunda, UCLA

Splot Quartet, Festival quartet-in-residence

Philip Glass (1937 -): String Quartet No. 4 “Buczak” (1989) 7’
III. Untitled
Glass wrote this quartet commemorating visual artist Brian Buczak (1954-1983), whose work has been exhibited internationally.

Ludvig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827): String Quartet N6 in B-flat Major, Op.18 (1798-1800) 24’
Allegro con brio
Adagio ma non troppo
Scherzo: Allegro
La Malinconia: Adagio –Allegretto quasi Allegro

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937): String Quartet N 2, Op 56 (1927) 17:40
Moderato dolce e tranquillo
Vivace, scherzando
Lento-Andante-Moderato, tranquillo

Karolina Gutowska, Kornelia Grądzka/violins
Agnieszka Podlucka/viola
Dobrawa Czocher/cello

Saturday, July 24, 8PM
Saban Theatre

Festival Grand Finale:
iPalpiti Orchestral Ensemble of International Laureates / Eduard Schmieder

Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Variations on the Theme by Tchaikovsky, Opus 35a 17’

P.I.Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Souvenir D’un Lieu Cher  Op.42: Meditation. Scherzo. Melody. 16’
Jaewon Wee, violin soloist

Intermission

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) Marche Miniature Viennoise 4’

Alexey Shor (1970 -) “Seascapes” (2014) 
West Coast Premiere  18-22’                  
I. Abandoned Lighthouse. II. Lonely Sail.
III. Gathering Storm. IV. Summer Hail
Samuel Nebyu, violin soloist

TICKET SET UP: Per 50% capacity RSVP
1st come/1st serve $36
GENERAL SEATING VIP seating for
Benefactors &  Patrons with  purchased ticket

Artists and programs are subject to change without notice.
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Critics Around the World Say:

“Exhilaration, thrills, and awe conquer audiences faced with the irrepressible virtuosity and musical achievement of emerging young performers. These are the stock in trade of Young Artists
International.”

– Los Angeles Times

“…iPalpiti sprang to life as a single, singing voice. It was the natural, “vocal” quality that stayed with me long
after the final notes of the concert were sounded…”

– Dallas Morning News

“…iPalpiti played with striking unity and spirit and had an infectious way of making music… All [artists] clearly
stimulated each other musically, showing mutual inspiration and respect.”

– The Strad Magazine, London

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