La Jolla Music Society Presents Stellar 56th Winter Season
October 6, 2024 - June 15, 2025
Take note of La Jolla Music Society’s dynamic 56th Anniversary Winter Season, kicking off Oct. 6, 2024, and continuing through June 2025. With 12 different series, including piano, chamber, recital, jazz, dance, global roots, kids, speakers and more; as well as a roster of performers including Wynton Marsalis, Joyce DiDonato, Emanuel Ax, Zakir Hussain, the London Symphony Orchestra, and both the Twyla Tharp and Martha Graham Dance Companys, the 56th edition features offerings for all audiences.
Following is the 2024-25 Winter Season Schedule — Purchase tickets here
Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are at The Baker-Baum Concert Hall in The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla. Some events will take place in The JAI, the center’s cabaret, or at the Balboa Theatre, San Diego Civic Theatre, St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church or the Jacobs Music Center.
Oct. 6: Anat Cohen Quartetinho, 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., The JAI
Oct. 13: Aida Cuevas, 7 p.m., Balboa Theatre
Oct. 20: Chris Botti, 7 p.m.
Oct. 24: Abel Selaocoe and Bantu Ensemble, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 26: Takács Quartet, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 27: Legacy of Wayne Shorter, featuring Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade and special guest Mark Turner, 7 p.m.
Nov. 2: Sammy Miller and The Congregation present “100 Years of Jazz,” 6 and 8:30 p.m., The JAI
Nov. 8: Hélène Grimaud, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 10: Trio Bohémo, 3 p.m.
Nov. 17: “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert,” 3 p.m., Balboa Theatre
Nov. 21: Alexa Tarantino Quartet, 6 p.m. & 8:30 p.m., The JAI
Dec. 5: Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 7: Joyce DiDonato and Kings Return present “Kings Rejoyce!” with Craig Terry, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 14: Spanish Harlem Orchestra “Salsa Navidad,” 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 15: Connie Han Trio, 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., The JAI
Jan. 10: Jeremy Denk, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 12: Guido Sant’Anna, 3 p.m.
Jan. 19: “Fire Shut Up In My Bones,” featuring Terence Blanchard and E-COLLECTIVE, Turtle Island String Quartet, baritone Justin Austin and soprano Adrienne Danrich, 7 p.m.
Jan. 25: Martha Graham Dance Company 100th Anniversary, 7:30 p.m., Civic Theatre
Jan. 26: Jahari Stampley Trio, 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., The JAI
Jan. 29: Anthony McGill & Emanuel Ax, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 30: Albert Lin: “In Search Of Lost Cities,” 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 2: Evren Ozel, 3 p.m.
Feb. 6: Kodo “One Earth Tour: Warabe,” 7:30 p.m., Balboa Theatre
Feb. 13: Twyla Tharp Dance 60th Anniversary, 7:30 p.m., Balboa Theatre
Feb. 15: Harold López-Nussa, 6 p.m. & 8:30 p.m., The JAI
Feb. 20: Hagen Quartet, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 21: London Symphony Orchestra, featuring conductor Antonio Pappano, with pianist Yunchan Lim, 8 p.m., Jacobs Music Center
Feb. 26: Dreamers’ Circus, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 28: Yunchan Lim, 7:30 p.m.
March 2: Elisabeth Brauss, 3 p.m.
March. 6: Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner: “Defying Limits: Climbing the 14 Highest Peaks,” 7:30 p.m.
March 8: Zakir Hussain & Third Coast Percussion, 7:30 p.m.
Mar. 14: Blake Pouliot & Henry Kramer, 7:30 p.m.
March 15: Collision of Rhythm, 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m., The JAI
March 16: Goitse, 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., The JAI
March 22: Les Arts Florissants, with Théotime Langlois de Swarte, 7:30 p.m.
March 23: Ballet Folklórico de Mexico, 7 p.m., Balboa Theatre
March 28: Nobuyuki Tsujii, 7:30 p.m.
April 3: Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, 7:30 p.m., Balboa Theatre
April 5: Sona Jobarteh, 7:30 p.m.
April 6: Gil Shaham & Orli Shaham, 3 p.m.
April 11: The Paramount Quartet, featuring Joe Lovano, Julian Lage, Santi Debriano and Will Calhoun, 7:30 p.m.
April 17: Lucas Debargue, 7:30 p.m.
April 24: Jess Cramp: “The Untold Story of Sharks,” 7:30 PM
April 25: American Patchwork Quartet, 6 p.m. & 8:30 p.m., The JAI
May 3: Anne-Sophie Mutter, Pablo Ferrández & Yefim Bronfman, 7:30 p.m., Balboa Theatre
May 4: Mames Babegenush, 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., The JAI
May 10: Lucky Diaz, 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., The JAI
May 16: Cameron Carpenter Organ Recital, 7:30 p.m., St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
May 17: Cameron Carpenter plays “Metropolis,” 7:30 p.m.
May 18: Wynton Marsalis’ Louis Armstrong Project, 7 p.m., Balboa Theatre
May 31: Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Isata Kanneh-Mason, 7:30 p.m.
June 1: Tres Souls, 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., The JAI
June 15: Jaemin Han & Alexander Malofeev, 3 p.m.
