Please attend a rare masterclass by the Principal Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Martin Chalifour, this Friday May 7 at Popper Theatre, 3-4:30pm. Free admission.

 The performers are:

Ji Young An - Franck Violin Sonata
Boryana Popova - Orchestra moc audition
Ambroise Aubrun - Bartok Rhapsody No.1

Martin Chalifour began his orchestral career in 1984 with the late Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony, playing as Associate Concertmaster for six years. Subsequently he occupied the same position for five years in the Cleveland Orchestra, where he also served as Acting Concertmaster under Christoph von Dohnányi. While in Cleveland, Chalifour taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music and was a founding member of two chamber ensembles, Myriad and the Cleveland Orchestra Piano Trio.

He is a frequent guest at several summer music festivals. Maintaining close ties with his native Quebec, he has returned there often to teach and perform as soloist with various Canadian orchestras. With two of his Philharmonic colleagues, Joanne Pearce Martin and Peter Stumpf, met in 1981 while all three were studying at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia; they have joined forces to form the Los Angeles Philharmonic Piano Trio. Martin Chalifour is a Professor of Violin at the USC Thornton School of Music.