Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival Returns to San Diego June 20-29, 2024

The biggest event in classical music returns to San Diego June 20-29. The Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival, led by Maestro Michael Francis, is the largest gathering of concertmasters and principal players from the nation’s top orchestras, who come together in San Diego every summer to form one remarkable orchestra for a limited six-concert series. This year, the orchestra will return to two La Jolla venues where it first held performances in 2023: the UC San Diego Epstein Family Amphitheater and The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. 

Featuring musicians from top U.S. orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and more, Mainly Mozart’s All-Star Orchestra is the only orchestra of its kind in the country. 

The 2024 Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival Program

Mozart Piano Concerto 21 & Beethoven 6

Thursday, June 20, 2024 | 7:30PM
UCSD Amphitheatre (Outdoor)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6

Soloist: George Li, piano

Mozart Symphony 31

Saturday, June 22, 2024 | 7:30PM
UCSD Amphitheatre (Outdoor)

MOZART: Symphony No. 31
SAINT-SAËNS: Danse Macabre
GABRIEL FAURÉ: Fauré Requiem

Featuring: San Diego Master Chorale | Erica Petrocelli, soprano

Gran Partita Matinee

Sunday, June 23, 2024 | 3:00PM
The Conrad, La Jolla (Indoor)

MOZART: Serenade No. 10 “Gran Partita”

Tchaikovsky's Serenade

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 7:30PM
The Conrad, La Jolla (Indoor)

BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade, Op. 48

Mozart & Gulda

Thursday, June 27, 2024 | 7:30PM
UCSD Amphitheatre (Outdoor)

MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D Major
GULDA: Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra

Soloist: Robert DeMaine, cello

Closing Night

Saturday, June 29, 2024 | 7:30PM
UCSD Amphitheatre (Outdoor)
BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3

Soloist: Stefan Jackiw, violin

Where:

June 23 and 25: The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center | 7600 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037
June 20, 22, 27 and 29: UC San Diego’s Epstein Family Amphitheater | 9500 Gilman Dr, San Diego, CA 92093

Tickets:

Festival 6-concert, 4-concert, 3-concert and 2-concert packages are passes now on sale at https://www.mainlymozart.org/2024-fest-sales.

Single tickets:    $25 – $149

6-Concert Package: $216 – $805

Epstein 4-Concert Package: $144 – $536

Conrad 2-Concert Package:  $72 – $268

3-Concert Weekend Package: $108 – $402

About Mainly Mozart

Since 1988, Mainly Mozart has brought the San Diego community together to experience the finest in orchestral music, intimate concert experiences and extraordinary music education for young people. In that time, the famed Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival has made its name as the largest gathering of Concertmasters and Principal Players in the United States, boasting top level players from the world’s greatest orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonic and dozens more. Mainly Mozart’s mission is to enrich the lives of today and tomorrow’s passionate music lovers by connecting them to the genius and innovation of Mozart and the Masters, to world-class musicians and music-making, and to each other. For more information, visit www.mainlymozart.org. Keep up with news and announcements on social media:  Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok.