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BALLET FÓLKLORICO
DE MÉXICO DE AMALIA
HERNÁNDEZ
Sunday, March 23, 2025 • 7 PM
Prelude interview hosted by Molly
Puryear • 6 PM
Balboa Theatre
Ballet Folklórico de México
founder Amalia Hernández
featured the beauty of her culture
by sharing the traditional dances
of Mexico with a global audience.
Now, over 70 years later, Hernán-
Goitse dez’ artistic legacy continues to
flourish in these exquisite works
featuring great technical difficulty,
elaborate costumes, and world-
class dancers. Ballet Folklórico
de México draws inspiration
from indigenous rituals, colonial
influences, and popular traditions,
GOITSE VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS cycles. Selections from Montever- showcasing the rich tapestry of
Sunday, March 16, 2025 • 5 PM & AT 300 di, Uccellini, and Geminiani pair Mexican culture.
with Vivaldi’s iconic work in this
7:30 PM LES ARTS FLORISSANTS & stirring concert.
Monday, March 17, 2025 • 5:30 An ensemble of singers and NOBUYUKI TSUJII, piano
PM & 8 PM THÉOTIME LANGLOIS DE instrumentalists specialized in the
The JAI at The Conrad Prebys SWARTE, violin performance of Baroque music on Friday, March 28, 2025 7:30 PM
Performing Arts Center Saturday, March 22, 2025 • 7:30 PM period instruments, Les Arts Flo- Prelude Lecture by Kristi Brown
Montesano • 6:30 PM
Get ready for a cracking good Prelude lecture • 6:30 PM rissants are renowned the world The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at
time in The JAI. The white-hot The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at over. This concert features the San The Conrad Prebys Performing
award-winning Irish quintet, The Conrad Prebys Performing Diego debut of Théotime Langlois Arts Center
Goitse (pronounced “Go-wit- Arts Center de Swarte, who is rapidly emerging
cha”) brings a vibrant mix of as a much sought-after violin solo- Described by The Observer as the
Irish classic jigs and tunes with 300 years after publication, Vival- ist (on both baroque and modern “definition of virtuosity,” Japanese
their own original compositions di’s Opus 8, Nos. 1-4 (“The Four instruments), chamber musician, pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii (Nobu),
for an irrepressible Irish musical Seasons”) remain as popular as recitalist, and conductor. Gramo- who has been blind from birth,
experience that opens your ever. This program frames these phone wrote of him, “Performanc- won the joint Gold Medal at the
mind and moves your feet. Bar iconic works in a new light, invit- es so special that I feel a changed Van Cliburn International Piano
service in The JAI for the festive ing questions about the fleeting, man from listening,” while The Competition in 2009. This pro-
March 17 concerts will feature cyclical nature of our existence, Strad called him “A stunner by gram includes works by Beetho-
special St. Patrick’s Day-themed our relationship with nature, any standard” and The New Yorker ven, Liszt, and Chopin.
cocktails! and the eternal renewal of earth’s wrote he was “mesmerizing.” Note: This concert is sold out
but patrons may call the Box Office
Ballet Folklórico de México at 858.459.3728 to be placed on the
waitlist.

Artists, concerts, dates, and venues
subject to change.
To see the rest of La Jolla Music
Society’s 2025 season please click
here.

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND SINGLE
TICKETS
Ticket packages, single tickets and
more information are available
at the La Jolla Music Society box
office, by phone at 858.459.3728,
and online at TheConrad.org.

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