The long-running Ojai Art Center hosts four classic chamber music concerts
each year on selected Sunday afternoons.
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The Ojai Art Center presents
The LA Kollektif Chamber Players
Sunday, November 17, 3:00 p.m.
$20 donation at the door
Please join our talented performers for their beautiful Sunday afternoon presentation of chamber works by Mahler, Strauss, and Brahms.
Gulia Gurevich is a violinist and a violist of the Prima Trio, a mixed ensemble, winner of Grand Prix and Gold Medal at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. As a soloist and a chamber musician Gulia has performed in Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Disney Concert Hall, Benaroya Hall, and with Boston, Indianapolis, Charleston, San Diego Symphonies and Los Angeles Opera. Gulia is a co-founder of the Nelli Shkolnikova Academy in France and is also Artistic Director of the “Classical Concerts on the Hill” series in Thousand Oaks. Ms. Gurevich is on a violin jury at the International Violin Competition in Braga, Portugal and jury of the International Young Pianist Competition in Villahermosa, Mexico. Gulia taught masterclasses at the Oberlin Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory and others. Gulia Gurevich is a graduate of Indiana University, where she studied with Nelli Shkolnikova and also holds a degree from the Oberlin Conservatory with prof. Milan Vitek. Recently Gulia Gurevich completed her DMA from UCSB with Professor Ertan Torgul.
Ukrainian born violist Alexander Gurevich moved to the United States with his family in March of 1991. First studying at Manhattan School of Music in New York, Mr. Gurevich then moved to California and completed his education at the University of California, Santa Barbara and USC. During the next ten years Alexander performed in the viola sections of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Florida Philharmonic, New World Symphony, San Diego Symphony. His many chamber music experiences included performances at Umbria Segreta Concerts at Spoleto, Italy and the inaugural French-American quartet festival with USC and the Paris Conservatory at Chateau de la Bretesche, Missillac, France, as well as a finalist at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition. Alexander performed at Kneisel Hall, Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West and Schlezwig-Holstein Music Festivals. His principal teachers in the United States were Don McInnes, Heijchiro Ohyama, Daniel Avshalomov and Albert Markov. Alexander is General Manager of New West Symphony Orchestra in Thousand Oaks, where he currently resides with his wife and musical partner violinist Gulia Gurevich and their two wonderful daughters- Renata and Simona.
After becoming a Talented Young Artist of China at 14, cellist Qiele Guo went on to win second prize at the prestigious Ai Qin Bei competition in Beijing and first prize at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory (YSTCM) Concerto Competition. In 2018, as a member of the Benefic Piano Trio, he won the Grand Prize of the Enkor International Chamber Music Competition. Guo performed chamber works with violinist Gina Medina, concert mistress of the Manila Symphony Orchestra, and pianist Mary Anne Espina. In 2014 he was invited to play chamber music concerts with Seiji Ozawa. In 2015, Guo played principal cellist in an ensemble under the baton of Helmuth Rilling in Germany. After moving to the US Qiele Guo served as principal cellist in the YSTCM Symphony Orchestra and the Young Artists' Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles as well as guest principal in Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra. He has been a member of the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, and the Debut Symphony Orchestra of LA. He was instrumental in the creation of the Hawaii Chamber Music Festival. Guo also studied at Colburn School with a full scholarship under Clive Greensmith and Ron Leonard. He is a DMA student at UCSB, studying with Prof. Jennifer Kloetzel Qiele's name is pronounced "Cello".
South Korean-born pianist Hyewon Chang has graced stages of Carnegie's Weill performance hall, the Kennedy Center, Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, and the historic birthplace of Franz Joseph Haydn in Rohrau, Austria. A talented and fierce competetor Chang won first prizes in Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, the Orbetello International Piano Competition, the Clara Schumann International Piano Competition, the ICA International Piano Competition, and Korea’s Segye-Ilbo Music Competition. More recently she is the artistic director of the Aegio International Piano Competition for the California/Los Angeles region. Chang attended The Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto on a full scholarship, followed by obtaining a Bachelor of Music degree from the Colburn School and a Master of Music degree from the USC Thornton School of Music. She studied under the tutelage of renowned pianists John Perry, Ick Choo Moon, and Jeffrey Kahane. Currently, she is pursuing a Doctoral of Musical Arts at USC Thornton School. She is a staff pianist at the prestigious Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles.
Sunday, November 17, 3: pm
$20 exact change at door
(805) 640-1158
Gulia Gurevich is a violinist and a violist of the Prima Trio, a mixed ensemble, winner of Grand Prix and Gold Medal at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. As a soloist and a chamber musician Gulia has performed in Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Disney Concert Hall, Benaroya Hall, and with Boston, Indianapolis, Charleston, San Diego Symphonies and Los Angeles Opera. Gulia is a co-founder of the Nelli Shkolnikova Academy in France and is also Artistic Director of the “Classical Concerts on the Hill” series in Thousand Oaks. Ms. Gurevich is on a violin jury at the International Violin Competition in Braga, Portugal and jury of the International Young Pianist Competition in Villahermosa, Mexico. Gulia taught masterclasses at the Oberlin Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory and others. Gulia Gurevich is a graduate of Indiana University, where she studied with Nelli Shkolnikova and also holds a degree from the Oberlin Conservatory with prof. Milan Vitek. Recently Gulia Gurevich completed her DMA from UCSB with Professor Ertan Torgul.
Ukrainian born violist Alexander Gurevich moved to the United States with his family in March of 1991. First studying at Manhattan School of Music in New York, Mr. Gurevich then moved to California and completed his education at the University of California, Santa Barbara and USC. During the next ten years Alexander performed in the viola sections of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Florida Philharmonic, New World Symphony, San Diego Symphony. His many chamber music experiences included performances at Umbria Segreta Concerts at Spoleto, Italy and the inaugural French-American quartet festival with USC and the Paris Conservatory at Chateau de la Bretesche, Missillac, France, as well as a finalist at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition. Alexander performed at Kneisel Hall, Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West and Schlezwig-Holstein Music Festivals. His principal teachers in the United States were Don McInnes, Heijchiro Ohyama, Daniel Avshalomov and Albert Markov. Alexander is General Manager of New West Symphony Orchestra in Thousand Oaks, where he currently resides with his wife and musical partner violinist Gulia Gurevich and their two wonderful daughters- Renata and Simona.
After becoming a Talented Young Artist of China at 14, cellist Qiele Guo went on to win second prize at the prestigious Ai Qin Bei competition in Beijing and first prize at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory (YSTCM) Concerto Competition. In 2018, as a member of the Benefic Piano Trio, he won the Grand Prize of the Enkor International Chamber Music Competition. Guo performed chamber works with violinist Gina Medina, concert mistress of the Manila Symphony Orchestra, and pianist Mary Anne Espina. In 2014 he was invited to play chamber music concerts with Seiji Ozawa. In 2015, Guo played principal cellist in an ensemble under the baton of Helmuth Rilling in Germany. After moving to the US Qiele Guo served as principal cellist in the YSTCM Symphony Orchestra and the Young Artists' Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles as well as guest principal in Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra. He has been a member of the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, and the Debut Symphony Orchestra of LA. He was instrumental in the creation of the Hawaii Chamber Music Festival. Guo also studied at Colburn School with a full scholarship under Clive Greensmith and Ron Leonard. He is a DMA student at UCSB, studying with Prof. Jennifer Kloetzel Qiele's name is pronounced "Cello".
South Korean-born pianist Hyewon Chang has graced stages of Carnegie's Weill performance hall, the Kennedy Center, Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, and the historic birthplace of Franz Joseph Haydn in Rohrau, Austria. A talented and fierce competetor Chang won first prizes in Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, the Orbetello International Piano Competition, the Clara Schumann International Piano Competition, the ICA International Piano Competition, and Korea’s Segye-Ilbo Music Competition. More recently she is the artistic director of the Aegio International Piano Competition for the California/Los Angeles region. Chang attended The Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto on a full scholarship, followed by obtaining a Bachelor of Music degree from the Colburn School and a Master of Music degree from the USC Thornton School of Music. She studied under the tutelage of renowned pianists John Perry, Ick Choo Moon, and Jeffrey Kahane. Currently, she is pursuing a Doctoral of Musical Arts at USC Thornton School. She is a staff pianist at the prestigious Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles.
Sunday, November 17, 3: pm
$20 exact change at door
(805) 640-1158
Please enjoy these short films of some of our wonderful past Music Branch performances. Thank you for your support, and stay safe!
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