Laguna Beach Music Festival

Another wonderful performance by Festival Artistic Director Conrad Tao

Conrad Tao's performance for the Laguna Beach Music Festival Salon last Thursday received a rave review from the San Diego Story! If you missed the livestream, you can still view the performance On Demand through Feb. 18 at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/festivalsalon

Today at 6pm, we open the Laguna Beach Music Festival with a livestreamed Salon concert featuring Festival Artistic Director Conrad Tao. : https://tickets.philharmonicsociety.org/23766

Join us as we kick off the Laguna Beach Music Festival with a special livestreamed Salon performance from the home of our 2021 Festival Artistic Director, composer and pianist Conrad Tao. Concert premieres February 11 at 6pm PST. Tickets are only $20 per household. Upgrade your experience for a live post-concert Q&A with Conrad Tao or an exclusive pre-concert virtual wine and cheese hour!... Learn More: https://www.philharmonicsociety.org/lbmf/events/

Join us for the Laguna Beach Music Festival with 2021 Festival Artistic Director, composer and pianist Conrad Tao! Learn more: https://www.philharmonicsociety.org/lbmf/

2021 Laguna Beach Music Festival Artistic Director Conrad Tao announced that he will be an artist-in-residence at the Kaufman Music Center this season! "I’m looking forward to listening and working and thinking with KMC students about the sociality of music, methods of practice that open up further creative avenues, and the substance of a concert program, among other questions. It is rare to find an educational institution with a structure that so encourages students’ varied interests, and I can’t wait to dig in." - Conrad Tao

We are so excited to have pianist Conrad Tao join us as our Festival Artistic Director for our 2021 Laguna Beach Music Festival! Save the Date: March 24 - 28, 2021.

2020 LBMF Festival Artistic Director Ray Chen just released his new album, "Solace." This album is completely unique in that it was all recorded in Ray Chen's apartment! Stream it now: https://RayChen.lnk.to/SolaceSo

Recent LBMF Artistic Director, Violinist Ray Chen, joined the Philharmonic Society of Orange County for their 2020 Virtual Gala this past Saturday. If you missed his performance, we've posted it here for you! There is also a special opportunity to have an exclusive artist experience with Ray Chen, cellist Alisa Weilerstein or pianist Conrad Tao! This experience includes a private virtual recital, Q&A session, and 1 signed CD. Experiences available for purchase until Friday, June 5. Learn more: https://www.philharmonicsociety.org/gala/donationbenefits/

We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Cellist Lynn Harrell, who passed away last Monday at his home in Santa Monica. He served as Artistic Director for the Laguna Beach Music Festival in 2009. In remembrance, here’s a video interview with Harrell by OC Register from that year.

The 2020 Laguna Beach Music Festival kicked off with the Festival Prelude, an intimate preview of the 2020 Festival as Festival Director Ray Chen and friends gave a special performance and Chen shared his vision in creating the Festival program. Photo credit: Brian Hamilton

The 2020 Laguna Beach Music Festival with Ray Chen was a blast! Thanks to our Festival artists, sponsors, partners, and patrons for your continued support of great music in our community! Pictured here are our Festival artists: Ray Chen, Julio Elizalde, and the Dover Quartet.

As part of the Laguna Beach Music Festival's community outreach, Artistic Director Ray Chen performed for seniors at the Susi Q today!

Thank you for a wonderful sold out show tonight!

We're ready for the first LBMF concert at Laguna Presbyterian Church!

The Laguna Beach Music Festival was just listed in the LA Times as a "Things to Do" pick for this week! If you haven't reserved your tickets for this year's Festival, it isn't too late to join the fun!

The Laguna Beach Music Festival kicks off today at the Festival Prelude where Festival Director Ray Chen and friends will give a special performance! Thank you to CIBC for being the Prelude Corporate Sponsor!

On February 7, Festival Artistic Director and violin virtuoso Ray Chen teams up with the Dover Quartet and the Academy Virtuosi for Bach's Double Violin Concerto and Ástor Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, a musical depiction of the beauty of Argentina’s changing seasons. Learn more: http://ow.ly/hExU50xUmdM