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Online Concerts


In 2020, our lives were moved inside and on-line because of COVID 19. With public concerts closed, we missed

sharing the music we present with our wonderful audiences in Culver City and Marina del Rey. In our efforts to adapt,

we embarked on sharing on-line concerts of musicians who are members, friends, associates, and concerto

competition winners of the Orchestra.

We hope these outstanding musical events helped to carry all of us through those times. 



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Oqtay Zülfüqarov Piano Trio

This special video, premiered in May 2022, performed by

Annelle Gregory (violin), Ruslan Biryukov (cello) and Rufus

Choi (piano) and produced with the support of the

Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles, is the first

known recording of Oqtay Zülfüqarov’s Piano Trio,

composed in 1957.

Recorded in July 2021, this was the last project produced

by our late Music Director and Conductor, Frank Fetta, and

is presented in his memory.


Oqtay Zülfüqarov (1929-2016) studied cello and composition at the State Conservatory in Baku, and was a student of

Professor Gara Garayev, one of the most famous Azerbaijani composers. He composed operas, ballet, concerts for

cello and flute, symphonic poems, cantatas, symphonies, instrumental pieces, music for theater and cinema and more.

He also composed over 200 songs for children and is known as one of the greatest children's composers of Azerbaijan.
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Brass Quartet

In March 2022, our Brass Quartet presented a concert

dedicated to the memory of Frank Fetta. The Quartet, which

performs as Satin Brass, features David Costello and David

Pittel on trumpets, June Satton on trombone and Aidan

Ritchie on bass trombone. David Costello is the Orchestra’s

Principal Trumpet and June Satton is Principal Trombone.

The program referenced many of Frank's favorite works,

performed with the Orchestra over many years.



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Yirou Ronnie Zhang, Violin

In October 2021, Ronnie Zhang premiered a delightful

exploration of virtuosic violin works from the 18th, 19th,

and 20th centuries, including Bach, Paganini,

Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski, and Bernstein.

Ronnie Zhang was the winner in the Junior Division of

the Orchestra’s 2019 Parness Concerto Competition,

impressing the judges with her performance of Edouard

Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole. We look forward to

featuring Ronnie in a future concert.



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Abriana Church, Piano

In May 2021, Abriana Church, piano, premiered an all-Liszt

program on the Culver City Symphony 
Orchestra YouTube

channel. The varied program includes the six Paganini

Etudes, Liszt’s transcription of Schubert’s "Der Müller und der

Bach", and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12.

Abriana was the winner in the Senior Division of the

Orchestra’s 2019 Parness Concerto Competition, impressing

the judges with her performance of Prokofiev’s Piano

Concerto No. 2. Typically, as part of the prize, she would

have performed the Concerto with the Orchestra during our 2020-21 season. Plans changed, and we look forward

to featuring Abriana in a future concert. Meanwhile, please enjoy this delightful exploration of a wide range of

Liszt’s virtuosic piano works. ​

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Rufus Choi, Piano

On Saturday December 19, 2020 Rufus Choi, Piano,

presented an exhilarating performance of Bach’s

Chaconne in D minor (arr. Busoni) and

Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. 












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