Community Musical Connections
November 5th, 7:00 pm
Neighborhood Congregational Church
Tickets $10
- Laguna Beach Music Festival is a co-presentation of Laguna Live! and the Philharmonic Society of Orange County -
Featuring Madalyn Parnas Möller, violin, Yoshi Masuda, cello and Hyejin Kim, piano
In anticipation of the 25th Laguna Beach Music Festival, being presented February 2-7, 2027, Laguna Live! and the Philharmonic Society of Orange County invite you to enjoy a sampler of the great music for which the Festival is known. Join us for Community Musical Connections, an evening with three acclaimed musicians: Pacific Symphony Principal Second Violinist Madalyn Parnas Möller, internationally award-winning cellist Yoshika Masuda, and pianist HyeJin Kim, whose performances have taken her from Carnegie Hall to Berlin’s Konzerthaus. Together, they bring exceptional artistry and a spirit of musical curiosity to an evening of live performance and connection.
PROGRAM
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11 “Clarinet”
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49
Madalyn Parnas Möller is Principal Second Violinist of Pacific Symphony and a Marshall Scholar. A first-prize winner at Carnegie Hall’s International Chamber Music Competition, she has performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and L’Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire. She has premiered violin concertos by Sven-David Sandström and Don Byrd, performed at the Kennedy Center, and collaborated with Peter Serkin and Jaime Laredo. She holds a doctorate from UCLA.
Cellist Yoshika Masuda has won competitions internationally and received the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe String Award. He co-founded the Darshan Trio and SAKURA cello quintet, performed with the Kronos Quartet, and appeared at the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival. His performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and ABC Classic FM, and he appears on Leonard Cohen’s album You Want It Darker. He directs String Studies at Chapman University.
Pianist HyeJin Kim became the youngest participant to win a prize at the Busoni Competition, aged 17. She has performed with the Russian State Philharmonic, Konzerthaus Orchestra, and Pacific Symphony, and made her Carnegie Hall recital debut in 2016. Her Sony Classical debut featured Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos with the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. A prizewinner at competitions in Hong Kong and Toronto, she has performed at Berlin’s Konzerthaus and Prague’s Rudolfinum.