Sunset ChamberFest is delighted to welcome violinist Geneva Lewis to the Festival. Geneva was born in Auckland, New Zealand but spent her formative years in LA. She is the recipient of a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the 2020 CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition. Hear her on July 12 performing pieces by Harrison Garff and Brett Dean, and on July 18 performing Shostakovich’s Quintet. She tells us about her teachers, the special instrument she performs on at Sunset this year, and upcoming plans.

Sunset ChamberFest is thrilled to welcome violinist Movses Pogossian performing Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet on July 18. He teaches at UCLA and is artistic director of Dilijan, which for 15 seasons, has been one of LA’s most distinguished chamber music series. He discusses his recent acclaimed Tigran Mansurian recording project for ECM Records (featuring Sunset’s Director Mike Kaufman), his musical training and heroes, as well as his association with Shostakovich’s music.