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CAMA’s SEASON AT A GLANCE

2025/2026
107th Concert Season

A SEASON OF LEGACY

CAMA’s 107th Concert Season, A Season of Legacy, invites you to experience the enduring power classical music in live performance. This season, we celebrate the profound legacies of master conductors and the vital importance of diversity to forge connections across generations.

INTERNATIONAL SERIES at The Granada Theatre
Season Sponsor: Sage Publishing

The Granada Theatre’s International Series presents a thrilling lineup of world-renowned orchestras. The season opens with the electrifying Maestro Gustavo Dudamel in his final appearance in Santa Barbara as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, in a program featuring John Adams’s Frenzy and Stravinsky’s era-defining early masterpieces: The Firebird and The Rite of Spring. We welcome back the esteemed Philharmonia Orchestra, London to The Granada Theatre, this time with Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, performing works by Sibelius and Shostakovich. The illustrious Chicago Symphony Orchestra returns under the baton of Music Director Emeritus for Life, Riccardo Muti, presenting Brahms’s Symphony No. 4, Stravinsky, and Ravel’s Boléro. The series concludes with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, led by Fabio Luisi, featuring pianist beloved pianist Hélène Grimaud in Schumann’s Piano Concerto and soprano Sofia Fomina in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.

MASTERSERIES at the Lobero Theatre
Season Sponsor: Esperia Foundation

At the intimate Lobero Theatre, CAMA’s Masterseries showcases exceptional solo and chamber performances. The season features Canadian master pianist Louis Lortie in an all-Ravel program. Celebrated pianist Emanuel Ax returns with a program of Schubert, Beethoven, and Chopin. The Venice Baroque Orchestra, led by violinist Gianpiero Zanocco, will transport audiences to Venice with a Duel of Bows celebrating Carnivale. And, in a special presentation, the Sphinx Virtuosi, with violinist Randall Goosby, will perform a program titled Visions of Peace, featuring works by ethnically diverse composers.

GUSTAVO DUDAMEL

International Series — Granada Theatre

FRIDAY,OCTOBER 3, 2025, 7:00PM

Los Angeles Philharmonic

GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, Music & Artistic Director

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Santtu-Matias Rouvali

International Series — Granada Theatre

MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2025, 7:30PM

Philharmonia Orchestra, London

SANTTU-MATIAS ROUVALI, Principal Conductor

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Louis Lortie

Masterseries — Lobero Theatre

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2024, 7:30PM

Louis Lortie

piano

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Riccardo Muti

International Series — Granada Theatre

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2026, 7:30PM

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

RICCARDO MUTI, Music Director Emeritus for Life

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Emanual Ax

Masterseries — Lobero Theatre

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2026, 7:30PM

Emanuel Ax

piano

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Reproduction of the Presumed Portrait of Antonio Vivaldi

Masterseries — Lobero Theatre

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2026, 7:30PM

Venice Baroque Orchestra

Venetian Masks and Cloaks Encouraged

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Randall Goosby

Masterseries — Lobero Theatre

THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2026, 7:30PM (CONCERT)

Sphinx Virtuosi

Randall Goosby,

violin

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Sphinx Virtuosi New World Center

 

RESIDENCY
MARCH 13, 2026

The Sphinx Virtuosi will lead educational and community events the day after the concert.
Venues and details TBA.
Visit camasb.org for updates.

Helene-Grimaud

International Series — Granada Theatre

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026, 7:30PM

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

FABIO LUISI, Music Director
HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano
SOFIA FOMINA, soprano

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Photo Credits

International Series
GUSTAVO DUDAMEL: Photo by Timothy Norris Courtesy of Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

GUSTAVO DUDAMEL: Courtesy of Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

SANTTU-MATIAS ROUVALI: © Mark Allan

RICCARDO MUTI: © Todd Rosenberg Photography

FABIO LUISI: © Sylvia Elzafon

HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD: © Mat Hennek

Masterseries
LOUIS LORTIE: © Elias Photography

EMANUEL AX: © Nigel Perry

EMANUEL AX: © Lisa Marie Mazzucco

VENICE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA: © Luca Valente

VENICE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA: Reproduction of the Presumed Portrait of Antonio Vivaldi, Unknown painter in the circle of Giuseppe Maria Crespi, c. 1723.: Courtesy of Il Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, Inv.B 38490

SPHINX VIRTUOSI: © Scott Jackson

RANDALL GOOSBY: © Kaupo Kikkas