Free Glendale Noon Concerts/ BEETHOVEN Cellist Jerome Kessler & Pianist Valeria Morgovskaya

Cellist Jerome Kessler & Pianist Valeria Morgovskaya
RELAX DURING YOUR LUNCH HOUR WITH LIVE MUSIC
Compete program, artist bios, location, and parking info:

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On Wednesday JUNE 3, 2026
at 12:10-12:40 pm
FREE!
In the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church
610 E. California Ave, Glendale, CA 91206

https://glendalecitychurch.org/location

Glendale Noon Concerts
Wednesday JUNE 3, 2026 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
Cellist JEROME KESSLER
Pianist VALERIA MORGOVSKAYA
BEETHOVEN Sonata Op.5 No.2 in g minor
KESSLER Burlesca

ARTIST BIOS:

For over half a century, Jerome Kessler has been an active in the music world of Southern California. He was a founding member of the Beverly Hills Trio and the Los Angeles Cello Quartet. Since 1981 he has served as Music Director/Conductor of the Topanga Symphony.
He is a member of the Camilli Trio.

An original member of Stokowski's  American Symphony Orchestra, he was former Principal Cellist of the Pasadena Symphony. He has played in Hollywood's recording, motion picture and television orchestras since 1964.

A proponent of contemporary music, he has commissioned and/or premiered works for cello, multiple cello and orchestra by such composers as Barry Brisk, Frank Campo,  Ron Jones, Fred Katz, Robert Linn, Thomas Pasatieri, JAC Redford, Nelson Riddle, Willard Roosevelt and Eugene Zador.
   
As cellist, conductor and composer, he has appeared in all four corners of the US, and in between. He played with Pierre Boulez and Frank Zappa and recorded with John Denver, Neil Diamond, Richard Harris and Nicolas Slonimsky.

Valeria Morgovskaya, pianist, graduated from the Kiev State Conservatory. Since her immigration to the US in 1990, Ms Morgovskaya has been in high demand as accompanist for singers and all orchestral instrumentalists. She has been an official accompanist to festivals and courses such as Piatigorsky Cello Seminar and Beverly Hills Music Festival, and has performed throughout the US, Germany and Japan, as well as on numerous radio broadcast. She has provided accompaniment for many national and international competitions, and was an official accompanist at Schoenfeld International String Competition in Hong Kong (2013) and Harbin (2014). Ms. Morgovskaya is currently staff accompanist at Loyola Marymount University and UCLA, and is often engaged in that capacity at USC, Cal State Long Beach, Colburn School, Montecito International Music Festival, Academy of the West and Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts.