Camerata Coming to Santa Barbara This January

Camerata Pacifica, a nationally recognized chamber ensemble based in Santa Barbara, is hitting the road for a four-stop performance series, ending in Santa Barbara on January 19. 

YuEun Gemma Kim will be on violin, Ani Aznavoorian on cello, Jose Franch-Ballester on clarinet, Gilles Vonsattel on piano, and Ji Hye Jung on percussion — together creating an indescribable symphony of music. 

The program opens with Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 49, which spotlights Kim along with Principal Piano Vonsattel, “a pianist well worth watching” (The New York Times), and Principal Cello Aznavoorian, whose “scorchingly committed performances … wring every last drop of emotion out of the music” (The Strad). Principal Clarinet Franch-Ballester interprets Brahms’s lyrical and timeless Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 120, considered a touchstone of the clarinet repertoire.