Mason Home Concerts 2026: “Chalifour & Friends” Performing Brahms in Intimate Westside Setting

“Mason Home Concerts” will present the second chamber music concert of its 2026 season, featuring world-class musicians in a salon-style setting on Los Angeles’ Westside. On Saturday, February 21, 2026, audiences are invited to experience “Chalifour & Friends,” an all-star ensemble led by Los Angeles Philharmonic Concertmaster Martin Chalifour, performing Brahms’s towering “Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34.”

The evening will include a preconcert talk by LA Philharmonic’s Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano, fostering direct engagement between artists and audiences. Tickets are available at a suggested $40 minimum donation per concert (or $175 for a season pass), and include hors d’oeuvres and the signature buffet dinner at 5:30pm, prior to the 6:00pm concert. For more information and tickets, please visit: https://masonconcerts.org.

February’s concert brings together an ensemble with experience across orchestral, chamber, and solo performance, led by Chalifour, whose international solo career includes collaborations with conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel and Esa-Pekka Salonen. He is joined by violinist Ambroise Aubrun, an award-winning soloist and recording artist, and a frequent guest concertmaster with orchestras worldwide. Violist Jonah Sirota brings a background in chamber music, composition, and media scoring, including 18 years with the Chiara String Quartet. Cellist Cécilia Tsan contributes her work as an international soloist, principal cellist of the Long Beach Symphony and Los Angeles Master Chorale, as well as Artistic Director of Mount Wilson Observatory’s Sunday Afternoon Concerts in the Dome series. Pianist David Kaplan completes the ensemble, whose work centers on solo and chamber performance, contemporary and commissioned repertoire, and collaborations with leading ensembles, festivals, and Carnegie Hall’s affiliate ensemble Decoda.

Continuing a storied Los Angeles tradition of private residence concerts, Mason Home Concerts was founded in 2013 by Mason and his late wife, Robin. In preparation for launching the series, the couple undertook extensive renovations to their Mar Vista home, transforming it into a dedicated, custom-built chamber music environment with an intimate 50-person capacity.

REMAINING MASON HOME CONCERTS OF THE SEASON

Across the 2026 season, Mason Home Concerts celebrates a wide-ranging repertoire reflecting a commitment to both traditional repertoire and contemporary works, featuring Bach, Barber, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Dvořák, and Gershwin, alongside modern compositions and world premieres. The following concerts comprise the remaining programs in the 2026 season.

March 7

“Webern Quartet” featuring Benjamin Hoffman, Chiai Tajima, Alex Granger, and Stella Cho.

Program: Mason “String Quartet No. 5,” Beethoven “String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130, with Grosse Fuge.”

April 18

“Los Angeles Wind Sextet (plus one!)” featuring Susan Greenberg, Jonathan Davis, Sérgio Coelho, Amy Jo Rhine, Judith Farmer, Kevin Fitz-Gerald, and Bernadene Blaha.

Program: Selections of Bach, Kreutzer, Childs, Brahms, and Gershwin.

May 16

“Tosca Opdam & Friends” featuring Tosca Opdam, Asi Matathias, Carson Rick, Cécilia Tsan, and Alin Melik-Adamyan.

Program: Dvořák “Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major,” Moszkowski “Suite.”

For more information and tickets, please visit: https://masonconcerts.org

Photo credit: A previous Mason Home Concert. Photo by Todd Mason

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