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Welcoming the 2025 San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival
A rich array that caters to both seasoned aficionados and newcomers to the classical music scene
The 2025 San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival promises an exhilarating celebration of classical music, bringing together world-renowned musicians, innovative performances, and a rich array of events that cater to both seasoned aficionados and newcomers to the classical music scene. Known for its distinctive emphasis on the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the festival also seeks to explore the breadth and impact of his influence across different genres and time periods of classical music.
Upcoming Event
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival
- Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, 7600 Fay Avenue, San Diego
- Age Limit: All ages / $65 - $500
The heart of the festival is the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra. It is assembled every June from orchestras across North America. The best of the best come together to create the highest quality performances imaginable.
The 2025 Festival opens on Wednesday, June 18, at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, which is also known as The Conrad. The concert includes Mozart’s Serenade in C, Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and Astor Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. All together, that makes eight seasons; the violin solo for each of them will be played by a different concertmaster from the festival orchestra roster. (If you didn’t know, the entire violin section at Mainly Mozart is filled with concertmasters from North America’s greatest orchestras.) San Diego’s own Jeff Thayer will be amongst the soloists for this performance.
Video:
Piazolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
On Friday, June 20, at The Conrad, we get Mozart’s Serenade No. 6 in D Major, Richard Strauss’s Duet Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. As is usually the case, the serenade shows off all of Mozart’s charm and wit. The Strauss piece is lyrical and introspective. The Beethoven symphony is going to be absolutely electric within the intimate confines of the Conrad’s Baker-Baum concert hall.
Video:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
The venue changes to the UC San Diego Epstein Family Amphitheater on Saturday, June 21. But the programming remains exceptional: the concert opens with one of my all-time favorite pieces of music, Edward Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro for Strings.
Upcoming Event
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival
- Saturday, June 21, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Epstein Family Amphitheater, 9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego
- Age Limit: All ages / $25 - $500
This is followed by Mozart’s evergreen Symphony No. 40, and then Camille Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2. Pianist Joyce Yang will be performing the solo for the Saint-Saëns.
Video:
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
The festival moves back to The Conrad on Tuesday, June 24, for a concert entitled “Baroque Brilliance”. Despite the title, not all the pieces on the concert are Baroque. The concert starts with Igor Stravinsky’s neo-classical Concerto in E-flat) and then goes full Baroque with J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2 & 5.
Upcoming Event
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival
- Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, 7600 Fay Avenue, San Diego
- Age Limit: All ages / $65 - $500
The concert concludes with Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 “Haffner." Like the Beethoven Symphony No. 2, the Haffner Symphony is going to be spectacular in the space.
Video:
Mozart: Symphony No. 35
The final concert at The Conrad is Thursday, June 26. Mozart’s Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio is the opening piece and is followed by A Klezmer Concerto by Noah Bendix-Balgley.
Upcoming Event
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival
- Thursday, June 26, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, 7600 Fay Avenue, San Diego
- Age Limit: All ages / $65 - $500
Capping off the evening is Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5. This is yet another substantial symphonic work presented in the intimate space of The Conrad.
Video:
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5
The festival concludes back at the UC San Diego Epstein Family Amphitheater on Saturday, June 28. Mozart’s Overture to Cosi fan Tutte begins the evening, and then Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and Symphony No. 7 finish things off.
All concerts will be conducted by Mainly Mozart Music Director Michael Francis
Video:
Mozart: Overture to Cosi fan Tutte
Here's something you might be interested in.
Welcoming the 2025 San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival
A rich array that caters to both seasoned aficionados and newcomers to the classical music scene
Welcoming the 2025 San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival
A rich array that caters to both seasoned aficionados and newcomers to the classical music scene
The 2025 San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival promises an exhilarating celebration of classical music, bringing together world-renowned musicians, innovative performances, and a rich array of events that cater to both seasoned aficionados and newcomers to the classical music scene. Known for its distinctive emphasis on the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the festival also seeks to explore the breadth and impact of his influence across different genres and time periods of classical music.
Upcoming Event
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival
- Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, 7600 Fay Avenue, San Diego
- Age Limit: All ages / $65 - $500
The heart of the festival is the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra. It is assembled every June from orchestras across North America. The best of the best come together to create the highest quality performances imaginable.
The 2025 Festival opens on Wednesday, June 18, at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, which is also known as The Conrad. The concert includes Mozart’s Serenade in C, Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and Astor Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. All together, that makes eight seasons; the violin solo for each of them will be played by a different concertmaster from the festival orchestra roster. (If you didn’t know, the entire violin section at Mainly Mozart is filled with concertmasters from North America’s greatest orchestras.) San Diego’s own Jeff Thayer will be amongst the soloists for this performance.
Video:
Piazolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
On Friday, June 20, at The Conrad, we get Mozart’s Serenade No. 6 in D Major, Richard Strauss’s Duet Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. As is usually the case, the serenade shows off all of Mozart’s charm and wit. The Strauss piece is lyrical and introspective. The Beethoven symphony is going to be absolutely electric within the intimate confines of the Conrad’s Baker-Baum concert hall.
Video:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
The venue changes to the UC San Diego Epstein Family Amphitheater on Saturday, June 21. But the programming remains exceptional: the concert opens with one of my all-time favorite pieces of music, Edward Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro for Strings.
Upcoming Event
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival
- Saturday, June 21, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Epstein Family Amphitheater, 9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego
- Age Limit: All ages / $25 - $500
This is followed by Mozart’s evergreen Symphony No. 40, and then Camille Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2. Pianist Joyce Yang will be performing the solo for the Saint-Saëns.
Video:
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
The festival moves back to The Conrad on Tuesday, June 24, for a concert entitled “Baroque Brilliance”. Despite the title, not all the pieces on the concert are Baroque. The concert starts with Igor Stravinsky’s neo-classical Concerto in E-flat) and then goes full Baroque with J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2 & 5.
Upcoming Event
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival
- Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, 7600 Fay Avenue, San Diego
- Age Limit: All ages / $65 - $500
The concert concludes with Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 “Haffner." Like the Beethoven Symphony No. 2, the Haffner Symphony is going to be spectacular in the space.
Video:
Mozart: Symphony No. 35
The final concert at The Conrad is Thursday, June 26. Mozart’s Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio is the opening piece and is followed by A Klezmer Concerto by Noah Bendix-Balgley.
Upcoming Event
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival
- Thursday, June 26, 2025, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, 7600 Fay Avenue, San Diego
- Age Limit: All ages / $65 - $500
Capping off the evening is Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5. This is yet another substantial symphonic work presented in the intimate space of The Conrad.
Video:
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5
The festival concludes back at the UC San Diego Epstein Family Amphitheater on Saturday, June 28. Mozart’s Overture to Cosi fan Tutte begins the evening, and then Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and Symphony No. 7 finish things off.
All concerts will be conducted by Mainly Mozart Music Director Michael Francis
Video:
Mozart: Overture to Cosi fan Tutte