We hope you had a great month of July. We will soon announce our program for UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL’S upcoming 2026-27 fourth season.

In the meantime, below are pictures of the twenty concerts we presented between September 2025 and June 2026, all with free admission!!

Please leave us a comment with your feedback on this past concerts, we’d love to read from you!

June 2026 – classical guitar/cello duet

Musicians on pictures: Paula Fehrenbach, cello and Brian Head, classical guitar.

May 2026 – string quartet

Musicians on pictures: Limor Toren, violin, Haesol Lee, violin, Alicja Blanquart, cello and Nicholaus Yee, viola. Hervé Blanquart, emcee.

Location: Mary Star San Pedro, Danish Lutheran Church in Yorba Linda, St Cornelius Long Beach

April 2026 – violin-cello sonata

Musicians on pictures: Limor Toren, violin and Alicja Blanquart, cello.

Locations: St Peter’s Episcopal Church in San Pedro and St Thomas of Canterbury in Long Beach

March 2026 – Seven Last Words, string quartet

Musicians on pictures: Limor Toren and Sakura Tsai, violins, Alicja Blanquart, cello and Nicholaus Yee, viola.

Locations: Mary Star in San Pedro, Covenant Presbyterian Church in Long Beach, Danish Lutheran Church in Yorba Linda and St Cornelius Catholic Church in Long Beach.

March 2026 – Clarinet trio “on tour” (Los Angeles Library outreach)

Musicians on pictures: Limor Toren, violin, Alicja Blanquart, cello and Peter Nevin, clarinet

Location: Edendale branch of the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL)

February 2026 – Oboe + piano

Musicians on pictures: Rong-Huey Liu, oboe, Vivian Liu, piano.

Locations: Danish Church in Yorba Linda, St Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church in Long Beach.

January 2026 – Oboe quartet

Musicians on pictures: Rong-Huey Liu, oboe, Limor Toren, violin, Alicja Blanquart, cello and Nicholaus Yee, viola.

Locations: St Cornelius Catholic Church in Long Beach, Mary Star in San Pedro.

November 2025 – String quartet

Musicians on pictures: Limor Toren and Sakura Tsai, violins, Alicja Blanquart, cello and Nicholaus Yee, viola.

Locations: St Gregory Episcopal Church in Long Beach, Mary Star of the Sea in San Pedro.

September 2025 – Clarinet quintet

Musicians on pictures: Limor Toren and Sakura Tsai, violins, Peter Nevin, clarinet, Alicja Blanquart, cello and Nicholaus Yee, viola.

Locations: St Gregory Episcopal Church in Long Beach and Mary Star in San Pedro.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL this past year, and SEE YOU SOON!!…