12th Annual iPalpiti Festival set for August 15

Event Afternoon Open Rehearsal & Evening "Preview" Concert
12th Annual iPalpiti Festival of International Laureatesi
Palpiti Orchestra & Soloists

When Saturday, August 15, 2009
Open Rehearsal: 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. (Free Admission)
Concert: 7:30 p.m.

Where Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
26438 Crenshaw Blvd. (at Palos Verdes Drive North)
Rolling Hills Estates CA

Admission Open Rehearsal: Free Admission
Concert: Donation $10 / $5 children 12 & under
For more (310) 377-6771

Under the direction of Maestro Eduard Schmieder, the iPalpiti (ee-PAHL-pit-ee, Italian for "heartbeat") Orchestral Ensemble draws its members from prize-winning musicians of international competitions. iPalpiti has played to acclaim in leading concert halls worldwide. The annual International Laureates Festival - in Southern California each Summer since 1998 - takes place at various venues throughout the City, including UCLA, Beverly Hills' Greystone Mansion, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Rolling Hills United Methodist Church, and culminates in an evening concert by the full orchestra in the Walt Disney Concert Hall, this summer on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.

Twenty-eight selected artists will arrive in Los Angeles from 21 countries. Rolling Hills United Methodist Church hosts an all-day rehearsal, open to the public from 2:30-4:30 p.m., and in the evening iPalpiti orchestra & soloists perform a Festival "Preview" -chamber-music and solo recital selections by the soloists, and selections from its Walt Disney Concert Hall concert by the full iPalpiti orchestra.

Find full Festival information at: www.iPalpiti.org