Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival

The festival was founded in 1988 by Professor Henry J. Bruman (1913–2005), who sought to introduce new audiences to chamber music at informal concerts on the UCLA campus. The festival is made possible by the Henry J. Bruman Trust, Professors Wendell E. Jeffrey and Bernice M. Wenzel, by a gift in memory of Raymond E. Johnson, and with the support of the UCLA Center for 17th-& 18th-Century Studies.


2023
The Felici Piano Trio Mozart and Brahms Piano QuartetsMartin Chalifour & FriendsFresno State Piano Trio

2022
Splot Quartet Colón DuoYu & I DuoLyris QuartetDuo Novae

2021 (online)
Neave TrioZelter String QuartetDalí QuartetPetanova & Hoft Duo —  Colón Duo

2019
Hausmann QuartetiPalpiti SoloistsEclipse QuartetAperture DuoAmbroise and Friends

2018
iPalpiti Soloists — Los Angeles EnsembleGregory & LashCristina Montes-Mateo

2017
iPalpiti SoloistsAster String QuartetFelici EnsembleStrings of Kaleidoscope

2016
iPalpiti SoloistsCalidore String QuartetDuo Sutre-KimKaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra

2015
California String QuartetEnsemble in PromptūUCLA Alumni TrioWestside Chamber Players

2014
California String Quartet — Ensemble in Promptū — Fiato String Quartet — iPalpiti Soloists

2013
California String Quartet — Ensemble in Promptū — iPalpiti Soloists

2012
Armadillo String Quartet — California String Quartet — iPalpiti Soloists

2011
Ensemble in Promptū — Fiato String Quartet — iPalpiti Soloists

2010
canceled

2009
Fiato String Quartet — iPalpiti Soloists — Dennis Trembly, bass, and Daniel Rosenboom, trumpet

2008
Armadillo String Quartet — La Camerata — iPalpiti Soloists — Mládí

2007
Tamara Chernyak and Susan Rishik, violins, Victoria Miskolczy, viola, and Andrew Cook, cello — iPalpiti Soloists — Janaki String Trio — Mládí

2006
Armadillo String Quartet — Calder Quartet — La Camerata — Tamara Chernyak and Stacy Wetzel, violins, Minor L. Wetzel, viola, and Barry Gold, cello — iPalpiti Soloists — Mládí

2005
Armadillo String Quartet — Calder Quartet — La Camerata — Tamara Chernyak and Kristine Hedwall, violins, Minor L. Wetzel, viola, and Barry Gold, cello — iPalpiti Soloists — Mládí

2004
Armadillo String Quartet — La Camerata — Tamara Chernyak and Kristine Hedwall, violins, Minor L. Wetzel, viola, and Gloria Lum, cello — iPalpiti Soloists — Mládí

2003
Armadillo String Quartet — La Camerata — iPalpiti Soloists

2002
Armadillo String Quartet — Brentwood Soloists — Tamara Chernyak and Akiko Tarumoto, violins, Ingrid Hutman, viola, and Gloria Lum, cello — iPalpiti Soloists — Musica Angelica

2001
Armadillo String Quartet — Tamara Chernyak and Ingrid Kuo Chun, violins, Ingrid Hutman, viola, and Gloria Lum, cello — iPalpiti Soloists

2000
Armadillo String Quartet — Cypress String Quartet — Young Artists International

1999
Armadillo String Quartet — Cypress String Quartet — Marcia Dickson, harp, Angela Wiegand, flute, and Simon Oswell, violin — Musica Angelica — St. Petersburg String Quartet — Young Artists International

1998
Bing Wang and Daniel Rothmuller, violins, and Evan N. Wilson, viola — Jackie Brand and Polly Sweeney, violins, and Vicky Miskolcsy, viola