The recipe for this weekend’s delicious Cultural Cocktail Hour includes: One Part classical music in a museum, Two Doses of Mozart and an award-winning young violinist, and a Splash of the brightest stars in the contemporary art world. Shaken, not stirred. Enjoy!

The Italian Connection: An Evening of Piano Masterworks– Norton Simon

Fri. Jan. 20 7:00 p.m.

Thomas Pandolfi, pianist

Program includes: Alessandro Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in D Minor, transcribed for solo piano by Earl Wild, four sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, a nocturne by Ottorino Respighi, and Franz Liszt’s Dante Sonata

Held in the 20th-century gallery. Stickers for ensured seating will be distributed starting at 6:00 p.m.

411 W. Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91105 626.449.6840 http://www.nortonsimon.org/

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra presents Mozart (Mostly)

Sat Jan 21- 8:00 p.m Alex Theater, Glendale; Sunday Jan 22 Royce Hall, UCLA– 7:00 p.m.

Andrew Shulman, conductor. Nigel Armstrong, violin.

Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A major ; Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major;  Walton Sonata for Strings Alex Theatre 216 North Brand Boulevard.Glendale, CA 91203. (818) 243 7700 Royce Hall. 340 Royce Dr. Westwood, CA 90095 For more information, please visit: http://www.laco.org/

 LA Art Show

January 18-22. Los Angeles Convention Center

Artists include: Damien Hirst, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Arshile Gorky, Andy Warhol, Fernando Botero, and others.

For information on purchasing tickets, please visit:

http://www.laartshow.com/