Chamber Music Palisades Concert to Feature New Hollywood String Quartet

By SARAH SHMERLING | Editor-in-Chief

Chamber Music Palisades will open its 29th season of concerts on Wednesday, October 8, at 7:30 p.m.

The concert will feature New Hollywood String Quartet—with Tereza Stanislav (violin), Rafael Rishik (violin), Robert Brophy (viola) and Andrew Shulman (cello)—and Susan Greenberg, artistic director and co-founder of Chamber Music Palisades, on flute.

“[Greenberg] is former flutist with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and presently first flute with Santa Monica Symphony,” read information from Chamber Music Palisades. “Tereza Stanislav, currently assistant concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, has performed in many of the world’s leading concert halls. Composer and violinist Rafael Rishik spent several years performing with the Camerata Pacifica and is a founding member of the New Hollywood String Quartet.”

Brophy is a member of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and has performed with Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera and other West Coast chamber music series, according to Chamber Music Palisades, and Shulman is a “globally celebrated English cellist and conductor” who has been principal cellist of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra since 2008.

The program will include three pieces: Arthur Foote’s “A Night Piece” for flute and string quartet, Joseph Hadyn’s “Symphony No. 101 in D Major” (The Clock) and Maurice Ravel’s “String Quartet in F Major.”

KUSC Host and Chamber Music Palisades associate Alan Chapman will provide “informative in-person program notes.”

Tickets are available for $35 online or at the door, with a subscription to all four concerts in the 2025-26 season available online for $120. Full-time students with ID can attend for free.

The concert will take place at Chamber Music Palisades’ “temporary home,” Brentwood Presbyterian Church, located at 12000 San Vicente Boulevard. There is free parking available in the underground parking lot located off Bundy on the east side between San Vicente Boulevard and Montana Avenue, according to Chamber Music Palisades.