Basically Beethoven Festival 2025
July 13 @ 2:30 pm
Free
Basically Beethoven announces its summer festival series, three free concerts featuring exceptional professional local classical musicians and celebrating the organization’s commitment to music education in its Rising Star segment. The festival will take place on Sundays, July 13, 20, and 27, 2025, beginning at 2:30 PM (Rising Star) and 3:00 PM (Featured Performer) at Moody Performance Hall.
Sunday, July 13, 2025 – PRELUDES
● 2:30 PM – Rising Stars: SMU Meadows School of the Arts Music Division MFA students Bradley Ritschel (bass-baritone) and Grace Monsanto (mezzo-soprano) with collaborative pianist Kara Solis. Their program features selections from Mozart, Rossini, Cole Porter, Stephen Schwartz, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Special thanks to SMU Professor of Voice Virginia Dupuy
● 3:00 PM – Featured Performer: Liudmila Georgievskaya, piano, performing selections from Claude Debussy’s Préludes, Book 1 and Joaquín Rodrigo’s Cuatro Estampas Andaluzas (Four Andalusian Pictures)