Mason Home Concerts 2026 Opening Night: Pianist Marisa Gupta Plays Chopin & Barber at Todd Mason Home Concert

Mason Home Concerts announces its 2026 season of chamber music events, presented in an acoustically refined, salon-style setting that offers audiences rare access to world-class musicians on Los Angeles’s Westside. Now in its 12th year, the series takes place in the purpose-designed private Santa Monica home of composer Todd Mason and runs from Saturday, January 24 through Saturday, May 16, 2026. The season brings together principal and longtime members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and Long Beach Symphony, alongside distinguished faculty and alumni from Juilliard, USC, and UCLA. Spanning traditional and contemporary repertoire, each concert includes a preconcert talk by Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano, fostering direct engagement between artists and audiences in an immersive evening of music.

Continuing a storied Los Angeles tradition of private residence concerts, Mason Home Concerts was founded in 2013 by Mason and his late wife, Robin. In preparation for launching the series, the couple undertook extensive renovations to their Westside Los Angeles home, transforming it into a dedicated, custom-built chamber music environment with an intimate 50-person capacity.

The 2026 Mason Home Concerts season opens on January 24 with pianist Marisa Gupta, offering a program anchored by Chopin’s “Preludes” and “Ballade No. 4,” alongside works by Barber, Migo and a new piece by Mason himself. 

Tickets are offered at a suggested $40 minimum donation per concert or $175 for a season pass, with each ticket including hors d'oeuvres and the signature buffet dinner at 5:30pm prior to the 6:00pm concert start. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit: https://masonconcerts.org.

CONCERTS IN THE 2026 SEASON
The 2026 season continues Mason Home Concerts’ commitment to both traditional repertoire and contemporary works, featuring Beethoven, Barber, Brahms, Bach, Chopin, Gershwin, and Dvoák, alongside modern compositions and world premieres.

January 24:
“Marisa Gupta”
Program: Barber “Excursions,” Mason “Pheidippides,” Migo “Preludes,” and Chopin “Preludes“ and “Ballade No. 4.”

February 21
“Chalifour & Friends” featuring Martin Chalifour, Ambroise Aubrun, Andrew Duckles, Cécilia Tsan, and David Kaplan.
Program: Brahms “Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34.”

March 7
“Webern Quartet” featuring Benjamin Hoffman, Chiai Tajima, Alex Granger, and Stella Cho.
Program: Mason “String Quartet No. 5,” Beethoven “String Quartet, Op. 130, with Grosse Fuge.”

April 18
“Los Angeles Wind Sextet (plus one!)” featuring Susan Greenberg, Jonathan Davis, Sérgio Coelho, Amy Jo Rhine, Judith Farmer, Kevin Fitz-Gerald, and Bernadene Blaha.
Program: Selections of Bach, Kreutzer, Childs, Brahms, and Gershwin.

May 16
“Tosca Opdam & Friends” featuring Tosca Opdam, Asi Matathias, Carson Rick, Cécilia Tsan, and Alin Melik-Adamyan.
Program: Dvoák “Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major,” Moszkowski “Suite.”

For more information and tickets, please visit: https://masonconcerts.org

Photo: Mason Concerts - Aubrun, Vanhauwaert, Tsan, Fernandez