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Spring Fling

June 8, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Please join us at our annual fundraiser for the Valeria Finzi Scholarship Fund.

We will be treated to performances by this year’s Finzi scholarship recipients. Drinks and light refreshments will be served.

Cristina Montes MateoThis year, we’re thrilled to have Cristina Montes Mateo as our guest performer.

Unanimous 1st Prize winner at the “Torneo Internazionale di Musica” (Rome) and the International Harp Competition “V. Bucchi”, Cristina Montes Mateo has also won four more international competitions, as well as numerous national awards.

She has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras and has performed at many festivals. She was selected by Lorin Maazel as Principal Harp of the Valencia Opera House Orchestra (Spain), where she spent more than a decade. In March 2024, she won the position of Principal Harp of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. She is also a regular guest with the Munich Philharmonic, Staatsoper Berlin, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic.

You can read her full biography here.

Please RSVP to secy@harpsocietyla.org, and the corresponding secretary will provide you with the address ahead of the event.

Purchase advance tickets (suggested donation)


Make an additional donation to the Finzi Scholarship fund:

$20 ($10 for students)

Private Location

Monrovia, California 91016 United States + Google Map

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