Inon Barnatan from the La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest talked about the four week event and the concerts that will be held. -SummerFest begins this Friday, July 29, and runs through August 26 -All concerts are at The Conrad, La Jolla Music Society’s beautiful new performing arts center in the heart of La Jolla -The theme is UNDER THE INFLUENCE – exploring the muses, movements and events that inspired history’s greatest composers -20 concerts featuring the very best chamber musicians from all over the world -70 FREE education and engagement events including lectures, conversations, open rehearsals and coaching workshops, musical preludes, and more -Wednesday night series features themed food and cocktails after the concert -Several world premieres of new musical works -It’s not all classical: GRAMMY Award-winning jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant will appear in two concerts -GRAMMY Award-winning opera countertenor (male soprano) Anthony Roth Costanzo making his LJMS debut in a program with jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant -Info and tickets at www.theconrad.org