Annual Dinner 2022

Join us as we announce the 99th season and honor the 2021-2022 Hero of the Arts, Maestro Frank Fetta.

If we reach capacity, we can put your name on our waiting list. 

Entertainment

 Lana Love 

The genesis for Lana’s musical journey started in Naples, Florida as a precocious 4-year old who was obsessed with Andrew Lloyd Weber’s iconic “Phantom of The Opera” and started playing the song, “Music of the Night,” by ear on piano in her living room. From that auspicious beginning, Lana has been immersed in honing and expressing her artistry in every medium available. By age 7, she had written her first song. She later studied music at the University of Florida and the American Music Theater and Dramatic Academy in New York. In her late teens, she was featured in several musical productions as a singer/actor/dancer produced by Disney and Nickelodeon that were presented internationally in over 20 countries throughout Europe. Back in the US she has amassed a number of television credits on programs that were broadcast by HBO, Warner Brothers, Discovery Channel, YouTube and Telemundo. She has also opened for mega rappers like Snoop Dogg and Wu Tang Clan, among others, dabbled in EDM and been a featured guest artist on RAF MC’s Latin dance track, “Baila.”

“The Lana Love story continues to exponentially blossom, she is spreading the one message she holds most dearly...everything, absolutely everything — is LOVE.” - Ramon Hervey(former publicist for Motown Records. Managed BabyFace, Bette Midler, and Vanessa Williams)

  Ruslan Biryukov

Known for his "superb artistry, passion and individuality," Ruslan has performed throughout the world, including countries in the former USSR, Europe, and United States. He was the only cellist ever invited to perform for 10 consecutive years solo recitals at the Sundays Live Concert Series in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the longest running live radio broadcasted concert series in the United States, as well as the only Russian cellist invited to solo with orchestra during the inaugural season of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Memorable chamber music experience includes performances with world renowned violinist Midori at the Disney Hall in Los Angeles, cellist Kirill Rodin at the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory, and members of the Ysaye Quartet. Ruslan Biryukov has been a master teacher in music festivals in Europe and Russia. He has held teaching positions at the Ippolitov- Ivanov State Institute of Music in Moscow, Russia and the Music Academy in Lovran, Croatia. He received his formal music education at Baku Music Academy in Azerbaijan, Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory in Russia, and the USC Thornton School of Music. He first earned international recognition by winning major awards in Azerbaijan and by the inclusion of his name in the Gold Book of Russia's international program "New Names". Biryukov has gone on to win numerous other awards worldwide, including the 17th Mu Phi Epsilon International Competition. Founder of the Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director of Positive Motions Concert Series in Los Angeles, heralded as a charismatic performer who captivates the attention of his audiences, Ruslan Biryukov is a much sought after young musician who is committed to a lifetime of music making by sharing the art of music with worldwide audiences from all walks of life.

About Redlands Bowl Performing Arts

For almost a century, Redlands Bowl Performing Arts (RBPA), has served the city of Redlands and the Inland Empire region by providing quality performing arts to the community free of admission charge via their core program, the Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival. Other programs include: The Children’s Summer Festival Workshops, Music in the Schools Programs, the Arts Education Impact Initiative to address the needs of under-served youth. These programs known as the “Eighty-Eight Keys for Youth” program serves over 35,000 youth in the region. Redlands Bowl Performing Arts also holds an annual young artists competition, which in 2017 was reformatted to a concerto competition where competitors compete on the Bowl stage with orchestra. The competition has grown to include competitors as far away as the People’s Republic of China.

Redlands Bowl Performing Arts (RBPA), was founded in 1923 by a woman with a vision – Grace Stewart Mullen. The first Bowl season was in 1924. Mrs. Mullen believed that the performing arts should be accessible to all regardless of their ability to pay for admission. Her dream of bringing professional quality, classically-oriented performing arts to her community has prospered for almost 100 years. The Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival holds the distinction of being the longest continuously running summer music festival in the United States where no admission is charged. Over 100,000 people attend each summer.

Since its inception, an estimated eight million people have attended an evening of entertainment under the stars at the Redlands Bowl. RBPA’s programming is family-friendly and serves a multi-generational audience. We are non-sectarian and non-political, bringing people together through the profound power of the performing arts. Each year the programs for the Summer Music Festival include a broad base of cultural programming including symphonies, opera, dance programs and musical theater. World-famous names have appeared on the Bowl stage including: John Jorgenson, Angel Blue, John Raitt, Isaac Stern, Marilyn Horne, Grace Bumbry, Percy Grainger, Andre Previn, Leontyne Price, Jerome Robins, Howard Keel, Marni Nixon, Lotte Lehmann, Rudolph Friml, Roger Wagner and his Chorale, Shirley Verrett, Glenn Dicterow, Lola Montes, Lorna Luft, Marcus Roberts, Rita Coolidge, and many more!

Redlands Bowl Performing Arts is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit organization. All contributions are tax-deductible.