Ima Concerts Set in Little Tokyo Beginning Jan. 15

Ima Concerts, the chamber music series that presents public concerts in Claremont and Hermosa Beach as well as concurrent series in private homes, will inaugurate a public Wednesday night series at the George J. Doizaki Gallery in Little Tokyo next week.

The three events, in the gallery facing the Japan America Theatre, at 244 S. San Pedro St., will feature some of the artists who appear regularly in Ima series.

The opening concert, Wednesday at 8 p.m., will be played by a trio composed of violinist Yoko Matsuda, cellist Daniel Rothmuller and pianist Caroline Pope Kobler. They will offer music by Beethoven, Mamiya and Ravel.

The second event, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m., features a string quartet made up of Matsuda and Miwako Watanabe, violist Steven Tenenbom and cellist Robert Martin, playing Bartok’s First Quartet and Schubert’s String Quartet in D minor, “Death and the Maiden.”

Closing the series is a Beethoven-Messiaen program, April 1 at 8 p.m., to be played by pianist Karl Kohn, clarinetist Michele Zukovsky, violinist Matsuda and cellist Rothmuller.

Information: (818) 785-7055.