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Step into the back room of Mrs Krishnan’s dairy where garlands decorate the ceiling, music flows and Mrs Krishnan is throwing a party like no other. Food simmers on the stove, laughter abounds and strangers become friends in this joyous celebration of life.

The legendary music director of Academy of St Martin in the Fields returns to the Mondavi Center for a very special recital performance with Peter Dugan. With a career spanning almost four decades, Grammy award-winning violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated artists of his era. He’s performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, for three American presidents and the justices of the Supreme Court. Bell’s talent has even inspired a successful children’s book, The Man With The Violin, and an animated film with music by Academy Award-winning composer Anne Dudley. He appears in recital with Peter Dugan, the “fearlessly athletic” (San Francisco Chronicle) pianist and host of NPR’s From the Top.

Shostakovich’s quartets are by turns intimate, passionate, lyrical, ironic and deeply moving personal testimonies by one of the twentieth century’s greatest composers. Opus explores the complex relationships between the individual and the group, between the march of history and what dictates the heart, and between the tragic and the comic. It’s a melding of music and bodies at the highest level producing a groundbreaking work of intense power, one The Guardian calls “so remarkable as almost to defy description.”

Formed in 2004 at the Kyiv Center of Contemporary Art “DAKH” by the avant-garde theatre director Vladyslav Troitskyi, their shows are staged with a strong visual element, illustrating their bright, unique and unforgettable sound. Accompanied by Indian, Arabic, African and Ukrainian traditional instrumentation, their musical spectrum is at first intimate then riotous, plumbing the depths of contemporary roots and rhythms, inspiring “cultural and artistic liberation” aimed at unlocking the potential of Ukrainian melodies for the country’s younger generation and the rest of the world.

Seven-time GRAMMY winner, two-time Oscar nominee and newly appointed Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ Terence Blanchard returns to the Mondavi Center stage with The E-Collective & Turtle Island Quartet for an unforgettable night celebrating the 20th anniversary of his seminal album, FLOW.

Director Steven Spielberg’s heartwarming masterpiece is one of the brightest stars in motion picture history. Filled with unparalleled magic and imagination, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial follows the moving story of a lost little alien who befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliott. Experience all the mystery and fun of their unforgettable adventure in the beloved movie that captivated audiences around the world, complete with John Williams’ Academy Award®-winning score performed live by the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra in sync to the film projected on a huge HD screen!

Embracing the school’s “learn by doing” philosophy, this year’s musicians include pianist Michelle Cann and the Erinys Quartet. Lauded as “exquisite” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Cann is one of the most sought-after pianists of her generation while the young ensemble, named for the Furies from Oresteia by Aeschylus has performed throughout Finland, Europe, and the United States and studies with the legendary Dover Quartet.

This ensemble features a “who’s who” of Native and Indigenous jazz musicians and bandleaders, including Mali Obomsawin (Odanak Abenaki), Delbert Anderson (Diné) and Chantil Dukart (Tsimshian), led by celebrated vocalist and luminary Julia Keefe (Nez Perce). Performing pieces from their under-appreciated predecessors in jazz like Mildred Bailey (Coeur d’Alene) and Jim Pepper (Kaw/Mvskoke), alongside works by contemporary Indigenous composers, the band spotlights a vibrant, long-standing tradition of Indigenous improvised music.

Featuring one of the largest orchestras in their history at this venue and including dynamic soloists with a full choir, you will revel in this triumphant performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”. This piece was famously performed in the recent Leonard Bernstein film directed by Bradley Cooper, Maestro. The Auburn Symphony invites you to join us for an unparalleled experience of professional-level local musicians soaring to new heights!