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Aaron Copland made four highly publicized government-sponsored trips to Latin America between 1941 and 1963. During these visits, he shared contemporary American concert music with Latin American audiences, including his own violin sonata, heard on tonight’s program. Back home, he drew US attention to the composers and musicians he met in Latin America, such as Heitor Villa-Lobos of Brazil and Silvestre Revueltas and Manuel Ponce of Mexico, all whom Copland knew personally and whose works are also featured. Another contemporary of Copland was the Black American composer William Grant Still, whose Panamanian Dances were inspired by a collection of Latin American folk songs. The history of Pan-American musical exchange predates Copland.

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The Americas

Hanna Boys Center

Pianist Audrey Vardanega and cellist Tanya Tomkins join with visual artist Celia Liberace in the genre-bending Chopin's Edges, exploring works related to fantasy through the lens of Liberace’s drawings. The program combines live music with live drawing to engage audience members in a multisensory experience.

Audrey Vardanega

Temescal Beach House

Join pianist, arts innovator, and Festival Napa Valley favorite Audrey Vardanega in conversation as she shares her story and the work of Arium.live, a multimedia streaming platform she co-founded in 2020. 

This Women in the Arts program is the series’ first high tea service and includes Chef Jose Mejia’s expertly prepared gourmet menu paired with a custom curated selection of teas from UppercaseTea | The Sisterhood of Tea. Alison Kilmer, founder and owner of UppercaseTea | The Sisterhood of Tea, will also share the stories behind each tea and her entrepreneurial path.

Women in the Arts High Tea with Audrey Vardanega

Meritage Resort And Spa

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble (LCCE) continues its 30th anniversary concert series with Wild Music, where music and nature beckon us through the darkness of winter. Igor Stravinsky's own brilliant arrangement of The Rite of Spring for piano four hands will be performed alongside three newly commissioned companion works inspired by Stravinsky’s iconoclastic work. Leoš Janáček's deeply personal connection to nature and memory completes the evening with his tender and mysterious piano cycle, On an Overgrown Path. Wild Music is made possible with the generous support of the Ross McKee foundation. 

Wild Music — Nature beckons us in the darkness of winter

Berkeley Piano Club

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Praised as a “musically eloquent” player (<em>San Francisco Classical Voice</em>) “with the kind of freedom, authority, and strength… that one expects from the world’s finest pianists” (<em>The Piedmont Post</em>), Audrey Vardanega has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist across Europe, China, and the United States. In this admission-free concert, Vardanega performs works for solo piano by Chopin and Mozart.

Audrey Vardanega

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Events

Past events

Jul 27, 2024

The Americas · Valley of the Moon Music Festival

Mar 12, 2023

Audrey Vardanega · Festival Napa Valley

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