BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Mendocino Music Festival - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Mendocino Music Festival X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mendocinomusic.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Mendocino Music Festival REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230717T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230717T110000 DTSTAMP:20260715T134025 CREATED:20230228T063857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T003628Z UID:10003071-1689591600-1689591600@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Ravel: The Lure of the Exotic\, featuring Susan Waterfall DESCRIPTION:Susan Waterfall will play Pavane pour un infante défunte\, Oiseaux tristes\, and Un barque sur l’ocean. She will be joined by Julian Pollack on “Mother Goose Suite.” Jenny Matteucci\, soprano\, accompanied by Daniel Lockert on piano\, will present Cinq mélodies populaires grecques. The Piano Trio in A minor will close out the concert\, with Sam Weiser\, violin; Evan Kahn\, cello; and Keisuke Nakagoshi\, piano. \n\n \n \n \n \n Julian Pollack\, piano\n \n \n \n Daniel Lockert\, piano; Jenny Matteucci\, soprano\n \n \n \n Sam Weiser\, violin\n \n \n \n Evan Kahn\, cello\n \n \n \n Keisuke Nakagoshi\, piano\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n2023 Featured Composer: Maurice Ravel\n \nFor 2023\, Susan Waterfall’s composer series will feature the innovative and influential Maurice Ravel. Immerse yourself in his world and his music\, and understand how his music evolved over his lifetime with narrated chamber recitals featuring exciting guest artists\, and various other settings of Ravel’s work across the Festival. \nExplore the Series \nWaterfall’s productions always present exciting\, absorbing playing of great music\, but are also rare\, distinctive examples of what can be called music education\, though they’re more conversational\, truly a sharing of perspective\, interest\, anecdote. There’s a sense of immediacy to her delivery\, weaving in and out of the playing\, an intimately conceived present awareness of this heritage. It’s something unique that needs to be experienced.” -Ken Bullock\, Berkeley Daily Planet\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/ravel-the-lure-of-the-exotic/2023-07-17/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance,Piano ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/methode_times_prod_web_bin_47a96794-ece6-11e8-bea1-693d823de728-1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230718T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230718T150000 DTSTAMP:20260715T134025 CREATED:20230228T063857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T003628Z UID:10003115-1689692400-1689692400@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Ravel: The Lure of the Exotic\, featuring Susan Waterfall DESCRIPTION:Susan Waterfall will play Pavane pour un infante défunte\, Oiseaux tristes\, and Un barque sur l’ocean. She will be joined by Julian Pollack on “Mother Goose Suite.” Jenny Matteucci\, soprano\, accompanied by Daniel Lockert on piano\, will present Cinq mélodies populaires grecques. The Piano Trio in A minor will close out the concert\, with Sam Weiser\, violin; Evan Kahn\, cello; and Keisuke Nakagoshi\, piano. \n\n \n \n \n \n Julian Pollack\, piano\n \n \n \n Daniel Lockert\, piano; Jenny Matteucci\, soprano\n \n \n \n Sam Weiser\, violin\n \n \n \n Evan Kahn\, cello\n \n \n \n Keisuke Nakagoshi\, piano\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n2023 Featured Composer: Maurice Ravel\n \nFor 2023\, Susan Waterfall’s composer series will feature the innovative and influential Maurice Ravel. Immerse yourself in his world and his music\, and understand how his music evolved over his lifetime with narrated chamber recitals featuring exciting guest artists\, and various other settings of Ravel’s work across the Festival. \nExplore the Series \nWaterfall’s productions always present exciting\, absorbing playing of great music\, but are also rare\, distinctive examples of what can be called music education\, though they’re more conversational\, truly a sharing of perspective\, interest\, anecdote. There’s a sense of immediacy to her delivery\, weaving in and out of the playing\, an intimately conceived present awareness of this heritage. It’s something unique that needs to be experienced.” -Ken Bullock\, Berkeley Daily Planet\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/ravel-the-lure-of-the-exotic/2023-07-18/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance,Piano ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/methode_times_prod_web_bin_47a96794-ece6-11e8-bea1-693d823de728-1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230719T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230719T110000 DTSTAMP:20260715T134025 CREATED:20230228T063902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T225750Z UID:10003074-1689764400-1689764400@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Piano Series: Jeffrey LaDeur\, with Kindra Scharich DESCRIPTION:Jeffrey LaDeur is known for his rare blend of insight\, spontaneity\, and approachable\, communicative stage presence. He is the founder and artistic director of the San Francisco International Piano Festival and president of the American Liszt Society\, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. \nMezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich has been praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for her “fearless technical precision\,” “deep-rooted pathos” and “irrepressible musical splendor.” As a dedicated recitalist\, she enjoys the full complement of recital\, concert and opera engagements alike. URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/ladeur-scharich/2023-07-19/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance,Piano ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Montage1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230720T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230720T150000 DTSTAMP:20260715T134025 CREATED:20230228T063902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T225750Z UID:10003096-1689865200-1689865200@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Piano Series: Jeffrey LaDeur\, with Kindra Scharich DESCRIPTION:Jeffrey LaDeur is known for his rare blend of insight\, spontaneity\, and approachable\, communicative stage presence. He is the founder and artistic director of the San Francisco International Piano Festival and president of the American Liszt Society\, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. \nMezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich has been praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for her “fearless technical precision\,” “deep-rooted pathos” and “irrepressible musical splendor.” As a dedicated recitalist\, she enjoys the full complement of recital\, concert and opera engagements alike. URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/ladeur-scharich/2023-07-20/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance,Piano ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Montage1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230722T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230722T150000 DTSTAMP:20260715T134025 CREATED:20230228T063906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230325T012025Z UID:10003080-1690038000-1690038000@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Piano Series: Ralph Van Raat and Heather Pinkham\, duo pianos DESCRIPTION:The artists will play John Adams’ Hallelujah Junction for two pianos\, named after a small truck stop on US 395 near the California–Nevada border. Pinkham’s Mechanical Transcendence for two pianos tells the story of an android that wishes to become human. Joep Franssens’ Old Songs\, New Songs for two pianos will be followed by another Pinkham composition\, Onward and Upward for two pianos. Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine\, a four- hand piano crowd-pleaser\, will close out the performance.\nI enjoy Van Raat on recording\, but given the chance to hear him again live\, I would run\, not walk.”- Christian B. Carey\, Musical America \nHeather Pinkham has everything it takes to become a phenomenon. The pianist\, composer and musicologist has developed into an original voice in the world of contemporary music. In her own work she combines the power of repetition with catchy melodies and narrative textures.”- International Holland Music Sessions \n\n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/van-raat-pinkham/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance,Piano ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Montage1600web-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230724T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230724T150000 DTSTAMP:20260715T134025 CREATED:20230228T063914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230719T152559Z UID:10003085-1690210800-1690210800@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Ravel: The Attraction of Modernism\, featuring Susan Waterfall DESCRIPTION:Susan Waterfall will play Sonatine. Silvie Jensen\, mezzo-soprano\, will be joined by Daniel Lockert on piano for Deux melodies hébraïques. Harpist Anna Maria Mendieta will be joined by a small group of string and woodwind players to perform the chamber piece\, Introduction et Allegro. On Chansons Madécasses\, Silvie Jensen\, mezzo-soprano\, will be joined by Mindy Rosenfeld\, flute; Stephen Harrison\, cello; and Daniel Lockert\, piano. In closing\, Carolyn Steinbuck\, piano\, and Sam Weiser\, violin\, will play the Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major. \n\n \n \n \n \n Silvie Jensen\, mezzo-soprano\n \n \n \n Daniel Lockert\, piano\n \n \n \n Mindy Rosenfeld\, flute\n \n \n \n Stephen Harrison\, cello\n \n \n \n \n \n Sam Weiser\, violin\n \n \n \n Carolyn Steinbuck\, piano\n \n \n \n Anna Maria Mendieta\, harp\n \n \n \n Eric Kritz\, clarinet\n \n \n \n \n \n Marcia Lotter\, violin\n \n \n \n Tammy Dyer\, violin\n \n \n \n Susan Freier\, viola\n \n \n \n Janet Witharm\, cello\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n2023 Featured Composer: Maurice Ravel\n \nFor 2023\, Susan Waterfall’s composer series will feature the innovative and influential Maurice Ravel. Immerse yourself in his world and his music\, and understand how his music evolved over his lifetime with narrated chamber recitals featuring exciting guest artists\, and various other settings of Ravel’s work across the Festival. \nExplore the Series \nWaterfall’s productions always present exciting\, absorbing playing of great music\, but are also rare\, distinctive examples of what can be called music education\, though they’re more conversational\, truly a sharing of perspective\, interest\, anecdote. There’s a sense of immediacy to her delivery\, weaving in and out of the playing\, an intimately conceived present awareness of this heritage. It’s something unique that needs to be experienced.” -Ken Bullock\, Berkeley Daily Planet\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/ravel2-modernism/2023-07-24/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance,Piano ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/maurice-ravel1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230725T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230725T150000 DTSTAMP:20260715T134025 CREATED:20230228T063914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230719T152559Z UID:10003100-1690297200-1690297200@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Ravel: The Attraction of Modernism\, featuring Susan Waterfall DESCRIPTION:Susan Waterfall will play Sonatine. Silvie Jensen\, mezzo-soprano\, will be joined by Daniel Lockert on piano for Deux melodies hébraïques. Harpist Anna Maria Mendieta will be joined by a small group of string and woodwind players to perform the chamber piece\, Introduction et Allegro. On Chansons Madécasses\, Silvie Jensen\, mezzo-soprano\, will be joined by Mindy Rosenfeld\, flute; Stephen Harrison\, cello; and Daniel Lockert\, piano. In closing\, Carolyn Steinbuck\, piano\, and Sam Weiser\, violin\, will play the Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major. \n\n \n \n \n \n Silvie Jensen\, mezzo-soprano\n \n \n \n Daniel Lockert\, piano\n \n \n \n Mindy Rosenfeld\, flute\n \n \n \n Stephen Harrison\, cello\n \n \n \n \n \n Sam Weiser\, violin\n \n \n \n Carolyn Steinbuck\, piano\n \n \n \n Anna Maria Mendieta\, harp\n \n \n \n Eric Kritz\, clarinet\n \n \n \n \n \n Marcia Lotter\, violin\n \n \n \n Tammy Dyer\, violin\n \n \n \n Susan Freier\, viola\n \n \n \n Janet Witharm\, cello\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n2023 Featured Composer: Maurice Ravel\n \nFor 2023\, Susan Waterfall’s composer series will feature the innovative and influential Maurice Ravel. Immerse yourself in his world and his music\, and understand how his music evolved over his lifetime with narrated chamber recitals featuring exciting guest artists\, and various other settings of Ravel’s work across the Festival. \nExplore the Series \nWaterfall’s productions always present exciting\, absorbing playing of great music\, but are also rare\, distinctive examples of what can be called music education\, though they’re more conversational\, truly a sharing of perspective\, interest\, anecdote. There’s a sense of immediacy to her delivery\, weaving in and out of the playing\, an intimately conceived present awareness of this heritage. It’s something unique that needs to be experienced.” -Ken Bullock\, Berkeley Daily Planet\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/ravel2-modernism/2023-07-25/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance,Piano ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/maurice-ravel1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230726T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230726T110000 DTSTAMP:20260715T134025 CREATED:20230228T063915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T170217Z UID:10003087-1690369200-1690369200@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Piano Series: Rachel Breen DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Germany\, American pianist Rachel Breen’s performances have been described as “truly show-stopping” (Gramophone UK)\, having “a beautiful piano sound and original detail.” She has enjoyed an active and successful competition career and has performed and taught masterclasses world-wide. Breen will put her own stamp on Bach’s Goldberg Variations\, Nicolai Medtner’s Sonata Op. 22 in G minor\, and Beethoven’s last piano sonata\, Sonata No. 32 in C minor\, Op. 111.\nWho programs like this? Amazing!…musicians like her are the future.”- ludwig-van.com \n…took [listeners] into outer space and then back again—and this is meant as a compliment.”- International Piano Magazine \n\n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/piano-series-rachel-breen/2023-07-26/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance,Piano ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/rachel2-2000x1200-1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230727T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230727T150000 DTSTAMP:20260715T134025 CREATED:20230228T063915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T170217Z UID:10003101-1690470000-1690470000@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Piano Series: Rachel Breen DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Germany\, American pianist Rachel Breen’s performances have been described as “truly show-stopping” (Gramophone UK)\, having “a beautiful piano sound and original detail.” She has enjoyed an active and successful competition career and has performed and taught masterclasses world-wide. Breen will put her own stamp on Bach’s Goldberg Variations\, Nicolai Medtner’s Sonata Op. 22 in G minor\, and Beethoven’s last piano sonata\, Sonata No. 32 in C minor\, Op. 111.\nWho programs like this? Amazing!…musicians like her are the future.”- ludwig-van.com \n…took [listeners] into outer space and then back again—and this is meant as a compliment.”- International Piano Magazine \n\n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/piano-series-rachel-breen/2023-07-27/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance,Piano ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/rachel2-2000x1200-1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR