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On stage, Time for Three is an electrifying meeting of the minds. The trio — Nicolas “Nick” Kendall (violin, vocals), Ranaan Meyer (double bass, vocals), and Charles Yang (violin, vocals) — leap across genres together, seamlessly performing everything from contemporary classical and jazz to mashups of hip hop, blues, and Beatles covers. Their unique alchemy of virtuosity and free-spirited innovation has earned them a Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo, an Emmy Award–winning PBS special, and international stardom
It is hard to tell where the house stops and the landscape begins at the Stull’s breathtaking Mediterranean-style residence. Perched at 1,200 feet above the Stags Leap District, it commands knockout panoramic vistas of Napa Valley and the San Francisco Bay. The home boasts a wrap-around stone terrace, a secret wine cave, and a beautiful trellised loggia.
Pianist Peter Dugan’s debut performances with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony were described by the Los Angeles Times as “stunning” and by the SF Chronicle as “fearlessly athletic.” He is heard across America as the host of National Public Radio’s beloved program "From the Top." He has appeared as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician across North America and abroad, and can be heard as the piano soloist on a new release of Ives’ Fourth Symphony from Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony.
With a career spanning more than thirty years as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and conductor, Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era, and has frequently been a featured artist at Festival Napa Valley.
There may have been no better place to premiere an opera about the 1976 Judgment of Paris — the blind wine tasting that first put California wines on the map — than the valley whose reputation it transformed.
If Festival Napa Valley’s Symphonic Finale was a poker hand, it would have been a royal flush. Presented Sunday, July 19, at the FNV Stage at Charles Krug in St. Helena, the late evening program featured the works of a quintet of American compositional royalty performed by Festival Orchestra Napa under the guidance of conductor JoAnn Falletta.
Festival Napa Valley marked its 20th anniversary with a record-breaking Arts for All Gala on July 12, raising $6.5 million to support its year-round education, scholarship and community initiatives. Held at Nickel & Nickel in Oakville, part of Far Niente Wine Estates, the gala brought together philanthropists, artists, vintners and civic leaders.
Festival Napa Valley seemed a little closer to Kansas when Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena hosted an outdoor screening of The Wizard of Oz with live accompaniment by Festival Orchestra Napa on July 16. A sold-out audience of 1,100 gathered to watch the beloved Technicolor tale of Dorothy and friends with a full orchestral score conducted by Ming Luke
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