Rising Stars: The Cremona Apprentice Showcase
2026-07-24 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Hanna Center, 17000 Arnold Drive, Sonoma, 95476, United States
The VMMF Cremona Foundation Apprentices are exceptional emerging artists whose musicianship, intelligence, and expressive range mark them as talents to watch. Coming from leading conservatories and early professional careers alike, they arrive at the Festival ready to deepen their artistry through close mentorship with our world-class faculty and the transformative experience of performing on historical instruments. This concert offers the rare opportunity to hear these remarkable young musicians at a pivotal moment in their artistic journeys, and promises to be one of the season’s most exciting and memorable events.
Complete details to be announced later in the spring
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American Roots
2026-07-25 16:00 - 18:00
America opened a new musical world to Dvořák, one that would profoundly shape his creative life. After arriving in New York in 1892 to lead the National Conservatory, he formed an important friendship with the young baritone and composer Harry T. Burleigh, whose singing introduced him to the beauty and expressive power of African American spirituals. This concert explores that artistic exchange and the enduring influence of vernacular traditions on American music, pairing Dvořák with Burleigh, Florence Price, and Charles Ives, composers who, in different ways, drew deeply from folk song, spirituals, and the sounds of everyday life.

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Program
PRICE Five Folksongs in Counterpoint for String Quartet (1951)
BURLEIGH Southland Sketches for Violin and Piano (1916)
IVES Violin Sonata No. 4, “Children’s Day at the Camp Meeting” (1906)
DVOŘÁK String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97, B. 180, “American” (1893)

Artists
Eric Zivian, PIANO | Jennifer Frautschi, Liana Bérubé, Josh Liu, VIOLIN | Elizabeth Blumenstock, VIOLA | Tanya Tomkins, Julia Yang, CELLO

Performance Length
Approximately 2 hours with intermission | Program and artists subject to change

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Final Years: Going Home
2026-07-26 16:00 - 18:00
After his American years, Antonín Dvořák returned to Bohemia in 1895, spending his final decade immersed once again in Czech landscapes, language, and folk traditions. This homecoming deepened the national character of his late works. Bedřich Smetana’s From My Homeland evokes the lyrical spirit of place, while Leoš Janáček’s Violin Sonata demonstrates an intense, modern voice shaped by Moravian speech and song. Dvořák’s radiant A-flat String Quartet reflects his mature mastery, and the concert closes with a fiery Slavonic Dance offering a jubilant celebration of Czech identity.

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Program
SMETANA From My Homeland for Violin and Piano (1880)
DVOŘÁK Humoresque in G-flat major, Op. 101, No. 7, B. 187, for Violin and Piano (1894)
JANÁČEK Sonata for Violin and Piano (1914)
DVOŘÁK String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat major, Op. 105, B. 193 (1895)
DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major, Op. 46, “Furiant” (1878)

Artists
Audrey Vardanega, PIANO |SoYoung Choi, Jennifer Frautschi, Josh Liu, Juliette Greer, VIOLIN | Liana Bérubé, Rosemary Nelis, VIOLA | Clara Abel, Tanya Tomkins, Julia Yang, CELLO | 2026 Apprentices

Performance Length
Approximately 2 hours with intermission | Program and artists subject to change

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