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A
growing sentiment sweeping Europe at the turn of the 19th
Century, ignited in the French and American revolutions:
The common man was important. The common man became the
subject of art with all emotions, beautiful or not, as
long as they were real. We wore our hearts on our sleeves.
Opening
Night Gala
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at
5:30 p.m.
An elegant evening with a theme of romance and passionate
abandon featuring wonderful entertainment, and fabulous
food and wine.
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Tea & Trumpets; Festival Brass Quintet
Friday, May 2, 2008
at 3:00 p.m.
Friday, May 9, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
A quintessential afternoon of high tea, served with
the brilliant brass of the Festival Brass Quintet lead
by trumpeter Stephen Billington.
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Concertante
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 7:00 p.m
“Stellar! Playing this good forces the listener
to redefine his or her notions of what is great and
what is merely acceptable.” — New
York Sun
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Giuseppe
Albanese
Saturday, May 3, 2008 at
8:00 p.m.
Vendome Prize winner and Venice International Competition winner, Giuseppe Albanese returns to Ventura by popular demand.
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Pink
Martini
Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 2:00 p.m
Part language lesson, part old-fashioned Hollywood
spectacle, the Portland, Oregon-based 'little orchestra' has
become an international phenomenon.
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Rising
Stars
Monday, May 5, 2008 at 7:30 p.m
“Transfixing poetry.” — The
Washington Post
Sara
Daneshpour won the International Russian Piano Competition,
then took 2nd prize at the 2007 William Kapell International
Piano Competition one month later.
17 year-old Chilean
guitarist, Gonzalo Contreras was finalist in the 2006
Parkening Young Guitarist Competition and studies with
Christopher Parkening at Pepperdine.
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Leila Josefowicz
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Since her Carnegie Hall debut at age 16, Josefowicz
has received the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant,
recorded for Phillips, Nonesuch, BBC and Warner Classics,
appeared with the world's leading orchestras, been
nominated for a Grammy...and is just getting warmed
up.
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The Concord Ensemble
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
“Impeccable!” — The
Washington Post
Earning the Grand
Prize at the Early Music American/Dorian Recording
Competition, and a coveted 5-star rating in Goldberg
magazine for their debut recording, the Concord Ensemble
brings a baroque "Battle of the Sexes" program to the
San Buenaventura Mission.
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Turtle Island Quartet
Friday, May 9, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
“In the idiom they all
but invented, Turtle Island remains the ne plus ultra.” — The
Los Angeles Times
Winner of the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Recording of the Year, Turtle Island fuses the classical quartet esthetic with contemporary American musical styles, and, honoring both, has redefined the state of the art.
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Nicole Cabell and David Lomeli with the Festival Orchestra and Nuvi Mehta
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
“And there was Nicole Cabell, who showed why
she won the Cardiff Singer of the World competition!” — New
York Times
“David
Lomelí, is called to be one of the greatest tenor of
our times. The greatest Rodolfo since Pavarotti” — The
Jerusalem Post, Israel
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