Green Music Center unveils expanded program - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
The Green Music Center at Sonoma State University has expanded its programming for the 2015-16 season, with a total of 39 concerts scheduled for the MasterCard Performance Series in Weill Hall, up from 33 this season, and the debut of a... 3 with a gala concert by Chinese pianist Lang Lang, runs through mid-May with headliners such as pianists Yuja Wang and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, a cappella vocal ensemble Chanticleer, mandolinist Chris Thile, the Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band,... “The classical music in the Bay Area is known for its concentration of authentic and baroque instruments,” said Zarin Mehta, co-executive director of the Green Music Center. “I’m bringing four of the (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra) concerts to us. ”. The 2015-16 season will mark the fourth for the Green Music Center and the first planned in its entirety by Mehta, who was hired in the fall of 2013. In the upcoming... “We have internationally known soloists and ensembles coming from Africa, India, Spain and Great Britain … as well as an outstanding lineup of award-winning classical artists,” Mehta said. Mehta has booked the Orchestra Symphonique de Montreal led by California native Kent Nagano, along with highly regarded ensembles such as the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Source: www.pressdemocrat.com
