pianoSonoma
Chamber Music Festival
July 15, 17, 22, & 24, 2025 at 6 p.m.
Schroeder Hall
Celebrate pianoSonoma’s fifteenth season with magnificent music, including two Bach transcriptions for solo piano, two powerhouse Ravel works to celebrate the composer’s 150th birthday, Piazzolla’s Four Seasons spread across two concerts, and two world premieres commissioned by pianoSonoma and composed and arranged by Peter Dugan.
Sonoma County’s beloved summer concert series takes place over four evenings in July with wine tastings preceding each performance.
Special Offer
We’re partnering with Sonoma State University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) to create this special package experience!
Purchase a ticket package for all Four pianoSonomaconcerts and get 15% off plus exclusive access to a special discussion with Michael and Jessica Shinn on Monday, July 14, at 4 p.m.
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Wachet auf
Tue, July 15
5:30 p.m. Wine Tasting
6 p.m. Concert
We start our fifteenth season with Busoni’s transcription of Bach’s Wachet auf and follow with Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis and Beethoven’s A Major Cello Sonata. The program also includes the first of two world premieres, commissioned by pianoSonoma and composed and arranged by Peter Dugan.
Works on Paper
Thu, July 17
4:30 p.m. Artist Exchange with
Kara Dugan
5:30 p.m. Wine Tasting
6 p.m. Concert
Our second concert features a second Bach transcription, solo works by Chopin and Gabriel Kahane, and Juhi Bansal’s Life, Loss, and Exile, a vocal chamber piece that sets anonymous poetry by the women of Afghanistan. We conclude with the first of two pieces by Ravel in our Vino & Vibrato series, celebrating the composer’s 150th birthday.
Four Seasons
Tue, July 22
5:30 p.m. Wine Tasting
6 p.m. Concert
Four sets with four incredible approaches to music: a haunting trio by young Rachmaninoff, a minimalist work by John Adams, two tangos by Piazzolla, and a jazz set performed by our Artists in Residence duo Riley Mulherkar and Peter Dugan.
Celebration!
Thu, July 24
4:30 p.m. Artist Exchange with Sasha Kasman Laude
5:30 p.m. Wine Tasting
6 p.m. Concert
Celebrate the conclusion of pianoSonoma’s special anniversary season with our final concert, featuring Ravel’s La Valse for two pianos, music by Brahms, Shchedrin, the second of our two world premieres by Peter Dugan, Piazzolla, and more from Riley and Peter.
