NVCO 3rd Season 2023-24 all concerts begin at 2pm
Sunday, October 1 Crosswalk Community Church, Napa
Sunday, November 19 Justin Sienna High School,
4026 Maher St Napa
Violet Grgich Guest Harpsichordist
Saturday, February 24 Congregation Beth Shalom
Concerts with Napa/Sonoma Youth
Sunday, February 25 Grace Church, St. Helena
Sunday, April 28 Pacific Union College, Angwin
Sunday, May 5 TBD
4/28 & 5/5: featured artist, pianist Janet Guggenheim
Pianist Janet Guggenheim made her orchestral debut at the age of sixteen with the San Francisco Symphony. A graduate of U.C. Berkeley, pianist Janet Guggenheim received a master’s degree from the Juilliard School, where she studied with Rosina Lhevinne, received the Joseph Lhevinne scholarship, and won the Juilliard Concerto competition. She has given recitals throughout Europe, was pianist for the Pablo Casals Master Classes in Berkeley, televised on PBS, and for 30 years collaborated with violinist Itzhak Perlman, including concerts in Mexico City, Hong Kong, Taipei, Istanbul, and Moscow. She appeared numerous times on the Johnny Carson “Tonight” Show with Perlman and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, as well as with Yo Yo Ma. A Bay Area and Portland resident, she has been on the faculties of U.C., Dominican and Portland State University. She has participated in the Sitka, Cabrillo, Carmel, La Jolla, Seattle, and Marin Music Festivals. With Michael Grebanier, she recorded the complete cello works of Rachmaninoff. She is pianist in the video, “Perlman Live in Russia”.