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September 2023

Shakti members stand next to each other in logo shirts

Shakti: 50th Anniversary Tour

  • Friday, September 8, 2023 - 7:30pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

An unprecedented, transcontinental collaboration, Shakti united eastern and western musicians, and in the process forged the template for what is now called "world music."

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Snarky Puppy

  • Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 7:30pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

After a decade of relentless touring and recording in all but complete obscurity, the Texas-bred/New York-based Snarky Puppy suddenly found itself held up by the press and public as a major figure in the jazz world.

October 2023

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Samara Joy

  • Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 7:30pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

Samara Joy is having a capital-M Moment. In 2023, the young jazz singer from the Bronx earned two Grammy Awards for her first album, Linger Awhile—including a well-deserved win as Best New Artist. But Joy’s resonant, emotionally stirring voice makes accolades afterthoughts.

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Cirque Mechanics

  • Sunday, October 15, 2023 - 2:00pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

Humans have been harnessing the power of the wind for thousands of years. The beautiful efficiency of that timeless and ingenious process inspired the creative team at Cirque Mechanics to create  Zephyr, an emotional, exhilarating tale about the choices humans have made regarding our planet and its resources.

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Dreamers' Circus

  • Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 7:30pm
  • Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 7:30pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

The young Danish trio Dreamers' Circus draws inspiration from the deep traditions of Nordic folk music and reshapes them into something bright, shiny and new. Featuring Nikolaj Busk, Ale Carr and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (of the Danish String Quartet), Dreamers’ Circus uses its traditional roots as a point of departure, not a straitjacket.

On the left, a photo of Carlos Miguel Prieto conducting above a photo of & Gabriela Montero in a colorful sweater. On the right,

Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería

  • Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 7:30pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

Gabriela Ortiz                      Kauymari
Arturo Márquez                   Danzón No. 2
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky    Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb Minor
Silvestre Revueltas              La noche de los mayas

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Lila Downs

  • Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - 7:30pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

Honor the traditions of Día de Muertos with Lila Downs, one of the most influential and representative artists of Mexican music in Latin America.

Julie Fowlis wearing a feather hat.

Julie Fowlis

  • Friday, October 27, 2023 - 7:30pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

For an artist who will forever be known for “Touch the Sky,” the stirring theme song from the Disney/Pixar film Brave, Julie Fowlis is anything but a one-hit wonder.

A black and white image of a mad scientist holding a plug and outlet above their head.

Frankenstein

  • Sunday, October 29, 2023 - 2:00pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

Love, loss and creation merge in unexpected ways as Manual Cinema presents its thrilling version of the classic Gothic tale Frankenstein.

November 2023

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble standing with their instruments.

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

  • Thursday, November 2, 2023 - 7:30pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

Henry Purcell (arr. Britten)          Chacony in G Minor, Z. 730 
Carl Nielsen                                    Serenata in vano 
Howard Ferguson                          Octet, Op. 4 
Ludwig van Beethoven                  Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 

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Miho Hazama & m_unit

  • Thursday, November 2, 2023 - 7:30pm
  • Friday, November 3, 2023 - 7:30pm
  • Saturday, November 4, 2023 - 7:30pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

Named among Downbeat’s “25 for the Future,” Tokyo-born Miho Hazama is one of the most promising and talented composers/arrangers of her generation.

The members of the Silkroad Ensemble standing on stage wearing colorful outfits and playing various instruments.

Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens

  • Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 7:30pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

The railroad was to North America what the Silk Road was to China, the Far East and Europe. Silkroad’s newest initiative, American Railroad, illuminates the impact of African American, Chinese, Irish and Native American communities on the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad and America’s Westward Expansion.

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Coco Live-to-Film Concert

  • Friday, November 17, 2023 - 7:30pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

Your family won’t forget Coco in Concert, a unique screening of the heartwarming film with composer Michael Giacchino’s musical score performed by 20-member Orquesta Folclórico Nacional de México.

December 2023

Mark O'Connor and wife Maggie pose with their instruments in front of a black background.

Mark O'Connor's An Appalachian Christmas

  • Saturday, December 2, 2023 - 7:30pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

Three-time Grammy-winning composer and fiddler Mark O’Connor brings an elegance and earnestness to down-home bluegrass and folk music. His annual holiday tour draws on his celebrated 2011 album An Appalachian Christmas and features fresh arrangements of Christmas classics, both vocal and instrumental.

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Alexander String Quartet with Robert Greenberg

  • Sunday, December 3, 2023 - 2:00pm
  • Sunday, February 25, 2024 - 2:00pm
  • Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 2:00pm
Mondavi Center Presenting Program

The Alexander String Quartet and Robert Greenberg look back 100 years to the tumultuous social and political era of the early 20th century—times not unlike our own—and explore enduring works of the great music it produced. 

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