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Mainly Mozart Introduces New Chamber Music Series: "Sommelier Series: The Concertmasters"
Mainly Mozart Presents "Sommelier Series: The Concertmasters" New concert series pairs top sommeliers with the country’s greatest concertmasters for a unique “taste what you hear” experience. The first concert in the series pairs Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster David Kim with Sommelier Rafael Peterson
Mainly Mozart, home to the largest gathering of concertmasters and principal players in the United States through the highly acclaimed Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra, has announced a new chamber music series to launch in Fall 2024 at Fairbanks Ranch Country Club. Sponsored by Patricia & Christopher Weil, The Sommelier Series: The Concertmasters, includes three intimate concerts, Nov. 16, Jan 11, and Feb 8 featuring concertmasters from the Philadelphia Orchestra, Dallas Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic. Each concertmaster has been paired with leading sommeliers and wine curators who will choose each concert’s wine selections based on inspiration from the classical musical program.
Chef Claudia Sandoval, “MasterChef” winner and judge, who is also the Culinary Director and Executive Producer for Mainly Mozart’s “Culinary Concerto” Gala, is coordinating the sommeliers and wineries for the new series. Each concert will begin with an hour-long wine and appetizer reception at 6pm followed by a discussion with the sommelier, hosted by Chef Sandoval, preceding an intermission-free concert at 7pm. Wine will be poured between musical selections, and sommeliers and musicians will illustrate the connection of the wine to the pieces being performed.
The three-Saturday series opens November 16, in a concert featuring Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster David Kim, performing with his orchestral colleagues Burchard Chang, viola and Priscilla Lee, cello. The wines will be curated by Sommelier Rafael Peterson of H Mercer Wine and Spirits, former Dining Room Captain at Addison and Wine Director of Born and Raised.
PROGRAM:
E. Dohnanyi: Serenade for String Trio
Handel/Halvorsen: Passacaglia
Beethoven: String Trio in C minor No. 3
Tickets: Single concert tickets begin at $125 and tables of four begin at $1,000. Tickets can be purchased online at https://www.mainlymozart.org/wine.
Other concerts in the series are:
January 11: Dallas Symphony Concertmaster Alexander Kerr and Co-Concertmaster Nathan Olson with Sommelier Gabriela Gaeta-Ninet
The series continues January 11 with Dallas Symphony Concertmaster Alexander Kerr joined by Dallas Symphony Co-concertmaster Nathan Olson and Pianist Anton Nel. Mr. Nel, a Naumburg International Piano Competition winner and acclaimed Beethoven interpreter, was Mainly Mozart's first-ever featured soloist during its 1989 inaugural June festival. The wines for the evening will be curated by Sommelier Gabriela Gaeta-Ninet, the first person from Mexico to achieve the title of "French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors."
February 8: Los Angeles Philharmonic Concertmaster Martin Chalifour with Wines Curated by Marino Monferrato
The third and final concert in the series is February 8 and will showcase Los Angeles Philharmonic Concertmaster and Mainly Mozart favorite Martin Chalifour, accompanied by Pianist Steven Vanhauwaert, in a program including works by Dvorak, Brahms and Ravel. The wines for the evening will be curated by Marino Monferrato - the official Maître D'hôtel of Chef Gordon Ramsay's hit Fox show "Hell's Kitchen."
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