When I meet Penny Vieregge, I am struck by the 97-year-old woman living alone in a cottage in Big Sur, reciting work by Hafiz, the same 14th-c…
Born out of an intimate musical and philosophical friendship between composer and soloist, Monterey Symphony music director Jayce Ogren will o…
With a new music director/conductor and the beginning of a new season just launched, there is plenty of forward-thinking energy at the Montere…
If you’re lucky enough to be invited to tea under Penny Vieregge’s Pfeiffer Canyon plum tree, you’re likely to be offered a Hafiz. If you run …
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes of the Northern California wildfires and amid the devastation of a global pandemic, popular fusion duo Fi…
The first actual concert of the pre-event lead-up to Saturday night’s opening of the 2016 Carmel Bach Festival is now officially in the books …
Far removed from the footlights of the concert stages he so often frequents, violinist Edwin Huizinga is driving along a narrow road in the hi…