Ventura Music Festival Classical Concerts in SoCal

Beethoven’s Choice is a Classical Edge talk and concert, a meeting between music and the story behind the notes. Part concert, part history, and part discovery, renowned music educator and classical violinist Nuvi Mehta will be joined onstage by Greg Anderson, celebrated pianist of Anderson & Roe. Together, they'll take us on an educational journey featuring the music of Beethoven.

Angel Blue is one of opera's most celebrated sopranos today, recognized worldwide for her warm soprano voice and deeply affecting performances of beloved roles including Aida, Tosca, Violetta in La Traviata, Bess in Porgy and Bess, Mimì in La bohème, and Liu in Turandot. She will be joined on stage by pianist Bryan Wagorn.

Described as "a sonically daring ensemble who specializes in performing new works with charisma and integrity" by BBC Music Magazine, the quintet comprises five reed players who have commissioned and premiered more than 200 works by living composers, making them true pioneers of the reed quintet as a modern genre.