Midsummer Mozart Festival

03/03/2026

Midwinter Festival: USA 250! The Immigrant and the Citizen was a great success. Music of Florence Price and Antonin Dvorak. Thank you to Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma and The Good Table Gathering Space in El Sobrante, a recently-opened concert space. We'll be back!

01/24/2026

2026 Midwinter Festival: USA 250!
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"The Immigrant and the Citizen"
February 7-8
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It’s a double celebration! In honor of the USA's 250th anniversary and February’s Black History Month, we are highlighting the string quartet music of citizen Florence Price and immigrant Antonin Dvoràk.
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01/05/2025

Announcing the 2025 Midwinter Festival, Feb. 9 and 18! https://www.midsummermozart.org/shows

07/26/2024

Thanks to our audience, supporters, musicians, and venues for a great 50th season! Please consider donating to help us thrive in the next 50 years.

The artistic quality you enjoy at our Festival depends on the support of patrons, audiences, and volunteers. Ticket sales cover only about 40% of Festival costs We are grateful to you, our community of patrons, for supporting our work. It is a real vote of confidence from our most passionate, loyal...

07/19/2024

The Midsummer Mozart Festival continues tomorrow at Buena Vista Winery! Tickets are still available but selling fast!

Welcome to our 50th season! This year we celebrate the core of the festival - the fabulous MMF orchestra. We also welcome pianist John Wilson as soloist. The program features some of Mozart's great mature works:

07/19/2024

Robert Hubbard recalls the origins of the Midsummer Mozart Festival. https://www.midsummermozart.org/post/a-brief-history-of-the-midsummer-mozart-festival

07/18/2024

First weekend of the Midsummer Mozart Festival was a huge success! We opened the festival at The Mountain Winery, and followed with an education concert for the students at Cazadero Music Camp. This coming weekend we continue the festival with concerts on Saturday at Buena Vista Winery and Sunday at Berkeley City Club! https://www.midsummermozart.org/shows

07/14/2024

The 50th season opens tomorrow!

Welcome to our 50th season! This year we celebrate the core of the festival - the fabulous MMF orchestra. We also welcome pianist John Wilson as soloist. The program features some of Mozart's great mature works:

07/10/2024

Guest Artist John Wilson and MMF Music Director Paul Schrage after rehearsal today. We have the first orchestra rehearsal tomorrow. This is what we wait all year to do, very excited the festival is here.

07/07/2024

Huge thank you to R. KASSMAN, Purveyor of Fine Pianos for providing the piano for this year's festival. Concerts July 14, 20, and 21.

Welcome to our 50th season! This year we celebrate the core of the festival - the fabulous MMF orchestra. We also welcome pianist John Wilson as soloist. The program features some of Mozart's great mature works:

07/06/2024

One more week until we open the 50th Midsummer Mozart Festival! So grateful for The Mountain Winery, Buena Vista Winery, and Berkeley City Club for hosting us!

Welcome to our 50th season! This year we celebrate the core of the festival - the fabulous MMF orchestra. We also welcome pianist John Wilson as soloist. The program features some of Mozart's great mature works:

06/27/2024

John Wilson shares his thoughts as he gets ready to perform with the MMF orchestra next month.

What do you love about the music of Mozart? Mozart's compositions are uniquely beautiful and seemingly perfect in every possible way, while at the same time being profoundly in touch with what it means to be human.Do you have a special memory of any of Mozart’s works? The first piece I learned was...