RNO Summer Tour Photo Journal
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Friends and patrons of the RNO turned out in force for the annual summer concert series. The schedule included performances and special events from Seattle to Los Angeles. Highights included:
Seattle
Charles Simonyi hosted a gala tour kick-off at his spectacular Lake Washington home on July 17.
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| Villa Simonyi | RNO soloists, shown here in one of Villa Simonyi's several galleries, performed at the tour kick-off event |
Napa Valley
John Traina hosted a dinner for the RNO's Napa sponsors on July 19, with special guest Sophia Loren.
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| Karen Walker, Athena Blackburn, Sophia Loren | Margrit and Robert Mondavi, with grandson Carlo Mondavi and his wife Chiara |
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| Trevor Traina and his father John Traina | Olga and Andre Ruzhnikov |
Tahoe
The RNO’s July 24 Tahoe Music Festival appearance featured Chris Brubeck
as soloist for his own Trombone Concerto.
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Berkeley
The University of California's Zellerbach Hall was packed for the July 25 performance of works by American composers John Adams and Gordon Getty, and Russian composers Mikhail Pletnev and Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The concert was conducted by Charles Ketcham.
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| Maestro Ketcham and the RNO | Tour benefactor Peter Paul with Cal Performance's director Robert Cole and RNO chief executive Sergei Markov | Gordon Getty, Lisa Delan, Charles Ketcham and Vance George (director of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus) take their bows after the performance of Getty's Joan and the Bells |
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| Lucy Jewett and Therese Post | Gordon Getty discusses his music at the post-concert reception |
Sonoma County
The RNO reprised its Grammy-winning Peter and the Wolf / Wolf Tracks program in a free concert for more than 1500 youth. Patron Mouli Cohen underwrote the performance that featured award-winning actor Danny Glover as narrator.
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| Luther Burbank Center on the day of the concert | Ponti and Glover with some of their enthusiastic fans | Carlo Ponti, Jr. and Danny Glover with Stacy Stripling, wife of outreach concert sponsor Mouli Cohen |
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| RNO musicians keep the magic going at the post-concert reception | Maestro Carlo Ponti and young friends | Backstage with the RNO |
Villa Montalvo, Saratoga
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| Patrons enjoyed hospitality on the terrace before the August 1 performance at Montalvo Center for the Arts | Bill Fries (far right), Founding Patron of the RNO’s Montalvo concerts, with Mallory Hill, Virginia Hoffmann and David Stanfield |