Coast Live Music

Baroque Sunset at Fogarty Winery
2024-05-09 18:00 UTC | CA
A cast of superlative performers joins Artistic Director Livia Sohn and Artistic Advisor James Austin Smith for a sunset performance of baroque concerti and ensemble works overlooking the valley at the glorious Fogarty Winery. Light bites and a cash bar precede the performance. Ticket price includes roundtrip shuttle service from Portola Valley Town Center. 5:30pm departure from PVTC, return time post-performance.
Programs:
VIVALDI Concerto for Strings in C Major
ALBINONI Concerto for Oboe and Strings
WALKER Lyric for Strings
CPE BACH Sinfonia in B-flat Major
PRICE Adoration for Oboe and Strings
JS BACH Concerto for Oboe and Violin
Performers:
James Austin Smith, oboe
Livia Sohn, violin
Meesun Hong Coleman, violin
James Thompson, violin
Jonathan Vinocour, viola
Arlen Hlusko, cello
Anthony Manzo, bass
Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord

An Evening with Anthony Roth Costanzo
2024-10-05 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | TBD, TBD
Metropolitan Opera star Anthony Roth Costanzo, “Vocally brilliant and dramatically fearless” (The New York Times), joins us for an exceptionally intimate recital in a private home. Tickets to this performance are limited!

An Evening with Stars: Violinist Alexi Kenney and Pianist Amy Yang
2025-01-25 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Portola Valley Town Center, 765 Portola Rd, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
6:15pm Bubbles, 7pm Performance

Witold Lutosławski – Partita
Clara Schumann – Romances, Op. 22
Arvo Pärt – Fratres
George Enescu – Sonata No. 3 in A Minor

One of the foremost violinists of our time, Palo Alto native Alexi Kenney is equally at home creating experimental programs and commissioning new works, soloing with major orchestras around the world, and collaborating with celebrated musicians. Together with powerhouse pianist Amy Yang these world-class artists present a varied program in the intimate confines and exquisite acoustics of our own Portola Valley Town Center.

Described in concert by The New York Times as “a spellbinding, thoroughly honest performance that revealed his architect’s eye for structure and space and a tone that ranges from the achingly fragile to full-bodied robustness”, violinist Alexi Kenney is forging a career that defies categorization, following his interests, intuition, and heart. He is equally at home creating experimental programs and commissioning new works, soloing with major orchestras around the world, and collaborating with some of the most celebrated musicians of our time. Alexi is the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. Outside of music, Alexi enjoys hojicha, modernist design and architecture, baking for friends, and walking for miles on end in whichever city he finds himself, listening to podcasts, and Bach on repeat.

A “jaw-dropping pianist who steals the show…with effortless finesse” (Washington Post), pianist Amy Yang aspires to affirm connections between the arts and our inner humanity through her committed expressions of music and leadership on and off stage. Ms. Yang is an alumna of the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, and the Yale School of Music, where she received the Parisot Award for Outstanding Pianist and the Alumni Association Prize. When not serving the various keyboards related to her roles, her intentionally incognito presence may be revealed by a quivering Micron pen as she sketches from the back of concert halls. The work of a lifetime is where she hopes to question, explore, and linger.

Cathedrals to Courtesans with Harpist Bridget Kibbey
2025-03-28 19:30 UTC | CA
Bridget Kibbey, harp
6:30pm Wind & Light Bites, 7:30pm Performance
Private home in Central Portola Valley, address given out prior to event date
Known for her ability to transcend the harp, illiterate the mysteries of music behind the mic, or lead an ensemble with clarity and panache, Bridget Kibbey is in demand for innovative, virtuosic performances that take audiences on journeys through time, world cultures, musical genres, and emotional depth. She adeptly and divinely interprets the masters, while also being a bold advocate of genre-crossing storytelling and newly-commissioned works. Bridget has a busy and kaleidoscopic touring schedule, from appearances with major orchestras to hosts of curation-meets-performance appearances. She has a special commitment to using music new and old to weave and showcase deep connections across cultures.

Beethoven and Brahms with Pianist Bernadene Blaha, cellist Luigi Piovano, and violinist Livia Sohn
2025-05-17 19:00 UTC | Portola Valley Town Center, 765 Portola Rd, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
6:15pm Bubbles, 7pm Performance

Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3 A major, op. 69
Brahms Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, op. 87

World-renowned cellist Luigi Piovano and pianist Bernadene Blaha join Coast Live Music Founder and Artistic Director Livia Sohn for a springtime program of masterworks by Beethoven and Brahms.

Wines and Winds at Fogarty Winery
2025-10-02 19:00 UTC | CA
6pm Wines and Hors d’Oeuvres, 7pm Performance
A collection of the country’s finest wind players assembles for a celebratory evening of Mozart, wines and delicious bites overlooking the Bay. Our past performance at Fogarty Winery was an experience to remember – we cannot wait to return! Ticket price includes wines, light bites and roundtrip shuttle service from Portola Valley Town Center. (5:30pm departure from PVTC, return post-performance.)

Mozart Serenade No. 11 in E-flat Major, K 375
Ruth Gipps “Andante doloroso” from Wind Octet, Op. 65
Smetana (arr. Tarkmann) Suite from The Bartered Bride

Kemp Jernigan and James Austin Smith, oboes
Alan Kay and Alicia Lee, clarinets
Gina Cuffari and Eleni Katz, bassoons
David Byrd-Marrow and Eric Reed, horns

The Viano Quartet
2026-02-07 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Portola Valley Town Center, 765 Portola Rd, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
7pm Bubbles, 7:30pm Performance
Coast Live Music presents one of the world’s leading string quartets in the intimacy of the Portola Valley Town Center. The Viano Quartet will be joined by oboist and Coast Live Music Artistic Advisor James Austin Smith for a performance of Arnold Bax’s pastoral oboe quintet.

Mendelssohn's Octet in the Vineyards
2026-05-07 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | 19501 Skyline Blvd, Woodside, CA 94062, USA, 19501 Skyline Blvd, Woodside, CA, 94062, United States
6pm Wines and Hors d’Oeuvres, 7pm Performance
Coast Live Music brings together a truly all-star cast of strings to perform one of the most beloved works of the chamber music repertoire overlooking the San Francisco Bay. Ticket price includes a selection of wines from the Fogarty house, hors d’oeuvres, and roundtrip shuttle service from the Portola Valley Town Center. (5:30pm departure from PVTC, return post-performance.)

Osvaldo Golijov “Last Round” for string nonet
Felix Mendelssohn String Octet, Op. 20

Chad Hoopes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Owen Dalby, Livia Sohn, violins
Katie Kadarauch, Maiya Papach, violas
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, Michelle Djokic, cellos
Anthony Manzo, double bass

Third Coast Percussion
2026-09-26 19:30 UTC | Portola Valley Town Center, 765 Portola Rd, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
7pm Bubbles, 7:30pm Performance
Coast Live Music brings one of the country’s most dynamic group of musicians to Portola Valley – we can’t wait to hear the incredible sounds of the four percussionists that make up Third Coast Percussion. Join us for “The Drum Also Sings”.
