31st Season Offers World-class Artists Performing in Iconic Napa Valley Locations
June 25, 2025 (Napa, CA) — Music in the Vineyards (MITV), beginning their 31st season of concerts from August 1-24, 2025, has moved their opening concert on Friday, August 1st to CIA at Copia, located at 500 First Street, Napa, CA. Originally scheduled to be held at Clos Pegase, the event will now be capable of offering additional ticketed seating.
The performance, overlooking the Napa River and Oxbow Preserve, will feature Franz Schubert’s Quintet for Piano and Strings D. 667, The Trout, with pianist Evren Ozel, the bronze medalist at the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Tickets for the performance are $85 and are available at www.musicinthevineyards.org/events. The Grove at CIA Copia is also a great option for dinner reservations prior.
Presented by world-class artists in iconic vineyards throughout Napa Valley, the 2025 season explores the theme of Transformation – reimagining familiar music in ways that offer fresh perspectives and allow the listener to see both art and opportunity in a new light.
Featured artists for the 2025 season include the Borromeo String Quartet, Pacifica Quartet and Ariel Quartet, plus the Pavone String Quartet, winners of Music in the Vineyards’ 2025 Fellowship Quartet competition, who are currently undergraduate students at the prestigious Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.
Exceptional concert venues include Frog’s Leap Winery, Hess Persson Estates, Domaine Carneros, Louis M. Martini Winery, Maxville Winery, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Hudson Ranch, Ehlers Estate, Markham Vineyards, Hudson House – Beringer Vineyards, Spottswoode Estate, Silverado Vineyards, and Inglenook. Two concerts with family-friendly pricing include a recital of this year’s Fellowship String Quartet (Pavone String Quartet) at Congregation Beth Shalom and the popular “Play-Along” Concert returns to Napa First Presbyterian Church, where everyone from the community is invited to bring their instruments for a play-along of the popular Pachelbel Canon in D.
In addition to the concert series, MITV presents musical events throughout the Napa Valley during the festival, including concerts in seniors living centers, at the Boys & Girls Clubs’ and public spaces. MITV also commissions works from well-known and aspiring composers, offers educational mentoring for Napa’s young music students and adult amateurs, and intensive mentoring and career training for the next generation of professional musicians through the annual Fellowship String Quartet.
Music in the Vineyards is a non-profit organization incorporated under the 501(c)(3) of the IRS code.
For more information on MITV, for complete information on the 2025 season and to purchase tickets, visit www.musicinthevineyards.org.
Donations to support the work of MITV can be made at www.musicinthevineyards.org/support/donate.
ABOUT MUSIC IN THE VINEYARDS
Music in the Vineyards is a world-renowned chamber music festival held each August in stunning winery settings in the Napa Valley. The festival showcases distinguished musicians and emerging young talent during its four-week season. With complimentary wine tastings at each intermission and breathtaking views of the Napa Valley, this unique combination of wine country ambiance and great musicianship allows audiences to experience chamber music in the small intimate settings for which it was intended.
