Mark Chen
Mark Chen
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Curating Concerts: Programming from Schubert's Time to Today
With Aaron Boyd, violinist and Director of Chamber Music at Southern Methodist University This unique series of informal discussion events, led by Music@Menlo’s artists and distinguished guests, offers audiences a chance to absorb new insights into a variety of topics. Since their inception at Music@Menlo’s 2004 festival, Café Conversations have delved into a fascinating array of music- and arts-related issues from a multitude of perspectives and provided opportunities for audiences to expand their interaction with festival artists beyond the concert stage. Previous Café Conversations have included topics ranging from “The Link between Speech and Music” and “Creating a New Music World for Kids and Families” to the state of contemporary music and “Classical Music and Print Media in the Internet Age.” Past conversations have also featured interviews with eminent musicians and visual artists, seminars for young musicians, and a poetry reading workshop. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
With the Calidore String Quartet and David Finckel, Artistic Codirector of Music@Menlo This unique series of informal discussion events, led by Music@Menlo’s artists and distinguished guests, offers audiences a chance to absorb new insights into a variety of topics. Since their inception at Music@Menlo’s 2004 festival, Café Conversations have delved into a fascinating array of music- and arts-related issues from a multitude of perspectives and provided opportunities for audiences to expand their interaction with festival artists beyond the concert stage. Previous Café Conversations have included topics ranging from “The Link between Speech and Music” and “Creating a New Music World for Kids and Families” to the state of contemporary music and “Classical Music and Print Media in the Internet Age.” Past conversations have also featured interviews with eminent musicians and visual artists, seminars for young musicians, and a poetry reading workshop. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
(1809–1847)
String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat Major, op. 12 (1829)
I. Adagio non troppo – Allegro non tardante
Maria Marica, Oliver Neubauer, violins; Tess Krope, viola; Atticus Mellor-Goldman, cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1770–1827)
String Quartet in F Major, op. 18, no. 1 (1798–1800)
Suliman Tekalli, Petteri Iivonen, violins; DJ Cheek, viola; Sarina Zhang, cello
ROBERT SCHUMANN
(1810–1856)
Trio no. 3 in g minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, op. 110 (1851)
I. Bewegt, doch nicht zu rasch
Hana Mizuta, piano; Tsutomu William Copeland, violin; Michael Chung, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
Trio in C Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, op. 87 (1880–1882)
Mika Sasaki, piano; Yuan Tian, violin; Han Bin Yoon, cello
MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
(1854–1925)
Suite in g minor for Two Violins and Piano, op. 71 (1903)
I. Allegro energico
IV. Molto vivace
Daniel Tan, piano; Jun Lin, Sean Mori, violins
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
(1756–1791)
Quartet in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 493 (1786)
Michael James Smith, piano; Boson Mo,violin; Katharina Kang, viola;
Sang-Eun Lee, cello
FRANZ SCHUBERT
(1797–1828)
Quintet in C Major for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos, op. posth. 163, D. 956 (1828)
I. Allegro ma non troppo
Eliza Wong, Hesoo Cha, violins; Josephine Stockwell, viola; Mari Nagahara, Cassandra Chum, cellos
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
Quintet no. 2 in B-flat Major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, op. 87 (1845)
Boson Mo, Yuan Tian, violins; Katharina Kang, DJ Cheek, violas; Sang-Eun Lee, cello
Gods Among Us: Adolf Busch and George Enescu
CÉSAR FRANCK
(1822–1890)
Quintet in f minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello (1879)
I. Molto moderato quasi lento – Allegro
Yun Lu, piano; Maria Marica, Clara Neubauer, violins; Josephine Stockwell, viola; Michael Chung, cello
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
Quintet no. 2 in B-flat Major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, op. 87 (1845)
Boson Mo, Yuan Tian, violins; Katharina Kang, DJ Cheek, violas; Sang-Eun Lee, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Trio no. 1 in B Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, op. 8 (1853–1854, rev. 1889)
IV. Allegro
Yoko Rosenbaum, piano; Oliver Neubauer, violin; Cassandra Chum, cello
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975) Trio no. 1 in c minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, op. 8 (1923) Michael James Smith, piano; Suliman Tekalli, violin; Sarina Zhang, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS
(1833–1897)
Trio no. 1 in B Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, op. 8 (1853–1854, rev. 1889)
I. Allegro con brio
Tristan Yang, piano; Eliza Wong, violin; Atticus Mellor-Goldman, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
Quartet no. 3 in c minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, op. 60 (1855–1875)
Michael James Smith,
piano;
Petteri Iivonen,
violin;
DJ Cheek,
viola;
Sarina Zhang,
cello
ANTONÍN DVORÁK
(1841–1904)
Quintet in A Major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, op. 81, B. 155 (1887)
I. Allegro, ma non tanto
Isabelle Hsiao, piano; Tsutomu William Copeland, Jun Lin, violins;
Sae Rheen Kim, viola; Jakob Taylor, cello
FRANZ SCHUBERT
(1797–1828)
String Quartet in a minor, op. 29, no. 1, D. 804, “Rosamunde” (1824)
Suliman Tekalli, Boson Mo, violins; Katharina Kang, viola; Han Bin Yoon, cello
MAURICE RAVEL
(1875–1937)
La Valse
for Two Pianos (arr. for piano, four hands, by Lucien Garban) (1920)
Yoko Rosenbaum, Tristan Yang, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN
(1810–1856)
Trio no. 2 in F Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, op. 80 (1847)
Michael James Smith, piano; Suliman Tekalli, violin; Sarina Zhang, cello
Arenas of Learning: From the Streets of New York to the Woods of Vermont
ERNŐ DOHNÁNYI
(1877–1960)
Quintet no. 2 in e-flat minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, op. 26 (1914)
I. Allegro non troppo
Caroline Hsu, piano; Oliver Neubauer, Christine Lee, violins; Rowan Bauman Swain, viola; Sophie
Applbaum, cello
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
Sextet for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos, op. 70, “Souvenir de Florence” (1890; rev. 1891–1892)
Boson Mo, Yuan Tian,
violins;
DJ Cheek, Katharina Kang,
violas;
Han Bin Yoon, Sang-Eun Lee,
cellos
FRANZ SCHUBERT
(1797–1828)
Trio no. 1 in B-flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, op. 99, D. 898 (1827)
I. Allegro moderato
Yun Lu, piano; Grace Song, violin; Atticus Mellor-Goldman, cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1770–1827)
Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, op. 12, no. 2 (1797–1798)
Petteri Iivonen, violin; Mika Sasaki, piano
Dmitri Atapine, Michael Brown and Matthew Lipman
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
String Quintet no. 2 in B-flat Major, op. 87 (1845)
I. Allegro vivace
Tsutomu William Copeland, Sasha Kandybin, violins; Tess Krope, Beatrice Chen, violas; Woojin Nam, cello
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81, B. 155 (1887) Allegro, ma non tanto
Dumka: Andante con moto Scherzo: Furiant, molto vivace Finale: Allegro
Fei-Fei Dong, piano; Shannon Lee, Stephen Waarts, violins; Lisa Sung, viola; John-Henry Crawford, cello
Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Antonin DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Piano Trio in e minor, op. 90, Dumky (1890–1891)
Lento maestoso – Allegro quasi doppio movimento
Poco adagio – Vivace non troppo
Andante – Vivace non troppo
Andante moderato (quasi tempo di marcia) – Allegretto scherzando
Allegro
Lento maestoso – Vivace quasi doppio movimento
Henry Kramer, piano; Stella Chen, violin; John-Henry Crawford, cello
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano Trio in G Major, op. 1, no. 2 (1794–1795)
IV. Finale: Presto
Benjamin Rossen, piano; Christine Lee, violin; William Tan, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
Piano Quintet in f minor, op. 34 (1861–1864)
I. Allegro non troppo
Cameron Akioka, piano; Emily Wang, Sean Takada, violins; Patricia Tang, viola; Cheng "Allen" Liang, cello
ANTONIN DVORAK (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81, B. 155 (1887)
Allegro, ma non tanto
Dumka: Andante con moto
Scherzo: Furiant, molto vivace
Finale: Allegro
Fei-Fei Dong, piano; Shannon Lee, Stephen Waarts, violins; Lisa Sung, viola; John-Henry Crawford, cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
String Quartet in f minor, op. 95, Serioso (1810–1811)
Allegro con brio
Allegretto ma non troppo
Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
Larghetto espressivo – Allegretto agitato
Stella Chen, Francisco Fullana, violins; Sung Jin Lee, viola; Yi Qun Xu, cello
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)
Two Pieces for String Octet, op. 11 (1924–1925)
Prelude:Adagio
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Vivian Kukiel, Sakurako Saimaru, Jason Moon, Jun Lin, violins; Beatrice Chen,
Sofia Gilchenok, violas; Ian Maloney, William Tan, cellos
CESAR FRANCK (1822–1890)
Piano Quintet in f minor (1879)
Molto moderato quasi lento – Allegro
Lento, con molto sentimento
Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco
Henry Kramer, piano; Stephen Waarts, Shannon Lee, violins; Sung Jin Lee, viola; Coleman Itzkoff, cello
IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971)
Selections from Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) for Piano, Four Hands (1911–1913)
Part I. The Adoration of the Earth
Alex Chien, Hsin-Hao Yang, piano
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
Sonata in d minor for Violin and Piano, op. 108 (1886–1888)
Allegro
Adagio
Un poco presto e con sentimento
Presto agitato
Stella Chen, violin; Fei-Fei Dong, piano
Of Russian heritage, Andrei Petrov was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in New York City, where he continues to live and work. He attended LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and furthered his education at SUNY Purchase and SUNY New Paltz. His paintings can be found in collections worldwide, including at the Four Seasons Washington, D.C., Pantone Inc., the Fairmont Chicago, and Golden Books, and his works have also appeared in numerous film and television productions and on CDs for composers Ben Allison and Matthew Shipp. Petrov exhibits regularly at Morton Fine Art in Washington, D.C., and Anderson Contemporary in New York City, among others. His work will be displayed in the Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton throughout the festival.
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH (1096–1975)
Piano Quintet in g minor, op. 57 (1940)
II. Fugue:Adagio
III. Scherzo:Allegretto
Hsin-Hao Yang, piano; Hannah Kim, Clara Neubauer, violins; Grace Kim, viola; Wangshu Xiang, cello
ANTON ARENSKY (1861–1906)
Piano Quintet in D Major, op. 51 (1900)
I. Allegro moderato
Benjamin Rossen, piano; Jun Lin, Jason Moon, violins; Sofia Gilchenok, viola; WilliamTan,cello
Maurice RAVEL (1875–1937)
Piano Trio in a minor (1914)
I. Moderato
Hana Mizuta, piano; Emily Wang, violin; Jenny Bahk, cello
Robert SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 47 (1842)
Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo
Scherzo: Molto vivace
Andante cantabile
Finale: Vivace
Fei-Fei Dong, piano; Stephen Waarts, violin; Lisa Sung, viola; Yi Qun Xu, cello
Aleksandr Scriabin and Other Russian Madmen
Cafe Conversations
This unique series of informal discussion events, led by Music@Menlo artists and distinguished guests, offers audiences a chance to absorb new insights into a variety of topics. Since their inception at the 2004 festival, Cafe Conversations have delved into a fascinating array of music- and arts-related issues from a multitude of perspectives and provided opportunities for audiences to expand their interaction with festival artists beyond the concert stage.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano Trio in G Major, op. 1, no. 2 (1794–1795)
IV. Finale: Presto
Benjamin Rossen, piano; Christine Lee, violin; William Tan, cello
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 47 (1842)
Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo
Scherzo: Molto vivace
Andante cantabile
Finale: Vivace
Fei-Fei Dong, piano; Stephen Waarts, violin; Lisa Sung, viola; Yi Qun Xu, cello
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet, op. 70 (1890; rev. 1891–1892)
1. Allegro con spirito
Emily Wang, Emma Richman, violins; Tess Krope, Vivian Kukiel, violas; Jenny Bahk, Wangshu Xiang, cellos
Dmitry SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)
Piano Trio no. 2 in e minor, op. 67 (1944)
Andante – Moderato
Allegro con brio
Largo
Allegretto
Fei-Fei Dong, piano; Francisco Fullana, violin; Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Cesar FRANCK (1822–1890)
Piano Quintet in f minor (1878–1879)
I. Molto moderato quasi lento–Allegro
Hsin-Hao Yang, piano; Tsutomu William Copeland, Jun Lin, violins; Patricia Tang, viola; Cheng "Allen" Liang, cello
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
Quintet in g minor for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, K. 516 (1787)
Allegro
Minuetto: Allegretto
Adagio ma non troppo
Adagio – Allegro
Stephen Waarts, Shannon Lee, violins; Lisa Sung, Sung Jin Lee, violas; Yi Qun Xu, cello
Encounters with Slava: Learning from Rostropovich
ANTON ARENSKY (1861–1906)
Piano Trio in d minor, op. 32 (1894)
I. Allegro moderato
Richard Gao, piano; Clara Neubauer, violin; Ian Maloney, cello
ANTON ARENSKY (1861–1906)
Quartet no. 2 in a minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, op. 35 (1894)
Moderato
Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky: Moderato
Andante sostenuto – Allegro moderato
Francisco Fullana, violin; Lisa Sung, viola; Yi Qun Xu, John-Henry Crawford, cellos
Each July, following auditions all over the country, Music@Menlo welcomes an elite cohort of approximately forty talented young musicians to the Menlo School campus for three weeks of rigorous chamber music study and performance. The personal and musical transformation achieved by these musicians during their time at Music@Menlo is made possible by scholarship support awarded through the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund, a fund dedicated to ensuring that talent and potential are the only requisites for participation in the Chamber Music Institute.
You can make a life-changing investment in these talented young musicians by attending the concert and adding a tax-deductible contribution to the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund.
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
String Quartet no. 2 in a minor, op. 13 (1827)
Jason Moon, violin; Rachel Lim, violin; Marco Sabatini, viola; Allen Liang, cello
Erno Dohnányi (1810–1856)
Serenade in C Major, op. 10 (1902)
iv. Rondo: Allegro Vivace
Jeremís Sergiani-Velazquez Ramón Carerro Martinez, viola; Antonio Hallongren, cello
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2 (1837)
Allegro assai appassionato
Aileen Chung, violin; Emily Wang, violin; Laura Caroline Liu, viola; Claire Park, cello
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, op. 74, Harp (1809)
Danny Koo, violin; Brandon Garbot, violin; Jenni Seo, viola; Brannon Cho, cello
Aaron Boyd presents Kreisleriana, an in–depth look at the life, work, and impact of the violinist Fritz Kreisler, widely regarded as one of history’s greatest musicians. Kreisler has long been known for his known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing; like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately recognizable as his own. If you are unable to join us in person, Aaron’s Café Conversation will be broadcast live on MusicMenlo’s Facebook page.
Antonín DVOŘÁK
Silent Woods for Cello and Piano, op. 68, no. 5 (1891, arr. 1893)
Joshua Kovac, cello;Munan Cheng, piano
Felix MENDELSSOHN Selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, arr. for Piano, Four Hands (1843)
Nocturne
Scherzo
Benjamin T. Rossen, Eric Guo, piano
Johannes BRAHMS (1833–1897) Piano Quintet in f minor, op. 34 (1862)
I. Allegro non troppo
Tristan Yang, piano; Yi En (Ian) Hsu, Jun Lin, violins;Annie Wu, viola; Ian Maloney, cello
Gabriel FAURÉ (1845–1924)
Piano Quartet no. 1 in c minor, op. 15 (1876–1879)
Allegro molto moderato
Josephine Chou, piano; Hannah Kim, violin; Grace Kim, viola; Jenny Bahk, cello
Johannes BRAHMS (1833–1897)
Piano Quintet in f minor, op. 34 (1862)
Finale: Poco sostenuto – Allegro non troppo
Kevin Ahfat, piano; Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez, James Thompson, violins; Ramón Carrero Martínez, viola; Antonio Hallongren, cello
Anton ARENSKY (1861–1906)
Piano Trio no. 1 in d minor, op. 32 (1894)
Allegro moderato
Josephine Chou, piano; Aileen Chung, violin; Cheng “Allen” Liang, cello
Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)
Piano Trio no. 1 in F Major, op. 18 (1864)
Allegro vivace
Andante
Scherzo: Presto
Allegro
Kevin Ahfat, piano; Danny Koo, violin; Antonio Hallongren, cello
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano Quartet no. 1 in g minor, op. 25 (1861)
Tristan Yang, piano; Jason Moon, violin; Sofia Gilchenok, viola; Ian Kim, cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
String Quartet in G Major, K. 387, Spring (1782)
Allegro vivace assai
Minuetto: Allegro
Andante cantabile
Molto allegro
James Thompson, Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez, violins; Ramón Carrero Martínez, viola; Alexander Hersh, cello
Digging Ysaÿe's Performance Ideas with Ray Iwazumi, violinist, Julliard School professor, author, and musicologist. Watch online via Livestream here.
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano Trio no. 2 in F Major, op. 80 (1847)
Sehr lebhaft
Mit innigem Ausdruck
In mässiger Bewegung
Nicht zu rasch
Zhenni Li, piano; James Thompson, violin; Alexander Hersh, cello
Josef Suk(1874–1935)
Piano Quartet in a minor, op. 1 (1891)
Allegro appassionato
Benjamin T. Rossen, piano; Yi En (Ian) Hsu, violin; Annie Wu, viola; Amy Goto, cello
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), op. 4 (1899, arr. 1917, 1943)
Brandon Garbot, Danny Koo, violins; Jenni Seo, Ramón Carrero Martínez, violas; Brannon Cho, Antonio Hallongren, cellos
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio no. 1 in d minor, op. 49 (1839)
Molto allegro e agitato
Eric Guo, piano; Sara Yamada, violin; Ian Maloney, cello
Watch online LIVE here.Renowned New York-based luthier Samuel Zygmuntowicz gives us an insider look at his craft and how to get the most out of working with your luthier.
JOHANNES BRAHMS(1833–1897)
Piano Trio no. 3 in c minor, op. 101 (1886)
Allegro energico
Presto non assai
Andante grazioso
Allegro molto
Kevin Ahfat, piano; James Thompson, violin; Brannon Cho, cello
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)
Piano Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 41 (1875)
Allegretto
Benjamin T. Rossen, piano; Da Young Lim, violin; Sophia Inés Valenti, viola; Amy Goto, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS(1833–1897)
Piano Trio no. 3 in c minor, op. 101 (1886)
Allegro energico
Presto non assai
Andante grazioso
Allegro molto
Kevin Ahfat, piano; James Thompson, violin; Brannon Cho, cello
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81, B. 155 (1887)
Allegro ma non tanto
J. (Jun Li) Bui, piano; Yu-Wen “Lucy” Lu, Sara Yamada, violins; Sofia Gilchenok, viola; Ian Maloney, cello
Watch LIVE online here.
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
String Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 97, American (1893)
Allegro non tanto
Allegro vivo
Larghetto
Finale: Allegro giusto
Danny Koo, Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez, violins; Ramón Carrero Martínez, Jenni Seo, violas; Alexander Hersh, cello
Antonín Dvořák
Terzetto in C Major for Two Violins and Viola, op. 74 (1887)
Introduzione – Allegro ma non troppo
Larghetto
Hannah Kim, Yi En (Ian) Hsu, violins; Grace Kim, viola
ANTONÍN DVOŔÁK (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81, B. 155 (1887)
Allegro ma non tanto
J. (Jun Li) Bui, piano; Yu-Wen “Lucy” Lu, Sara Yamada, violins; Sofia Gilchenok, viola; Ian Maloney, cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano Trio in G Major, op. 1, no. 2 (1794–1795)
Adagio – Allegro vivace
Largo con espressione
Scherzo: Allegro
Finale: Presto
Zhenni Li, piano; Brandon Garbot, violin; Antonio Hallongren, cello
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
The final Re-Encounter chosen by Music@Menlo’s Artistic Directors for Intermezzo this summer, focuses on the life and music of Dmitri Shostakovich. Shostakovich was kept under Stalin’s thumb for much of his career. Alternately lauded and condemned by the state, he bore an immense psychological oppression that would have silenced a lesser artist. Shostakovich persevered, chronicling his life’s experiences in some of the most searing music ever composed.
Led by Encounter Leader Ara Guzelimian and featuring selections of the composer’s chamber music, Dmitry Shostakovich: An Artist’s Chronicle of a Russian Century, originally presented at Music@Menlo in 2016, illuminates one of music history’s most compelling figures, whose art powerfully expresses the indomitability of the human spirit.
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***All event times are in PDT***With violinist Aaron Boyd. This unique series of informal discussion events, led by Music@Menlo’s artists and distinguished guests, offers audiences a chance to absorb new insights into a variety of topics. Since their inception at Music@Menlo’s 2004 festival, Café Conversations have delved into a fascinating array of music- and arts-related issues from a multitude of perspectives and provided opportunities for audiences to expand their interaction with festival artists beyond the concert stage. Previous Café Conversations have included topics ranging from “The Link between Speech and Music” and “Creating a New Music World for Kids and Families” to the state of contemporary music and “Classical Music and Print Media in the Internet Age.” Past conversations have also featured interviews with eminent musicians and visual artists, seminars for young musicians, and a poetry reading workshop. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Koret Young Performers Concerts showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s Young Performers Program (ages nine to eighteen). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
With Ara Guzelimian, Provost and Dean of the Juilliard School.
Robert Nathaniel Mann (July 19, 1920 – January 1, 2018) was a violinist, composer, conductor, and founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet, as well as a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music.
Voyage Through the Americas celebrates the rich tapestry of musical influences across North and South America, featuring the works of eight iconic composers. Aaron Copland’s El Salón México and George Gershwin’s Cuban Overture complement the music of Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos and Argentine Alberto Ginastera. Iconic ragtime piano works by Scott Joplin showcase a genre that infused African American, European Classical, and Caribbean influences, while Samuel Barber’s blend of American and European dances shines in his eclectic Souvenirs. Leonard Bernstein was an ardent champion of Latin American composers; his poignant Three Meditations from Mass is included. Finally, Argentine American Osvaldo Golijov draws on the music of his home country in Mariel, a moving tribute to a departed friend. Featuring unique combinations of piano, cello, and percussion, the program will take listeners on a sizzling journey through both hemispheres.
Focus Residency events are presented live in the Spieker Center for the Arts. Live stream tickets are also available for those who wish to watch from home.
Hailed as “a pair of adventurous young talents” (Time Out New York), pianist Michael Brown and cellist Nicholas Canellakis present an exploration of classical music from across the Americas. The evening features live music with unique combinations of percussion, cello, and piano, exploring Gershwin’s travels in Cuba, Copland and Bernstein’s letters to one another, 1930s nightlife in Mexico City, and more:
This event took place on October 22. The livestream is available online until November 1. Click here to watch.
With R. Larry Todd, author, lecturer, and Arts and Sciences Professor of Music at Duke University. This unique series of informal discussion events, led by Music@Menlo’s artists and distinguished guests, offers audiences a chance to absorb new insights into a variety of topics. Since their inception at Music@Menlo’s 2004 festival, Café Conversations have delved into a fascinating array of music- and arts-related issues from a multitude of perspectives and provided opportunities for audiences to expand their interaction with festival artists beyond the concert stage. Previous Café Conversations have included topics ranging from “The Link between Speech and Music” and “Creating a New Music World for Kids and Families” to the state of contemporary music and “Classical Music and Print Media in the Internet Age.” Past conversations have also featured interviews with eminent musicians and visual artists, seminars for young musicians, and a poetry reading workshop. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
With Klari Reis, Music@Menlo’s 2019 Visual Artist, and Cathy Kimball, Executive Director of the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. This unique series of informal discussion events, led by Music@Menlo’s artists and distinguished guests, offers audiences a chance to absorb new insights into a variety of topics. Since their inception at Music@Menlo’s 2004 festival, Café Conversations have delved into a fascinating array of music- and arts-related issues from a multitude of perspectives and provided opportunities for audiences to expand their interaction with festival artists beyond the concert stage. Previous Café Conversations have included topics ranging from “The Link between Speech and Music” and “Creating a New Music World for Kids and Families” to the state of contemporary music and “Classical Music and Print Media in the Internet Age.” Past conversations have also featured interviews with eminent musicians and visual artists, seminars for young musicians, and a poetry reading workshop. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
With Bruce Adolphe, composer, author, and Resident Lecturer and Director of Family Concerts for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and the Schumann Quartet. This unique series of informal discussion events, led by Music@Menlo’s artists and distinguished guests, offers audiences a chance to absorb new insights into a variety of topics. Since their inception at Music@Menlo’s 2004 festival, Café Conversations have delved into a fascinating array of music- and arts-related issues from a multitude of perspectives and provided opportunities for audiences to expand their interaction with festival artists beyond the concert stage. Previous Café Conversations have included topics ranging from “The Link between Speech and Music” and “Creating a New Music World for Kids and Families” to the state of contemporary music and “Classical Music and Print Media in the Internet Age.” Past conversations have also featured interviews with eminent musicians and visual artists, seminars for young musicians, and a poetry reading workshop. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Watch here! Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage. The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Each weekday of the festival features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. Master classes and Café Conversations are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not available for these events. Programs are subject to change.
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Prelude Performances showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program (ages twenty to thirty). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Prelude Performances showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program (ages twenty to thirty). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Prelude Performances showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program (ages twenty to thirty). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Prelude Performances showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program (ages twenty to thirty). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Prelude Performances showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program (ages twenty to thirty). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Prelude Performances showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program (ages twenty to thirty). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Prelude Performances showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program (ages twenty to thirty). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Prelude Performances showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program (ages twenty to thirty). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Prelude Performances showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program (ages twenty to thirty). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Prelude Performances showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program (ages twenty to thirty). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Prelude Performances showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program (ages twenty to thirty). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Prelude Performances showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program (ages twenty to thirty). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
Among the summer festival’s most beloved events, Music@Menlo’s FREE Prelude Performances showcase the exciting young artists of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program (ages twenty to thirty). Free and open to the public, these concerts offer an ideal setting for new listeners and young audiences to discover great music and join in the festival experience.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.»
For this unusual summer, Music@Menlo presents an online selection of rich musical content, chosen by artistic directors Wu Han and David Finckel. For the duration of the originally-scheduled festival, audience members and students will be able to access an array of Music@Menlo’s offerings, including new updates from festival artists, and beloved past performances from the festival archives.
Join Music@Menlo’s Artistic Co-Directors on July 17 for the opening event, featuring new performances from special guests, and an overview of the Intermezzo events to come.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Four programs from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center each spotlight a Music@Menlo artist, including HD concert recordings and a look into the artists’ lives and musical activities during COVID-19.
Hosted by Music@Menlo Artistic Co-Directors David Finckel and Wu Han. In this first installment, we meet pianist and composer Michael Brown in his Manhattan apartment, and learn about his musical life during lockdown, along with pilates and coffee rituals!
Four programs from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center each spotlight a Music@Menlo artist, including HD concert recordings and a look into the artists’ lives and musical activities during COVID-19. Hosted by Music@Menlo Artistic Co-Directors David Finckel and Wu Han. In this second installment, we meet violinist Arnaud Sussmann.
• The event will be broadcast on Music@Menlo’s website and is followed by a live Q&A with Arnaud and pianist Wu Han. To take part in the live Q&A on Zoom, click here.
Four programs from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center each spotlight a Music@Menlo artist, including HD concert recordings and a look into the artists’ lives and musical activities during COVID-19. Hosted by Music@Menlo Artistic Co-Directors David Finckel and Wu Han. In this installment, we meet pianist Gloria Chien with her family.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s website.
Program notes are available here.Stay tuned for a Q&A, live and exclusive to Music@Menlo, at the conclusion of the CMS Front Row production. You can sign up to join the Zoom Q&A session here.
Four programs from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center each spotlight a Music@Menlo artist, including HD concert recordings and a look into the artists’ lives and musical activities during COVID-19.
Hosted by Music@Menlo Artistic Co-Directors David Finckel and Wu Han. In this installment, we meet pianist Gilbert Kalish in his Manhattan apartment.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s livestreaming page.
Join us for a Q&A at 6:10 p.m., live and exclusive to Music@Menlo at the conclusion of the CMS Front Row production at. You can register to be part of the Zoom Q&A here
Program notes for the concert performance are available here.
The eagerly-awaited release of Music@Menlo’s 2019 festival recording of Schubert’s masterwork. Presented in partnership with BBC Music, this online launch party features a live Q&A with the recording artists, baritone Nikolay Borchev and pianist Wu Han, and a video showing the making of the recordings during the 2019 festival.
You can register to join the Zoom webinar event here.
***All event times are in PDT***Winterreise, composed over roughly the final year and a half of Schubert’s life, not only stands as the crowning achievement of the composer’s oeuvre of lieder but also ranks among the greatest triumphs of the Western canon at large. Encounter Leader Michael Parloff considers this singular masterpiece and its enduring resonance in a rebroadcast of his 2019 Encounter lecture, following the release of the new Music@Menlo festival recording of the work earlier in the day.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Pianist Gilbert Kalish introduces this master class from The Glorious Violin festival in 2017.
Master class leader Arnaud Sussmann leads two groups of Chamber Music Institute artists through a Mendelssohn piano trio, and Schoenberg’s seminal work for strings, Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night).
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Music@Menlo Audience Engagement Director Patrick Castillo talks with oboeist James Austin Smith, before we share James’s 2019 performance of Tomaso Albinoni’s Double Oboe Concerto in C Major, chosen by our Artistic Directors to begin the Intermezzo “Artists Up Close” series.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Cellist Dmitri Atapine introduces this 2018 master class, chosen for the Intermezzo “Lunchtime Learning” series.
During the master class, pianist Gilbert Kalish leads two groups of Chamber Music Institute artists through Béla Bartók’s Piano Quintet in C Major, and Johannes Brahms’s Piano Quartet in c minor.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.Music@Menlo Audience Engagement Director Patrick Castillo talks to violinist Aaron Boyd about life and music in quarantine, before Aaron’s Café Conversation on the Russian school of violin playing, presented at the 2018 Creative Capitals festival.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Pianist Hyeyeon Park introduces this master class, chosen for the Intermezzo “Lunchtime Learning” series.
For the master class, given in 2019 at the Incredible Decades festival, pianist Gilles Vonsattel works with two groups of Chamber Music Institute artists, on Maurice Ravel’s Piano Trio in A Minor, and Ernest Chausson’s Piano Quartet Op. 30.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Music@Menlo Audience Engagement Director Patrick Castillo chats with Calidore Quartet cellist Estelle Choi about life in a professional ensemble in quarantine, before the Quartet’s 2018 performance of Bela Bartok’s String Quartet No. 5.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Violinist Arnaud Sussmann introduces this master class, chosen for the Intermezzo “Lunchtime Learning” series.
For the master class, given in 2018 as part of the Creative Capitalsfestival, cellist Dmitri Atapine leads two groups of Chamber Music Institute artists through Alexander Borodin’s, enduringly romantic String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, and Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Violinist Arnaud Sussmann and pianist Gilbert Kalish chat with International Program artists, cellist Alexander Hersh and violinist Danny Koo to introduce this hand-picked Prelude program.
Part of Music@Menlo’s Intermezzo, the Prelude Performance includes Schumann’s Piano Trio no. 2 in F Major, and Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), both from the 2017 Music@Menlo festival The Glorious Violin.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Music@Menlo Audience Engagement Director Patrick Castillo gets news and updates from percussionists Ayano Kataoka and Ian David Rosenbaum, before their 2014 Music@Menlo performance of George Crumb’s American Songbook II: A Journey Beyond Time with pianist Gilbert Kalish and baritone Randall Scarlatta.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Chamber Music Institute Directors Dmitri Atapine and Hyeyeon Park chat to Music@Menlo Young Performer, pianist Benjamin Rossen, about life as a young musician in quarantine, followed by some of their selected performances from past Koret Young Performers Concerts:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio Op.1, No.2 in G Major, Finale – Presto
Benjamin Rossen, Christine Lee, William Tan
(From 8/6/2016)
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, Allegro ma non troppo
Sory Park, Christine Lee, Sofia Gilchenok, Jaime An, Davis You
(From 7/21/2018)
Joerg Widmann: 180 Beats Per Minute for String Sextet
Aileen Chung, Jason Moon, Laura Caroline Liu, Cheng (Allen) Liang, Jenny Bahk, Claire Park
(From 8/5/2017)
Ernő Dohnányi Piano Quintet no. 1 in C minor, op. 1, Allegro
Adam Jackson, Tien-Lin Yang, Kali Bate, Callia Liang, Catherine Choi
(From 7/27/2019)
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet Op. 80, Allegro
Yi En (Ian) Hsu, Chili Ekman, Marco Sabatini, Ian Maloney
(From 7/21/2018)
Chamber Music Institute Directors Dmitri Atapine and Hyeyeon Park chat to Music@Menlo Young Performer, violinist Célina Béthoux, about life as a young musician in quarantine, followed by some of their selected performances from past Koret Young Performers Concerts:
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44, Allegro brillante
Leslie Jin, Célina Béthoux, Meng-Ping Tsai, Madeleine Pintoff, Ian Maloney
(From 7/20/2019)
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18 No.3, Allegro
Jun Lin, Hana Wakamatsu, Marco Sabatini, Joshua Kovač
(From 7/29/2017)
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25, Allegro
Tristan Yang, Jason Moon, Sophia Gilchenok, Ian Kim
(From 7/29/2017)
Claude Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Animé et très décidé
Yu-Ping Tsai, Kei Obata, Madeleine Pintoff, Davis You
(From 7/27/2019)
Ernest Bloch: Piano Quintet No. 1, Agitato
Benjamin Rossen, Yu-Wen (Lucy) Lu, Chili Ekman, Callia Liang, Davis You
(From 7/20/2019)
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, Vimeo page, or our website.
***All event times are in PDT***Chamber Music Institute Directors Dmitri Atapine and Hyeyeon Park chat to Music@Menlo Young Performer, cellist Luka Coetzee, about life as a young musician in quarantine, followed by some of their selected performances from past Koret Young Performers Concerts:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, K. 493, Allegro
Munan Cheng, Hana Wakamatsu, Marco Sabatini, Joshua Kovač
(From 7/20/2019)
Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, Death and the Maiden, Allegro
Hannah Chaewon Kim, Da Young Lim, Laura Caroline Liu , Claire Park
(From 7/29/2017)
Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12 in F Major, op. 96, American Quartet, Allegro ma non troppo
Christine Lee, Kei Obata, Andy Park, Luka Coetzee
(From 7/28/2018)
Arno Babajanian: Piano Trio in F-sharp minor, Largo – Allegro espressivo
Benjamin T. Rossen, Chili Ekman, Ian Maloney
(From 7/28/2018)
Felix Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20, Presto
Yu-Wen (Lucy) Lu, Célina Béthoux, Chili Ekman, Sara Yamada, Callia Liang, Emily Hwang, Thomas Lim, William Tan
(From 8/3/2019)
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Music@Menlo’s first Re-Encounter selected by Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han, is “A Royal Tradition”, led by William Lobkowicz, the present-day heir and trustee of the Lobkowicz family’s trove of musical manuscripts in Nelahozeves Castle, just north of Prague. The lecture was originally given as part of Music@Menlo’s Around Dvořák festival in 2014.
William Lobkowicz’ lineage dates to the Holy Roman Empire. His ancestor Prince Joseph Franz Maximilian commissioned major works by Beethoven and Haydn, including Beethoven’s Third, Fifth and Sixth symphonies.
A dramatic story chronicled his family’ sponsorship of art and culture, followed by the confiscation, by the Nazis and later by communists, of everything the family owned – castles, agricultural property, paintings, music manuscripts, books and much more. The Lobkowicz family was stripped of its heritage.
But when Vaclav Haval was elected president of the Czech Republic, he made restitution of all confiscated property. It took more than a decade for the Lobkowicz family to prove ownership and to collect its property – 10 castles, 65,000 books, 35,000 boxes of archives, and 5,000 musical scores. To help defray the costs of these endeavors, Lobkowicz established the Lobkowicz Foundation, secured many loans and entered into several partnerships. The Foundation’s mission is to make culture relevant to the 21st century, and to preserve the legacy of centuries of European culture and scholarship.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Pianist Gilbert Kalish gives a new introduction to this master class, chosen by Music@Menlo Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han for the Intermezzo “Lunchtime Learning” series.
During the master class, originally given as part of Music@Menlo’s 2016 Russian Reflections festival, acclaimed violinist Ani Kavafian works with two groups of Chamber Music Institute artists, on Johannes Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor, and Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, Vimeo page, or our website.
***All event times are in PDT***Music@Menlo Audience Engagement Director Patrick Castillo talks with New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist Anthony McGill, before we share Anthony’s 2014 Music@Menlo performance of Beethoven’s Quintet in E-flat Major for Winds and Piano, op. 16, iii. Allegro.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, Vimeo page, or our website.
***All event times are in PDT***Pianist Hyeyeon Park gives a new introduction to this master class, chosen for the Intermezzo “Lunchtime Learning” series.
During the master class, originally given as part of Music@Menlo’s 2018 Creative Capitals festival, acclaimed pianist Jon Kimura Parker works with two groups of Chamber Music Institute artists, on César Franck’s Piano Quintet in F minor, and Robert Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, Vimeo page, or our website.
***All event times are in PDT***Music@Menlo Audience Engagement Director Patrick Castillo talks to luthier Samuel Zygmuntowicz about his illustrious career as a violin-maker for classical music stars such as Isaac Stern, before we share Samuel’s 2017 Café Conversation, How to Talk to Your Violin Maker, presented at the Glorious Violin festival.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, Vimeo page, or our website.
***All event times are in PDT***Music@Menlo Audience Engagement Director Patrick Castillo chats with Emerson Quartet violinist Philip Setzer, before we share Philip’s 2015 Music@Menlo performance of the Andante from Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, in collaboration with Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, Vimeo page, or our website.
***All event times are in PDT***Cellist Dmitri Atapine gives a new introduction to this master class, chosen for the Intermezzo “Lunchtime Learning” series.
During the master class, originally given as part of Music@Menlo’s 2019 festival, cellist Keith Robinson works with Chamber Music Institute artists on Felix Mendelssohn’s octet and Rachmaninov’s Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, Vimeo page, or our website.
***All event times are in PDT***Violinist Arnaud Sussmann and pianist Gilbert Kalish catch up with International Program artists, cellist Connor Kim and pianist Chelsea Wang to introduce a hand-picked Prelude program.
Part of Music@Menlo’s Intermezzo “Lunchtime Learning” series, the Prelude Performance includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Trio in c minor, op. 1, no. 3, and Ernő Dohnányi’s Piano Quintet no. 1 in c minor, op. 1, both from the 2018 Music@Menlo festival, Creative Capitals.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, Vimeo page, or our website.
***All event times are in PDT***Violinist Arnaud Sussmann gives a new introduction to this master class, chosen for the Intermezzo “Lunchtime Learning” series.
During the master class, originally given as part of Music@Menlo’s 2019 festival, Incredible Decades, violinist Soovin Kim works with two groups of Chamber Music Institute artists on Johanness Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, and Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 2 in A minor.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, Vimeo page, or our website.
***All event times are in PDT***Music@Menlo Audience Engagement Director Patrick Castillo chats with violinist Stella Chen and violist Matthew Lipman, before we revisit their 2016 Music@Menlo performance of the Valse from Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48. Both Stella and Matt are International Program alumni, and participants in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s prestigious Bowers Program.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, Vimeo page, or our website.
***All event times are in PDT***Violinist Arnaud Sussmann gives a new introduction to this master class, chosen for the Intermezzo “Lunchtime Learning” series.
During the master class, originally given as part of Music@Menlo’s 2018 festival, Creative Capitals, the Calidore String Quartet works with two groups of Chamber Music Institute artists on Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4, and Franz Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet Op 77 No. 1 in G Major.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Music@Menlo Audience Engagement Director Patrick Castillo catches up with violist Paul Neubauer, before we revisit Paul’s 2014 Music@Menlo performance of the Scherzo from Dvořák’s String Quintet No. 2 in G major, known informally as the Bass Quintet.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Cellist Dmitri Atapine gives a new introduction to this master class, chosen by Music@Menlo Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han for the Intermezzo “Lunchtime Learning” series.
During the master class, originally given as part of Music@Menlo’s 2015 Schubert festival, cellist Laurence Lesser works with two groups of Chamber Music Institute artists on Ernő Dohnányi’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-flat Minor, Op. 26, and Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky’s beloved Souvenir de Florence.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Music@Menlo Audience Engagement Director Patrick Castillo talks to Artistic Director David Finckel about the current challenging chamber music environment, before we revisit David’s Café Conversation, Encounters with Slava: Learning from Rostropovich, presented with Ara Guzelimian at the Russian Reflections festival in 2016.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Music@Menlo Audience Engagement Director Patrick Castillo catches up with violinists Paul Huang and Danbi Um, before we hear their beautiful performance of Navarra, Op. 33 by Pablo de Sarasate at the 2017 festival, The Glorious Violin.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Pianist Hyeyeon Park gives a new introduction to this master class, chosen for the Intermezzo “Lunchtime Learning” series.
During the master class, originally given as part of Music@Menlo’s 2018 festival, Creative Capitals, renowned violist Paul Neubauer works with two groups of Chamber Music Institute artists on Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45, and Ernst Bloch’s Piano Quintet no. 1.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Violinist Arnaud Sussmann and pianist Gilbert Kalish catch up with International Program artists, violinist Max Tan and violinist Alice Ivy-Pemberton to introduce this hand-picked Prelude program.
Part of Music@Menlo’s Intermezzo “Lunchtime Learning” series, the Prelude Performance includes Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13, and Antonín Dvořák’s Dumky Trio, both from the 2019 Music@Menlo festival Incredible Decades.
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Pianist Gilbert Kalish gives a new introduction to this master class, chosen for the Intermezzo “Lunchtime Learning” series.
During the master class, originally given as part of Music@Menlo’s 2016 festival, Russian Reflections, Artistic Director Wu Han coaches two groups of Chamber Music Institute musicians, working on Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1, No. 2, and Antonín Dvořák’s The Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 (“Dumky”)
• To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
Music@Menlo Audience Engagement Director Patrick Castillo talks to renowned horn player and Music@Menlo artist Radovan Vlatković, before we hear Radovan’s exquisite performance of the Adagio from Johannes Brahms’s Horn Trio in E-flat Major, op. 40, from the 2017 festival, The Glorious Violin. • To watch, go to Music@Menlo’s Facebook page, or our website.
To bring three weeks of chamber music performance and learning to a close, Music@Menlo Artistic Co-Director Wu Han and violinist Arnaud Sussmann, will present Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano and Violin no. 1 in D major, op. 12. This final Explorers Series concert is followed by a toast to the musicians who have contributed their artistic excellence to Intermezzo events, and a look forward to Music@Menlo’s coming events this fall.
• To watch, register to join the event Zoom meeting here or watch on Music@Menlo’s Facebook page.
***All event times are in PDT***
Coming to Music@Menlo audiences direct from New York, Nick and Michael will present Brahms’s Cello Sonata no. 1 in E minor, op. 38, a piece written in homage to J. S. Bach. A live audience Q&A then follows.
• To watch, register to join the event Zoom meeting here or watch on Music@Menlo’s Facebook page.
***All event times are in PDT***
Be transported this Sunday evening, by images of sunshine dancing on the surface of water, tantalizing hints of Javanese gamelan, iridescent mists, and East Asian artwork. Pianist Gilles Vonsattel will perform Claude Debussy’s complete Images, some of the composer’s most beautiful works for solo piano, combining pure virtuosity and ethereal lightness.
Gilles will also discuss three of the movements in more detail, demonstrating the new tone colors that Debussy discovered, and sharing his thoughts on the works. A live audience Q&A follows, moderated by Music@Menlo Artistic Co-Director Wu Han.
You can join this event via Zoom – Register online here. You can also watch on Music@Menlo’s website or Facebook channel.
The Quartet celebrates both their 10th anniversary and the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with a performance of his String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 130 and Grosse Fuge in B-flat major, op. 133.
• To register for the event, go to the Zoom registration link.
To attend this free online event please register in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
In partnership with The Violin Channel, we are excited to share this special virtual gathering to remember celebrated violinist and San Francisco native Isaac Stern. 2020 marks the centenary of Mr. Stern’s birth, a fitting opportunity to honor a giant of musical life whose passion for teaching and championing young artists influenced generations of musicians. The panelists are Isaac Stern’s son, the conductor Michael Stern, violinist Erin Keefe who participated in the last chamber music Encounters led by Mr. Stern, David Finckel and Wu Han, and Ara Guzelimian as a former faculty member of Mr. Stern’s chamber music teaching team.
We will also see Isaac Stern as both a soloist and as a chamber musician in historic films of his performances with the Istomin-Stern-Rose trio. This free event is open to all and takes place via Zoom on Sunday, October 4, at 5:00 p.m. PDT. To register, click here.
To watch directly on Music@Menlo’s website, click here.Join Patrick Castillo, Music@Menlo’s Audience Engagement Director, in a survey of chamber works by Franz Schubert. Rediscover some of the composer’s most treasured works and how they shed light on his life, creative output, and future generations of composers.
Free Chamber Music Institute events take place via Zoom. Register for this event here.
To watch past Chamber Music Institute event livestreams, click here.
The twentieth century marks a time of buoyant creativity by groundbreaking Central and Eastern European composers. Join the festival’s Young Performers Program Co-Director Dmitri Atapine for a look into these trends through the prism of works by Janáček, Ligeti, Babajanian, and Bartók.
Free Chamber Music Institute events take place via Zoom. Register for this event here.
To watch past Chamber Music Institute event livestreams, click here.
Sometimes one recording is worth a thousand words! Join violinist Aaron Boyd as he shares with us some of his favorite recordings and discusses the way they impact our musical growth, shape our musicianship, and touch our hearts.
Free Chamber Music Institute events take place via Zoom. Register for this event here.
To watch past Chamber Music Institute event livestreams, click here.
The great Gilbert Kalish has been a constant presence at Music@Menlo from the very first year, shaping its essence. Don’t miss this opportunity to be inspired by the legendary pianist who is in many ways the heart and soul of the festival. Moderated by Dmitri Atapine.
Free Chamber Music Institute events take place via Zoom. Register for this event here.
To watch past Chamber Music Institute event livestreams, click here.
Can you ever have too many string players? Patrick Castillo examines some of the finest examples of writing for string ensembles beyond the string quartet in the hands of Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Dvořák, and other masters.
Free Chamber Music Institute events take place via Zoom. Register for this event here.
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The combination of piano and strings is at the center of the creative output of many composers since Mozart. Join pianist and Young Performers Program Co-Director Hyeyeon Park on a journey through new colors, textures, and sounds—all part of the magic of the piano quartet.
Free Chamber Music Institute events take place via Zoom. Register for this event here.
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What is the secret of the master performers of the past? What do we hear? What can we learn? How and why do they touch our hearts? Aaron Boyd leads this second presentation of historical recordings and performances that continue to inspire and mold the new generation of artists.
Free Chamber Music Institute events take place via Zoom. Register for this event here.
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Violinist Arnold Steinhardt is our special guest for the final presentation of “Meet the Artist.” As a founding member of the internationally acclaimed Guarneri String Quartet, his stamp on the chamber music world is immeasurable. Moderated by David Finckel, this special event is not to be missed.
Free Chamber Music Institute events take place via Zoom. Register for this event here.
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One of the most imaginative genres of chamber music is the string trio. It tests every composer with its unique challenges, its economy of means, and its wealth of possibilities. Explore the multiple strokes of genius by masters such as Mozart, Beethoven, Dohnányi, and others in a session led by festival violinist James Thompson as he unravels the essence of the string trio.
Free Chamber Music Institute events take place via Zoom. Register for this event here.
To watch past Chamber Music Institute event livestreams, click here.
One of the grandest genres of chamber music, the piano quintet has been at the forefront of Romantic expression since its introduction by the great Robert Schumann. Patrick Castillo takes us on a journey to explore the limitless possibilities of the regal piano in combination with the string quartet.
Free Chamber Music Institute events take place via Zoom. Register for this event here.
To watch past Chamber Music Institute event livestreams, click here.
Music@Menlo is delighted to present A Spanish Journey on April 8 and 9, curated by violinist Kristin Lee. The two-day residency centers around gems of Spanish classical music, including de Sarasate’s fiery Carmen Fantasy, and rarely-heard piano trios. The first event (April 8) is an immersive exploration of Spanish music and dance, with demonstrations from a colorful combination of violin, piano, voice, and classical guitar. The second evening (April 9) is a concert performance of the vibrant works discussed, with a rich program of 19th- and 20th-century music.
On April 8, the artists uncover the history of Spanish folk music and the brilliant composers it inspired. Residency musicians will bring the audience on a captivating journey through Andalusia, Catalonia, and Aragon, exploring habanera and flamenco rhythms, Spanish harmonies, and traditional dances. Join us for a musical evening filled with a seductive and lively virtuosity!
Focus Residency events are presented live in the Spieker Center for the Arts. Live stream tickets are also available for those who wish to watch from home.
Music@Menlo is delighted to present A Spanish Journey on April 8 and 9, curated by violinist Kristin Lee. The two-day residency centers around gems of Spanish classical music, including de Sarasate’s fiery Carmen Fantasy, and rarely-heard piano trios. The first event (April 8) is an immersive exploration of Spanish music and dance, with demonstrations from a colorful combination of violin, piano, voice, and classical guitar. The second evening (April 9) is a concert performance of the vibrant works discussed, with a rich program of 19th- and 20th-century music.
Focus Residency events are presented live in the Spieker Center for the Arts. Live stream tickets are also available for those who wish to watch from home.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Free Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Extraordinary concerts performed by the Young Performers program artists of the Chamber Music Institute.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Can’t attend in person? Watch all Free Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Koret Young Performers Concerts are generously supported by Koret Foundation Funds.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Sonata in C major for Piano, Four Hands, K. 521 (1787)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
Jacob Rockower, Munan Cheng, piano
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano Quartet no. 3 in C minor, op. 60 (1855–1875)
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegro
Ryan Wang, piano; Moonhee Kim, violin; Andrew Hwang, viola; Joel Kim, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95, Serioso (1811)
I. Allegro con brio
II. Allegretto ma non troppo
Audrey Goodner, Sarah Son, violins; Rebekah Sung, viola; Katina Pantazopoulos, cello
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet no. 2 in A major, B. 155, op. 81 (1887)
I. Allegro ma non tanto
II. Dumka: Andante con moto
Ariel Chien, piano; Anna Linder, Yuli Choi, violins; Hope Hyink, viola; Katherine Lee, cello
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet no. 2 in A major, B. 155, op. 81 (1887)
III. Scherzo: Furiant, molto vivace
IV. Finale: Allegro
Matan Gur Nelson, piano; Sara Yamada, Hiro Yoshimura, violins; Jennifer Kang, viola; Jasper Lee, cello
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Piano Trio in C major, Hob. XV:27 (1797)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Finale: Presto
Riko Ando, piano; Eleanor Markey, violin; Sara Flexer, cello
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Piano Trio in A minor (1914)
I. Modéré
II. Pantoum: Assez vif
Harvey Lin, piano; Eunseo Oh, violin; Lucas Chen, cello
Extraordinary concerts performed by the Young Performers program artists of the Chamber Music Institute.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Koret Young Performers Concerts are generously supported by Koret Foundation Funds.
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Andante and Allegro brillante for Piano, Four Hands, op. 92 (1841)
Riko Ando, Ariel Chien, piano
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Piano Trio in F major, op. 18 (1864)
I. Allegro vivace
Matan Gur Nelson, piano; Sara Yamada, violin; Jasper Lee, cello
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, op. 47 (1842)
I. Sostenuto assai: Allegro ma non troppo
Ryan Wang, piano; Yuli Choi, violin; Rebekah Sung, viola; Lucas Chen, cello
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57 (1940)
I. Prelude
III. Scherzo
Munan Cheng, piano; Eunseo Oh, Hiro Yoshimura, violins; Andrew Hwang, viola; Katina Pantazopoulos, cello
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
String Quartet in G minor, op. 10 (1893)
I. Animé et très décidé
II. Assez vif et bien rythmé
Cedar-Rose Newman, Sarah Son, violins; Hope Hyink, viola; Katherine Lee, cello
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Quartet in C minor, op. 1 (1822)
I. Allegro vivace
Jacob Rockower, piano; Anna Linder, violin; Jennifer Kang, viola; Sara Flexer, cello
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
Suite for Piano Left Hand, Two Violins, and Cello, op. 23 (1930)
IV. Lied
V. Rondo: Finale
Harvey Lin, piano; Audrey Goodner, Eleanor Markey, violins; Joel Kim, cello
Extraordinary concerts performed by the Young Performers program artists of the Chamber Music Institute.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Koret Young Performers Concerts are generously supported by Koret Foundation Funds.
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Piano Trio in E minor, op. 90, Dumky (1890–1891)
I. Lento maestoso - Allegro
VI. Lento maestoso – Vivace
Jacob Rockower, piano; Hiro Yoshimura, violin; Sara Flexer, cello
Amy Beach (1867–1944)
Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, op. 67 (1907)
I. Adagio – Allegro moderato
Munan Cheng, piano; Cedar-Rose Newman, Yuli Choi, violins; Rebekah Sung, viola; Katherine Lee, cello
Josef Suk (1874–1935)
Piano Quartet in A minor, op. 1 (1891)
I. Allegro appassionato
III. Allegro con fuoco
Ariel Chien, piano; Sara Yamada, violin; Hope Hyink, viola; Lucas Chen, cello
INTERMISSION
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Finale from Symphony no. 88 in G major for Piano, Six Hands (1787; arr. Vilbac, 1874)
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Hommage á Stravinsky, Prokofiev, et Shostakovich for Piano, Six Hands (1979)
Matan Gur Nelson, Harvey Lin, Ryan Wang, piano
Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 32 (1894)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
Riko Ando, piano; James Thompson, violin; Katina Pantazopoulos, cello
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
String Octet in E-flat major, op. 20 (1825)
III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo
IV. Presto
Eunseo Oh, Eleanor Markey, Anna Linder, Audrey Goodner, violins; Andrew Hwang, Jennifer Kang, violas; Jasper Lee, Joel Kim, cellos
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
With Michael Parloff, lecturer, founding Artistic Director of Parlance Chamber Concerts, and former Principal Flute of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
About Café Conversations
Music@Menlo’s Café Conversations explore a multitude of topics from unique perspectives. This distinctive series of free and informal discussion events led by festival musicians and distinguished guests offers audiences an engaging forum to explore music, art, and culture.
With Inbal Segev, cellist, recording artist, and host of “Musings with Inbal Segev”
About Café Conversations
Music@Menlo’s Café Conversations explore a multitude of topics from unique perspectives. This distinctive series of free and informal discussion events led by festival musicians and distinguished guests offers audiences an engaging forum to explore music, art, and culture.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Free Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
With Simon Bull, Music@Menlo’s 2022 Visual Artist, and Cathy Kimball, Curator, De.Coded: A Human Atlas of Silicon Valley.
About Café Conversations
Music@Menlo’s Café Conversations explore a multitude of topics from unique perspectives. This distinctive series of free and informal discussion events led by festival musicians and distinguished guests offers audiences an engaging forum to explore music, art, and culture.
Simon Bull (born March 6, 1958) is an English-born artist living in Carmel. His brightly colorful artworks are inspired by nature, infused with joy, and embrace a wide range of innovative printmaking techniques. California’s Central Coast is a source of limitless inspiration, with its vast array of landscape, flora and fauna.
Soon after graduating with honors from Leeds Polytechnic, he won the distinguished British Fine Art Trade Guild’s Artist Print Award in 2000. In 2002, Bull was selected, along with fellow artists Thomas Kinkade and Howard Behrens, to commemorate the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
After moving to the United States with his wife and family in 2003, he became the first British artist to win the National Association of Limited Edition Dealers Award not just once, but twice along with a NALED Medal of Honor. In 2007, Bull was invited to paint a series of portraits for Muhammad Ali. Many of these works, signed by both artist and boxing legend, are in the collection of the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisvillle, KY.
In 2017, Simon Bull opened his MEUSE Gallery in Carmel-by-the-Sea along with a second MEUSE Gallery location in St. Helena in 2019. In this same year, Simon was honored as the Official Artist of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C.
Bull’s unique and vibrant perspectives of the natural world have stirred the souls of collectors and fans on every continent. He is honored to be the 2022 featured artist for the Menlo Music Festival. Please feel free to explore more of his repertoire on www.meusegallery.com.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Free Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
With Ara Guzelimian, lecturer, Artistic and Executive Director of the Ojai Music Festival, and Special Advisor to the Juilliard School.
About Café Conversations
Music@Menlo’s Café Conversations explore a multitude of topics from unique perspectives. This distinctive series of free and informal discussion events led by festival musicians and distinguished guests offers audiences an engaging forum to explore music, art, and culture.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Free Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Extraordinary concerts performed by the Young Performers program artists of the Chamber Music Institute.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Can’t attend in person? Watch all Free Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
String Quartet, op. 33, no. 3 “The Bird” (1781)
I. Allegro moderato
IV. Presto
Anna Stube, Lily Sullivan, violins;
Wyeth Minami, viola; Sara Flexer, cello
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
String Quintet in C major, op. posth. 163,
D. 956 (1828)
I. Allegro ma non troppo
Suzuka Wada, Aaron Ma, violins; Hideaki Shiotsu, viola; Lucas Chen, Fiona Huang, cellos
SAMUEL BARBER (1910–1981)
Souvenirs for Piano, Four Hands, op. 28
(1951–1952)
I. Waltz
III. Pas de deux
VI. Galop
Riko Ando, Maggie Bai, piano
INTERMISSION
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano Trio in B-flat major, op. 11 (1797)
I. Allegro con brio
Brian Lin, piano; Bianca Ciubancan, violin;
Philip Jeong, cello
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 12 (1829)
I. Adagio non troppo – Allegro non tardante
Chili Ekman, Lisa Saito, violins; Hanna Lam, viola; Serge Kalinovsky, cello
CLARA SCHUMANN (1819–1896)
Piano Trio in G minor, op. 17 (1846)
I. Allegro moderato
Ariel Chien, piano; Abigail Yoon, violin; Amelia Baisden, cello
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Piano Quintet in E-flat major, op. 44 (1842)
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Noah Kim, piano; Audrey Goodner, Audrey Ang, violins; Stephen Chang, viola;
Katina Pantazopoulos, cello
Extraordinary concerts performed by the Young Performers program artists of the Chamber Music Institute.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Repertoire is not listed in program order and is subject to change.
Can’t attend in person? Watch all Free Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Allegro in A minor for Piano, Four Hands, op. 144, D. 947, Lebensstürme (1828)
Ziyue Zeng, Ariel Chien, piano
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet no. 2 in A major, op. 81, B. 155 (1887)
I. Allegro ma non tanto
II. Dumka: Andante con moto
Noah Kim, piano; Suzuka Wada, Lily Sullivan, violins; Stephen Chang, viola; Serge Kalinovsky, cello
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Piano Quintet no. 2 in A major, op. 81, B. 155
III. Scherzo (Furiant): Molto vivace
IV. Finale: Allegro
Brian Lin, piano; Abigail Yoon, Bianca Ciubancan, violins; Hannah Lam, viola; Fiona Huang, cello
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
Piano Trio no. 2 in C minor, op. 66 (1845)
I. Allegro energico e con fuoco
II. Andante espressivo
Maggie Bai, piano; Aaron Ma, violin; Philip Jeong, cello
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
Piano Trio in A minor (1914)
I. Modéré
II. Pantoum: Assez vif
Riko Ando, piano; Anna Stube, violin; Katina Pantazopoulos, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
String Sextet no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18 (1859–1860)
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Andante, ma moderato
Audrey Goodner, Chili Ekman, violins; Hideaki Shiotsu, Wyeth Minami, violas; Lucas Chen, Sara Flexer, cellos
ALEXANDER BORODIN (1833–1887)
String Trio in G minor (1855)
LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743–1805)
String Trio in E-flat major, op. 6, no. 2 (1769)
I. Allegro maestoso
Audrey Ang, Lisa Saito, violins; Amelia Baisden, cello
Extraordinary concerts performed by the Young Performers program artists of the Chamber Music Institute.
In response to the popularity of these events, a free ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved online in advance on the day of the event after 9:00 a.m. Seating is limited and by general admission. Learn more about how to reserve your free ticket.
Can’t attend in person? Watch all Free Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano Trio in E-flat major, op. 1, no. 1 (1793–1975)
I. Allegro
Maggie Bai, piano; Audrey Ang, violin; Amelia Baisden, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
Piano Quartet no. 3 in C minor, op. 60 (1855–1875)
I. Allegro non troppo
Riko Ando, piano; Lily Sullivan, violin; Hannah Lam, viola; Sara Flexer, cello
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)
Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67 (1944)
I. Andante Moderato
II. Allegro con brio
Ariel Chien, piano; Audrey Goodner, violin; Fiona Huang, cello
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Piano Trio no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 99, D. 898 (1828)
I. Allegro moderato
Ziyue Zeng, piano; Suzuka Wada, violin; Serge Kalinovsky, cello
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)
String Quartet no. 2 in F major, op. 92 (1941)
III. Allegro
Bianca Ciubancan, Lisa Saito, violins; Stephen Chang, viola; Lucas Chen, cello
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
La Valse for Piano, Four Hands (1920)
Noah Kim, Hyeyeon Park, piano
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
String Octet in E-flat major, op. 20 (1825)
I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco
Anna Stube, Abigail Yoon, Aaron Ma, Chili Ekman, violins; Hideaki Shiotsu, Wyeth Minami, violas; Philip Jeong, Katina Pantazopoulos, cellos
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
About Café Conversations
Music@Menlo’s Café Conversations explore a multitude of topics from unique perspectives. This distinctive series of free and informal discussion events led by festival musicians and distinguished guests offers audiences an engaging forum to explore music, art, and culture.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Free Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Moderated by Performance Today host Fred Child, this enlightening Café Conversation looks at the challenges and trends as classical music flourishes in the twenty-first century. Entrance is free and reservations are not required.
About Café Conversations
Music@Menlo’s Café Conversations explore a multitude of topics from unique perspectives. This distinctive series of free and informal discussion events led by festival musicians and distinguished guests offers audiences an engaging forum to explore music, art, and culture.
Can’t attend in person? Watch all Free Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Each weekday of the festival at 11:00 a.m., our “Mornings@Menlo” sessions feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists, or a Café Conversation. The Institute’s master classes offer visitors the opportunity to witness the exchange between artist and apprentice, and culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.
Mornings@Menlo events take place in Martin Family Hall on the Menlo School campus and are free and open to the public. Seating is by general admission; tickets or reservations are not required. Programs are subject to change.
Can‘t attend in person? Watch all Chamber Music Institute Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Repertoire is not listed in program order and is
subject to change.
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
String Octet in E-flat Major, op. 20
I. Allegro moderato con fuoco
II. Andante
Audrey Goodner, Tristan Zhu, Lisa Saito, Hiro Yoshimura, violins; Bryan Im, Brandon Kang, violas, Timothy Chua, Aiden Kim, cellos
CESAR FRANCK
Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 14
I. Molto moderato quasi lento
Haoran Cui, piano, Jessica Kartawidjaja, Amelia Lee, violins; Connor Chin, viola, Mila Wyrick, cello
III. Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco
Anna Bray, piano; Jiyu Oh, Jina Han, violins; Wyeth Minami, viola; Philip Jeong, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34
I. Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco
II. Andante un poco adagio
Jungmin Kim, piano; Bianca Ciubancan, Sydney Li-Jenkins; violins Nolan An, viola; Aurelia Faidley-Solars, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Trio no. 2 in C Major, op. 87
I. Allegro
II. Andante con moto
Claire Chang, piano; Himari, violin; Jacqueline Yang, cello
JOSEPH HAYDN
Piano Trio in C Major, Hob. XV 27
Avery Armstrong, piano; Jessie Shang, violin; Amelia Baisden, cello
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Sonata for piano, 4 hands in F Major, K. 497
I. Adagio–Allegro di molto
III. Allegro
Sora Corro, Irene Hwang, piano
Repertoire is not listed in program order and is
subject to change.
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
String Quintet in A Major, op. 39
I. Allegro
II. Scherzo: Allegro moderato
Jiyu Oh, Bianca Ciubancan, violins; Nolan An, viola; Mila Wyrick, Timothy Chua, cellos
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
String Quartet in G minor, op. 10
I. Animé et trè décidé
II. Assez vif et bien rythmé
Hiro Yoshimura, Amelia Lee, violins; Wyeth Minami, viola; Jacqueline Yang, cello
ERNO DOHNÁNYI
Piano Quintet no. 1 in C minor, op. 1
I. Allegro
II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
Haoran Cui, piano; Audrey Goodner, Sydney Li-Jenkins, violins; Brandon Kang, viola; Aiden Kim, cello
III. Adagio quasi andante
IV. Allegro animato
Irene Hwang, piano; Tristan Zhu, Lisa Saito, violins; Connor Chin, viola; Philip Jeong, cello
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44
I. Allegro brillante
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Sora Corro, piano Jessica Kartawidjaja, Jina Han, violins; Bryan Im, viola; Amelia Baisden, cello
BEDŘICH SMETANA
Piano Trio in G minor, op. 15
I. Moderato assai – Più animato
II. Allegro ma non agitato
Anna Bray, piano; Himari, violin; Aurelia Faidley-Solars, cello
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Andante and Allegro Brillante, op. 92
Claire Chang, Jungmin Kim, piano
Repertoire is not listed in program order and is subject to change.
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
String Octet in E-flat Major, op. 20
III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo
IV. Presto
Jessica Kartawidjaja, Jina Han, Sydney Li-Jenkins, Jiyu Oh, violins; Connor Chin, Nolan An, violas; Mila Wyrick, Philip Jeong, cellos
FRANZ SCHUBERT
String Quartet no. 14, in D minor, “Death and the Maiden”
I. Allegro
II. Andante con moto
Audrey Goodner, Hiro Yoshimura, violins; Bryan Im, viola; Aurelia Faidley-Solars, cello
AMY BEACH
Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, op. 67
I. Adagio – Allegro moderato
Claire Chang, piano; Bianca Ciubancan, Tristan Zhu, violins; Brandon Kang, viola; Jacqueline Yang, cello
GABRIEL FAURÉ
Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, op. 45
I. Allegro molto moderato
II. Allegro molto
Jungmin Kim, piano; Himari, violin; Wyeth Minami, viola; Timothy Chua, cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio in D Major, op. 70, no. 1 “Ghost”
I. Allegro vivace e con brio
III. Presto
Sora Corro, piano; Amelia Lee, violin; Amelia Baisden, cello
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Piano Trio no. 2 in C minor, op. 66
I. Allegro energico e con fuoco
II. Andante espressivo
Irene Hwang, piano; Lisa Saito, violin; Aiden Kim, cello
SAMUEL BARBER
Souvenirs for Piano Four Hands, op. 28
Anna Bray, Haoran Cui, piano
The Miró Quartet returns to Music@Menlo to perform Haydn’s String Quartet op. 77, no. 1. The work opens with all the wit and bravado typical of Haydn and evolves into a rhapsodic slow movement, exuberant scherzo, and joyously rustic finale. Then, written for the Miró Quartet (Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, violins; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello), a contemporary composition by Kevin Puts paints a poignant picture of the comfort, warmth, and challenges of the concept of “home.” The program concludes with Debussy’s bewitching String Quartet and its vibrant musical brushstrokes that defined French chamber music for generations after.
On March 29, Music@Menlo presents the world premiere of Benjamin Scheer’s piano quartet These Shrouded Hills, inspired by Bay Area vistas. A new commission, the piece was written for violinist Chad Hoopes, who will be premiering the work alongside three stellar Music@Menlo alumni. Scheer explains:
“I wanted to honor the special instrumentation of a piano quartet with a musical portrait of San Francisco. I have always been struck by the beauty and the drama of the Bay Area’s landscape—the stunning, rolling hills; and the diverse architecture, from Victorian to Beaux-Arts, Art Deco, and Modern. What I love about San Francisco is the juxtaposition of these glorious, classic buildings, set in the context of hills often shrouded in passing fog.”
The concert also includes Mozart’s beloved Piano Quartet in G minor, one of the earliest in the genre. Dvořák’s Piano Quartet no. 2 in E-flat major concludes the program with its impossibly rich melodies, dramatic color changes, and rousing energy.
Tertulia teams up with Music@Menlo for a winter’s evening of sommelier-curated wines, refined cuisine and superlative performances in the elegant confines of the SF Wine Society. (408 Merchant St., San Francisco, 94111)
Join us for a fabulous afternoon of music and mingling! Music@Menlo’s 2025 season announcement, including the festival theme, artists, and programs, will take place on January 25. There will be a performance by a stellar group of Music@Menlo artists, and an unveiling of the 2025 festival by Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han. A celebratory catered reception follows the performance, so raise a glass (and a plate!) to the spectacular new season, hear chamber music masterworks, and learn about all the music to come next summer.
Three weeks of spectacular chamber music in the heart of Silicon Valley: Since 2003, Music@Menlo has brought the world’s leading chamber musicians to the Menlo School campus for a summer of concerts, master classes, lectures, and free events.
Join us for the 2025 festival, July 18 through August 9. Arists and programming will be unveiled to the public at the season announcement event on January 25.
Stellar alumni of Music@Menlo’s Chamber Music Institute perform works by Beethoven, Korngold, and Price at the Metropolitan Club in San Francisco, a historic building nestled in the heart of the city. The evening begins with a reception, followed by a concert and a three-course meal in the Club’s elegant dining room.
To purchase your tickets, please call the Metropolitan Club front desk at (415) 872-7200 or email FrontDesk@MetropolitanClubSF.org.
Repertoire is not listed in program order and is subject to change.
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)
Piano Trio no. 1 in F Major, op. 18 (1863)
I. Allegro Vivace
III. Scherzo. Presto
Allison Kim, piano; Tianwen Zhong, violin; Yikai Guo, cello
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 49 (1839)
I. Molto allegro e agitato
III. Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace
Haoran Cui, piano; Ariel Pawlik-Zwiebel, violin; Timothy Chua, cello
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet in A Major, B. 155, op. 81 (1887)
I. Allegro ma non tanto
Daniel Strebulaev, piano; Xueshan Cheng, Lisa Saito, violins; Daphna Raveh Glassman, viola; Cameron Renshaw, cello
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet in A Major, B. 155, op. 81 (1887)
III. Scherzo: Furiant, molto vivace
IV. Finale: Allegro
Jiajing Liang, piano; Isabella Sun, Calliope Smith, violins; Neena Agrawal, viola; Shunkai Xu, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
String Sextet no. 2 in G Major, op. 36 (1864–65)
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo
SoHyun Lyra Ko, Gabriel Ingliss, violins; Cristian Yohannes, Andie Zhu, violas; Maurice Neuman, Aiden Kim, cellos
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
String Quartet no. 8 in E minor, op. 59, no. 2, Razumovsky (1806)
I. Allegro
IV. Finale: Presto
Melissa Du, Kalea Schunk, violins; Liam Young-Skeen, viola; Griffin Frost, cello
GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845–1924)
Dolly Suite for Piano, Four Hands, op. 56 (1894–96)
I. Berceuse
II. Mi-a-ou
IV. Kitty valse
VI. Le pas espagnol
Andrew Yin, Peter Parra, piano
Repertoire is not listed in program order and is subject to change.
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Piano Trio in E minor, op. 90, Dumky (1890–91)
I. Lento maestoso – Allegro vivace
II. Poco adagio – Vivace non troppo
VI. Lento maestoso – Vivace
Andrew Yin, piano; Kalea Schunk, violin; Shunkai Xu, cello
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)
Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67 (1944)
I. Andante – Moderato
II. Allegro non troppo
Peter Parra, piano; Calliope Smith, violin; Timothy Chua, cello
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 47 (1847)
I. Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo
II. Scherzo: Molto vivace
Jiajing Liang, piano; Lisa Saito, violin; Daphna Raveh Glassman, viola; Aiden Kim, cello
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 47 (1847)
III. Andante cantabile
IV. Finale: Vivace
Daniel Strebulaev, piano; Gabriel Ingliss, violin; Neena Agrawal, viola; Cameron Renshaw, cello
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 13 (1827)
I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
III. Intermezzo: Allegretto con molto
Isabelle Sun, Ariel Pawlik-Zwiebel, violins; Cristian Yohannes, viola; Maurice Neuman, cello
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
String Octet in E-flat Major, op. 20 (1825)
I. Allegro moderato con fuoco
II. Andante
SoHyun Ko, Tianwen Zhong, Xueshan Cheng, Melissa Du, violins; Andie Zhu, Liam Young-Skeen, violas; Griffin Frost, Yikai Guo, cellos
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
La Valse for piano four hands (1920)
Haoran Cui, Jungmin Kim, pianos
Repertoire is not listed in program order and is subject to change.
CLARA SCHUMANN (1819–1896)
Piano Trio in G minor, op. 17 (1846)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Scherzo
Andrew Yin, piano; Lisa Saito, violin; Cameron Renshaw, cello
GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845–1924)
Piano Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 15 (1876–79)
I. Allegro molto moderato
II. Scherzo: Allegro vivo
Peter Parra, piano; Kalea Schunk, violin; Daphna Raveh Glassman, viola; Aiden Kim, cello
EDWARD ELGAR (1857–1934)
Piano Quintet in A minor, op. 84 (1918–19)
I. Moderato – Allegro
Jungmin Kim, piano; SoHyun Ko, Calliope Smith, violins; Liam Young-Skeen, viola; Maurice Neuman, cello
EDWARD ELGAR (1857–1934)
Piano Quintet in A minor, op. 84 (1918–19)
III. Andante – Allegro
Haoran Cui, piano; Melissa Du, Ariel Pawlik-Zwiebel, violins; Andie Zhu, viola; Griffin Frost, cello
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
String Quartet in F Major (1903)
I. Allegro moderato – Très doux
II. Assez vif – Très rythmé
Tianwen Zhong, Gabriel Ingliss, violins; Cristian Yohannes, viola; Shunkai Xu, cello
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Quintet in C Major for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos, D. 956, op. posth. 163 (1828)
I. Allegro ma non troppo
Isabella Sun, Xueshan Cheng, violins; Neena Agrawal, viola; Yikai Guo, Timothy Chua, cellos
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Rondo in A Major for Piano, Four Hands, D. 951, Grand Rondo (1828)
Daniel Strebulaev, Jiajing Liang, pianos
Every summer, Music@Menlo invites a visual artist with ties to the festival theme. Their work is exhibited on-site, in festival publications, and on posters and cards available for purchase. This year, we are fortunate to be joined by prominent photographer and multimedia artist Mark Chen.
Mark’s projections of celestial imagery on natural landscapes have been featured in National Geographic, and he has been an artist-in-residence at Grand Canyon National Park in 2023 and 2024.
On Monday, July 28 at 11 AM, Mark will take part in a Café Conversation discussion at Music@Menlo, exploring the inspiration and techniques involved in his creative process. The event is free and no tickets are required. Read more about Mark’s spectacular projects and upcoming exhibitions at markchenphotography.com.
About Café Conversations
Music@Menlo’s Café Conversations explore a multitude of topics from unique perspectives. This distinctive series of free and informal discussion events led by festival musicians and distinguished guests offers audiences an engaging forum to explore music, art, and culture.
Can’t attend in person? Watch all Free Livestreams (Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Master Classes, and Café Conversations) online here.
Tickets: Free