Friday, July 18, 2025
5:00 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: Free
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Encounter Lecture I
Friday, July 18, 2025
7:00 PM | Martin Family Hall
Tickets: $50 full-price | $25 under age thirty
The Jim and Mical Brenzel Encounter Series invites you to go beyond the concert hall and explore the heart of chamber music. Led by top musicians and thinkers, these evening talks explore the themes of each festival with great stories,...more
Saturday, July 19, 2025
5:00 PM | Martin Family Hall
Tickets: Free
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Concert Program I
Saturday, July 19, 2025
7:00 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: $65-$87 full-price | $25 under age thirty
The intimacy of duo music-making has beguiled composers for centuries and challenged musicians to deliver soloistic yet collaborative performances. In this opening program, four instruments showcase duos alongside the most versatile of partners, the piano. ...more
Concert Program I
Saturday, July 19, 2025
7:00 PM | Online
Tickets: $25
The intimacy of duo music-making has beguiled composers for centuries and challenged musicians to deliver soloistic yet collaborative performances. In this opening program, four instruments showcase duos alongside the most versatile of partners, the piano. ...more
Sunday, July 20, 2025
2:00 PM | Stent Family Hall
Tickets: Free
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Concert Program II
Sunday, July 20, 2025
4:00 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: $65-$87 full-price | $25 under age thirty
Since the earliest days of the Baroque trio sonata, the combination of three instruments has produced dialogue and drama. Trio performers move seamlessly between playing as one, accompanying each other, and shining as soloists. This program showcases trio dynamics at...more
Concert Program II
Sunday, July 20, 2025
4:00 PM | Online
Tickets: $25
Since the earliest days of the Baroque trio sonata, the combination of three instruments has produced dialogue and drama. Trio performers move seamlessly between playing as one, accompanying each other, and shining as soloists. This program showcases trio dynamics at...more
Concert Program II
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
7:00 PM | Stent Family Hall
Tickets: $87 full-price | $25 under age thirty
Since the earliest days of the Baroque trio sonata, the combination of three instruments has produced dialogue and drama. Trio performers move seamlessly between playing as one, accompanying each other, and shining as soloists. This program showcases trio dynamics at...more
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
5:00 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: Free
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Thursday, July 24, 2025
5:00 PM | Stent Family Hall
Tickets: Free
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Encounter Lecture II
Thursday, July 24, 2025
7:00 PM | Martin Family Hall
Tickets: $50 full-price | $25 under age thirty
The Jim and Mical Brenzel Encounter Series invites you to go beyond the concert hall and explore the heart of chamber music. Led by top musicians and thinkers, these evening talks explore the themes of each festival with great stories,...more
Friday, July 25, 2025
5:00 PM | Martin Family Hall
Tickets: Free
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Carte Blanche Concert I
Friday, July 25, 2025
7:00 PM | Stent Family Hall
Tickets: $90 full-price | $25 under age thirty
“The rich diversity of American society has fostered a vibrant tapestry of musical voices, each shaped by their own distinct backgrounds. Michael and I curated this program for violin and piano to celebrate that spirit of innovation and cultural exchange,...more
Saturday, July 26, 2025
12:30 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: Free
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....more
Concert Program III
Saturday, July 26, 2025
7:00 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: $65-$87 full-price | $25 under age thirty
This lively program highlights the wind quintet as a centerpiece of chamber music, akin to the string quartet in tonal balance, depth, and versatility. Enhanced by piano and string collaborations, these ensembles create a variety of rich, colorful soundscapes. In...more
Concert Program III
Saturday, July 26, 2025
7:00 PM | Online
Tickets: $25
This lively program highlights the wind quintet as a centerpiece of chamber music, akin to the string quartet in tonal balance, depth, and versatility. Enhanced by piano and string collaborations, these ensembles create a variety of rich, colorful soundscapes. In...more
Concert Program IV
Sunday, July 27, 2025
4:00 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: $65-$87 full-price | $25 under age thirty
The early string quintets on this program represent the passions of their composers: W. A. Mozart, the avid violist wanting to join the ensemble, and Luigi Boccherini, the premier cello virtuoso of his day. The works by these quintet pioneers...more
Concert Program IV
Sunday, July 27, 2025
4:00 PM | Online
Tickets: $25
The early string quintets on this program represent the passions of their composers: W. A. Mozart, the avid violist wanting to join the ensemble, and Luigi Boccherini, the premier cello virtuoso of his day. The works by these quintet pioneers...more
Café Conversation
Monday, July 28, 2025
11:00 AM | Martin Family Hall
Tickets: Free
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...more
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
5:00 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: Free
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Concert Program IV
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
7:00 PM | Stent Family Hall
Tickets: $87 full-price | $25 under age thirty
The early string quintets on this program represent the passions of their composers: W. A. Mozart, the avid violist wanting to join the ensemble, and Luigi Boccherini, the premier cello virtuoso of his day. The works by these quintet pioneers...more
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
5:00 PM | Martin Family Hall
Tickets: Free
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Thursday, July 31, 2025
5:00 PM | Stent Family Hall
Tickets: Free
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Encounter Lecture III
Thursday, July 31, 2025
7:00 PM | Martin Family Hall
Tickets: $50 full-price | $25 under age thirty
The Jim and Mical Brenzel Encounter Series invites you to go beyond the concert hall and explore the heart of chamber music. Led by top musicians and thinkers, these evening talks explore the themes of each festival with great stories,...more
Concert Program V
Friday, August 1, 2025
7:00 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: $65-$87 full-price | $25 under age thirty
Throughout history, the string quartet has offered composers a vehicle for their most compelling and deeply personal musical statements. The dynamic young Viano Quartet returns to Music@Menlo for a panorama of string quartet works including Anton Webern’s emotional Langsamer Satz,...more
Concert Program V
Friday, August 1, 2025
7:00 PM | Online
Tickets: $25
Throughout history, the string quartet has offered composers a vehicle for their most compelling and deeply personal musical statements. The dynamic young Viano Quartet returns to Music@Menlo for a panorama of string quartet works including Anton Webern’s emotional Langsamer Satz,...more
Saturday, August 2, 2025
12:30 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: Free
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...more
Carte Blanche Concert II
Saturday, August 2, 2025
7:00 PM | Stent Family Hall
Tickets: $90 full-price | $25 under age thirty
“This program delves into the legends and myths of violin lore via the three-sided conversation between violin, violinist, and composer. We kick off this journey with a solo violin sonata composed by the namesake of the violin I now play,...more
Sunday, August 3, 2025
2:00 PM | Stent Family Hall
Tickets: Free
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Concert Program VI
Sunday, August 3, 2025
4:00 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: $65-$87 full-price | $25 under age thirty
The human voice, the most natural instrument, has inspired chamber music for centuries, bringing melodic beauty and the unique musicality of languages. This program celebrates the range and timbre of the voice as the ideal chamber collaborator. Music@Menlo debut artists...more
Concert Program VI
Sunday, August 3, 2025
4:00 PM | Online
Tickets: $25
The human voice, the most natural instrument, has inspired chamber music for centuries, bringing melodic beauty and the unique musicality of languages. This program celebrates the range and timbre of the voice as the ideal chamber collaborator. Music@Menlo debut artists...more
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
5:00 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: Free
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Encounter Lecture IV
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
7:00 PM | Martin Family Hall
Tickets: $50 full-price | $25 under age thirty
The Jim and Mical Brenzel Encounter Series invites you to go beyond the concert hall and explore the heart of chamber music. Led by top musicians and thinkers, these evening talks explore the themes of each festival with great stories,...more
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
5:00 PM | Martin Family Hall
Tickets: Free
...more
Carte Blanche Concert III
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
7:00 PM | Stent Family Hall
Tickets: $90 full-price | $25 under age thirty
“As a young man I participated in an ensemble called the Gramercy Chamber Ensemble. It was a rather unwieldy group that had a full complement of strings, winds, brass, percussion, singers, and a pianist. We chose repertoire by consensus. When...more
Concert Program VII
Thursday, August 7, 2025
7:00 PM | Stent Family Hall
Tickets: $87 full-price | $25 under age thirty
Offering one of the lushest textures of any instrumental combination, the string sextet has long been a favorite ensemble of both listeners and performers. Although Luigi Boccherini invented this grouping in the eighteenth century, classical music had to wait until...more
Friday, August 8, 2025
5:00 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: Free
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Saturday, August 9, 2025
12:30 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: Free
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,...more
Concert Program VII
Saturday, August 9, 2025
7:00 PM | Spieker Center for the Arts
Tickets: $65-$87 full-price | $25 under age thirty
Offering one of the lushest textures of any instrumental combination, the string sextet has long been a favorite ensemble of both listeners and performers. Although Luigi Boccherini invented this grouping in the eighteenth century, classical music had to wait until...more
Concert Program VII
Saturday, August 9, 2025
7:00 PM | Online
Tickets: $25
Offering one of the lushest textures of any instrumental combination, the string sextet has long been a favorite ensemble of both listeners and performers. Although Luigi Boccherini invented this grouping in the eighteenth century, classical music had to wait until...more