Port Townsend Chamber Music Festival Performances
Exceptional musicians come from around the nation to live and work with master artists at the Port Townsend Chamber Music Festival. This year, we are honored to have the renowned Tokyo String Quartet as our ensemble-in-residence.
Throughout the week of the Festival, the public is invited to selected workshop activities free of charge. At the end of the week, our esteemed artist/faculty take to the stage for memorable public concerts.
FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES
Friday, June 27, 7:30pm – Joseph F. Wheeler Theater
Reserved-seating: $29, $25 (18 & under free with reservations)
Purchase Tickets (donor sales begin April 15; general sales begin May 1)
Quartet in A minor, D. 804, Franz Schubert
Tokyo String Quartet
Primera Luz (written for the Tokyo String Quartet), Lera Auerbach
Tokyo String Quartet
Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36, Johannes Brahms
Attacca String Quartet, with Helen Callus, viola; Desmond Hoebig, cello
Saturday, June 28, 7:30pm – Joseph F. Wheeler Theater
Reserved-seating: $29, $25 (18 & under free with reservations)
Purchase Tickets (donor sales begin April 15; general sales begin May 1)
Quintet for Strings in Bb, K. 174, W.A. Mozart
Tokyo String Quartet with Helen Callus, viola
Quartet in Eb for Piano and Strings, Op. 47, Robert Schumann
Martin Beaver, violin; Helen Callus, viola; Desmond Hoebig, cello; Robert Koenig, piano
Quartet in A minor, Op. 132, Ludwig van Beethoven
Tokyo String Quartet
FREE WORKSHOP SESSIONS, OPEN TO PUBLIC
Monday, June 23, 7 pm
Public Masterclasses. Artist faculty will coach outstanding workshop participants on important repertoire. Audience members will get a first-hand look at how a master teacher--violinist Andrew Dawes and followed by violist Helen Callus--helps a student take a piece to the next level.
Tuesday, June 24, 7 pm
Public Masterclasses. Artist faculty will coach outstanding workshop participants on important repertoire. Audience members will get a first-hand look at how a master teacher--cellist Desmond Hoebig and pianist Robert Koenig--helps a student take a piece to the next level.
Wednesday, June 25, 7 pm
String Quartet Masterclass. Members of the Tokyo String Quartet--Martin Beaver, Kikuei Ikeda, Kazuhide Isomura, and Clive Greensmith--coach the Attacca Quartet, this year's young artist quartet-in-residence.
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