Cellist Alisa Weilerstein will perform all six of Bach’s cello suites from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 4 at Portland's First Baptist Church on the corner of Southwest Taylor and […]
Chamber Music Northwest presents Igor Stravinsky's "The Soldier's Tale" performed by an ensemble of Curtis Institute of Music alumni. Two preeminent Curtis Institute graduates—CMNW Artistic Director Emeritus David Shifrin and Artistic Director Soovin Kim—team up with Curtis’s rising-star performers, joined by actor and narrator John de Lancie ("Star Trek" and "Breaking Bad") who voices the […]
Chamber Music Northwest presents the Grammy Award-winning Catalyst Quartet, founded by the acclaimed Sphinx Organization, which promotes diversity in the arts. This concert at Portland's Old Church Concert Hall is part of a series celebrating music that has been overlooked because of the composers' race or gender. From 4 to 5:30 p.m. April 16, enjoy an […]
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival presents "Poetry in Music" from 4 to 6 p.m. June 25 at Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 S.W. Park Ave., Portland. German, English and Persian poetry […]
Chamber Music Northwest presents the Oregon Bach Festival, 8 to 10 p.m. July 1 at Reed College's Kaul Auditorium, 3017 S.E. Woodstock Blvd., Portland. Jos van Veldhoven leads the Oregon […]
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival presents Schumann, Schubert and Brahms from 4 to 6 p.m. July 2 at Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 S.W. Park Ave., Portland. Metropolitan Opera soprano Susanna Phillips performs works by Franz Schubert and William Bolcom. Bolcom’s song cycle, "Let Evening Come," is set to poems by Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson and […]
Chamber Music Northwest presents "New at Night," 8 to 10 p.m. July 5 at Alberta Rose Theater, 3000 N.E. Alberta St., Portland. The audience will hear the dynamic flute, viola and harp trio umama womama, new music by Han Lash, a string trio composition by R. Murray Schafer and Maombi Asante's piece with flutist Valerie […]
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival presents the nine-time Grammy Award-winning Emerson Quartet from 8 to 10 p.m. July 6 at Reed College's Kaul Auditorium. The evening includes a West Coast premiere by Sarah Kirkland Snider, a Bartók quartet from the group's first Grammy recording, and a collaboration with the clarinetist David Shifrin in Brahms’s last chamber […]
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival presents the Emerson Quartet from 8 to 10 p.m. July 8 at Reed College's Kaul Auditorium. After 17 appearances over a span of 30 years, […]
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival presents the trio umama womama from 4 to 6 p.m. July 9 at Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 S.W. Park Ave., Portland. Be among the first […]
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival presents the trio umama womama from 8 to 10 p.m. July 10 at Reed College's Kaul Aditorium, 3203 S.E. Woodstock Blvd., Portland. Be among the first to hear the West Coast debut of this powerhouse ensemble featuring flutist Valerie Coleman, violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama and harpist Han Lash. Learn more about […]
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival presents award-winning violinist Alexi Kenney from noon to 2 p.m. July 11 at Lincoln Hall, 1620 S.W. Park Ave., Portland. This showcase recital will illuminate his virtuosity with pianist Zitong Wang performing Bach, Salina Fisher and Eugène Ysaÿe. Learn more about the festival and get tickets ($10 to $62.50) at […]
Exceptional musical partnerships from critically acclaimed albums headline this program. Artistic Director Gloria Chien and heralded clarinetist Anthony McGill are longtime recital partners, and the exhilarating F Minor sonata was part of their recording of the Brahms clarinet sonatas. McGill joins the Catalyst Quartet in the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor quintet that is part of UNCOVERED—the Catalyst’s […]
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival presents David Ludwig's "The Anchoress" from 4 to 6 p.m. July 16 at Lincoln Performance Hall. Set to poetry by Portland native Katie Ford, "The Anchoress" combines a chorus of nine wind instruments with the human voice to explore the medieval mystic tradition called "anchorism" performed by Hyunah Yu. The […]
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival presents "Viennese Revolutionaries" from 8 to 10 p.m. July 22 at Reed College's Kaul Auditorium featuring works by Mozart and Schoenberg. Additional performances of this concert are planned. Learn more about the festival and get tickets ($10 to $62.50) at cmnw.org/concerts-tickets/2023-summer-festival.
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival presents "Voices of the Soul" from 8 to 10 p.m. July 24 at Reed College's Kaul Auditorium. The concert features Alexander Scriabin’s third piano sonata, folk songs by Komitas, and Richard Strauss’s chamber music as well as Chinese-American composer Wang Jie’s world premiere with narration by Fred Child. An additional […]
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival presents the Viano Quartet performing works by Bartók, Smetana and the world premiere of 24-year-old Iranian-American composer Kian Ravaei’s new string quartet. The concert is from noon to 2 p.m. July 25 at Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 S.W. Park Ave., Portland. Learn more about the festival and get tickets ($10 […]
Chamber Music Northwest and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will offer a free family concert featuring the Columbia River Brass Quintet from 7 to 9 p.m. July 28 at LeRoy Haagen Park on Northeast Ninth Street in Vancouver. Arrive at 6 p.m. for Beacock Music's Instrument Petting Zoo. After the concert, stay for a free movie […]
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival presents the trio umama womama from 8 to 10 p.m. July 29 at Reed College's Kaul Auditorium. Hear American music from the turn of the […]
