When Sergei Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto was first performed in September 1913, with the composer at the piano, the audience was furious: "To hell with futuristic music. Cats on the roof make better music." Prokofiev bowed as if being applauded – and played an encore. Over a century later, what today's ears consider a rather "moderate" concerto, which begins with an almost romantic theme and features the most difficult solo cadenza of all time, has long been recognized as a masterpiece. The jubilation for soloist Alexander Gadjiev is surely genuine. This is the first time the polyglot pianist, born on the Italian-Slovenian border, has appeared with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra.

EPSG:4326

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Alexander Gadjiev / Gergely Madaras

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Revue pour six

Werksviertel-Mitte

The soundscapes of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra's chamber concerts are as diverse as the personalities of the musicians who perform in them. The demands of the orchestra pit are often determined by the scale and diversity of voices. Chamber music, on the other hand, reduces this dimension to smaller ensembles and allows for intimate musical interaction. As in a dialogue, diverse opinions collide, new ideas emerge and develop during performance, thus opening up a creative space for spontaneous development.

Chamber Concert / Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra

Gary Levinson, violinist and CMSFW artistic director, leads an ensemble of world-class musicians to kick off the first concert of the season. Additional performers will be announced soon.

Subtle Connections Across the World - CMSFW Ensemble with Gary Levinson and Friends

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

For the festival summit from August 13 to 17, Prizewinner in Residence Anastasia Kobekina has assembled a very special group: long-standing members of the festival family—prizewinners who are at home in the world's great concert halls and have kept these summer days free to perform together in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. On Friday, the six instrumentalists will be joined by a vocal quintet, which will also present a late-night program.

Bartók and Co.

Kloster Rühn

Three Hungarian composers meet in this kaleidoscopic program led by conductor Christoph Koncz. Liszt’s poetic Les préludes is followed by a delightful work by Ernst von Dohnányi, the grandfather of Music Director Laureate Christoph von Dohnányi. Capping the evening is Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, a symphonic tour-de-force that gives every section of The Cleveland Orchestra a chance to shine.

Liszt & Bartók

Severance Music Center

2nd Festival Chamber Concert: Great Piano Quintet

Munich Residence

Kammermusik eines bis heute verkannten Ungarn. Anders als Bartók und Kodály blieb Dohnányi zeitlebens der Romantik verbunden. Sein klangvolles Klavierquintett und sein Sextett bestechen durch ihre Erfindungskraft. Sie sind eine Entdeckung, so wie das apart besetzte Trio des deutschen Romantikers Reinecke. Dohnanyi war Pianist, Dirigent und Komponist und wurde in jungen Jahren als gefeierter Solist mit Franz Liszt verglichen. Für Klavierkammermusik hatte er daher eine besonders glückliche Hand, wie man in diesem Konzert erleben kann. Als Komponist sah sich Dohnanyi ganz in der Brahms-Nachfolge. Sein spätes Sextett indes weist über die Brahms-Welt hinaus und erfreut sich zugleich an dem weiten Stilpanorama der 1930er Jahre

Klavier-Romantik

Bertramstraße 8

Chamber music by a Hungarian composer who remains underappreciated to this day. Unlike Bartók and Kodály, Dohnányi remained committed to Romanticism throughout his life. His sonorous Piano Quintet and Sextet captivate with their inventiveness. They are a discovery, as is the uniquely scored Trio by the German Romantic composer Reinecke. Dohnányi was a pianist, conductor, and composer, and in his youth, as a celebrated soloist, he was compared to Franz Liszt. He therefore had a particularly fortunate touch when it came to piano chamber music, as can be experienced in this concert. As a composer, Dohnányi saw himself firmly in the tradition of Brahms. His late Sextet, however, transcends the world of Brahms and simultaneously revels in the broad stylistic panorama of the 1930s.

Piano Romanticism

Hessischer Rundfunk

At our espresso concerts in the early afternoon, we serve two kinds of caffeine - in cups and, of course, musically: outstanding young musicians present surprise programs that really wake you up - in this case on the podium of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and as a viola soloist!

Espresso concert with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin

Konzerthaus Berlin

7th Chamber Music Concert in the Vienna State Opera

Vienna State Opera

René Mandel, Berkeley Symphony’s former Executive and Artistic Director, presents A Viennese Sojourn, highlighting the music that tremendously influenced the Western classical canon. As one of the orchestra’s acting concertmasters, René brings his confident virtuosity into the intimate chamber music setting to envelop the audience in the sounds of the first Viennese school. The Berkeley Symphony & Friends chamber series would not be where it is today without the visionary leadership from René’s tenure.

A Viennese Sojourn

Piedmont Center for the Arts

Chamber Concert No. 5

Historisches Rathaus Jena

The French composer Lili Boulanger was the first (female) winner of the Prix de Rome in 1913. In her short life she created numerous works and is considered one of the main figures of French Impressionism. The orchestral version of her composition "D'un matin de printemps" was her last major work. "From a Spring Morning" describes the late romantic intensity of the depiction of nature in its title and goes far beyond contemporary Impressionism.

6th Symphony Concert

Staatstheater Braunschweig

Stefan Jackiw is one of America's foremost violinists, captivating audiences with playing that combines poetry and purity with an impeccable technique. In addition to recent concerto performances with the New York Philharmonic and National Symphony Orchestra, Stefan is also well known as a chamber musician. Stefan's residency with SFCM will also include masterclass with both the collegiate and pre-college programs.

Chamber Music Tuesday with Stefan Jackiw

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music. Danielle Kim is a student of Marianne Gedigian. 

Danielle Kim, Flute

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

Clarinet sounds instead of flute sounds: we had to change our programme for our first concert at the Bundesrat: Our three string colleagues* are now presenting our audience with an evening centred on the interplay between string instruments and the clarinet. Krzysztof Penderecki’s darkly luminous clarinet quartet opens the evening, followed by the serenade for string trio by Ernst von Doer, which is filled with a charming joy of playing and rhythmic vigour.

Clarinet Sounds

Old Federal Councilor

Guest Artists visit SFCM to share their expertise with student musicians

Masterclass: Parker Quartet, chamber music

Korean-born violinist Aromi Park is acting concertmaster of the Bozeman Symphony and principal second violin of the Huntsville Symphony, where she also served as acting concertmaster in past seasons. She recently joined the Portland Opera as a member of the violin section and is a member of Iris and the Santa Rosa Symphony.

Music for String Trio

Ann E. Pitzer Center

### Viva Viola - Auckland Philharmonia

**Date and Time:**
- Monday, 7th October 2024, 18:30
- Additional date: Tuesday, 8th October 2024, 18:30

**Venue:**
- St Luke’s Church, Remuera

**Event Description:**
Join the Auckland Philharmonia for an enchanting evening dedicated to the viola, featuring the talented Julie Park, Associate Principal Viola. The concert, titled "Viva Viola," will showcase a selection of delightful chamber works that highlight the beauty and versatility of the viola.

**Program:**
- **Beethoven:** Duet with Two Obligato Eyeglasses
- **Dohnányi:** Serenade
- **Bowen:** Fantasia for Four Violas

The concert will open with Beethoven's whimsical "Duet with Two Obligato Eyeglasses," a piece humorously named because both original performers needed spectacles to read the music. This will be followed by Ernst von Dohnányi's Serenade, a work that, despite its brilliance, remains unfairly overlooked. The evening will conclude with York Bowen's Fantasia for Four Violas, a piece that reflects Bowen's Romantic style, which was somewhat out of place in his own time.

**Special Notes:**
- The music for this concert has been supported by Robert Clark.
- Save at least 10% off public ticket prices with AKL PHIL when you book four tickets to one or more concerts.

**Featuring Artist:**
- **Julie Park:** Associate Principal Viola

**Additional Information:**
- Directions & Parking: Available on the event website.
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**Tickets:**
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**Contact:**
- For more information and advice, visit the Auckland Philharmonia website.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the rich, warm tones of the viola in a program that promises to be both delightful and memorable. Book your tickets now and immerse yourself in an evening of exquisite music.

Viva Viola

Presbyterian Church St Lukes

All Saints Anglican Church

Prelude Concert

Tanglewood Music Center

Music of passion, virtuosity, and excitement through the centuries by Couperin, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Vivaldi, and Dohnányi. It’s a fascinating mix of periods, styles, and countries, bringing out the expressive and soloistic ranges of the violin, viola, and cello in a chamber music setting.

Cello & Company II

Sunset Center

The 2024 Robert Mann Chamber Music Series begins with a spotlight on the Festival’s own musicians. Dohnányi’s sextet brings together piano, string trio, clarinet, and horn, an uncommon combination which the composer uses to mischievous effect. Beethoven’s brief “Eyeglasses Duo” is so called for a friendly note between colleagues — both Beethoven and his cellist friend Nikolaus Zmeskall required spectacles — and its music is similarly conversational and good-humored. Schumann embedded some of his most aching and romantic music into his Piano Quartet, a chamber gem of contrast and delight.

Dohnányi, Beethoven & Schumann

Chautauqua Auditorium

Masterworks Series: Dohnanyi, Wieniawski, Sarasate

Bargemusic

Join the New Hollywood String Quartet and friends for a four-day festival celebrating the chamber works of Bohemia-inspired composers including Dvořák, Dohnányi, Janáček, Martinů, Smetana, and Suk.

Summer of Bohemia Chamber Music Festival

Mount Saint Mary's University

Lustrous Sounds

Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center

Sarasota Orchestra

This concert of beautiful duets and trios is a celebration of friendship, community and a shared love of music.  For twelve years, Lorna, Jenny and Rhian have played together in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. This concert will be recorded for CD and all proceeds from the recording will go towards the PSO Musicians’ Care Fund, chaired by Rhian Kenny. The mission of the Fund is to provide musical experiences to all children, regardless of the ability of their family or school district to pay. Additionally, our broader flute community will also be represented as members of Pittsburgh Flute Academy, led by Wendy Kumer, will serenade the audience on arrival. 

Pittsburgh Flute Celebration

Carnegie Mellon University

The phenomenal Dover Quartet is joined by Norway’s foremost pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, who gave a masterful recital in Koerner Hall in January 2023.

Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine, the Grammy Award nominated Dover Quartet’s rise from up-and-coming young ensemble who swept all the prizes at the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition to occupying a spot at the top of their field has been “practically meteoric” (Strings). With its burnished warmth, incisive rhythms, and natural phrasing, the Quartet’s distinctive sound has helped confirm its status as “the young American string quartet of the moment” (The New Yorker). As Strad observes, “With their exceptional interpretative maturity, tonal refinement, and taut ensemble,” the Dover Quartet is “pulling away from their peers.”

Dover Quartet with Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Experience intimate chamber music programs curated and performed by small ensembles of SF Symphony musicians.

Chamber Music at Davies Symphony Hall

Davies Symphony Hall

Kismarton String Trio

Dirk Kaftan, General Music Director in Bonn, is bringing epochal Eastern European compositions to the Hanseatic and university city for his Rostock debut. Mikhail Glinka's overture to the opera Ruslan and Ludmilla , written directly for the orchestra, often during rehearsals in the director's room , is a milestone in Russian music. And Peter Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, completed in 1888 after the European tour, is one of his most popular, along with the two neighboring symphonies. Both wistfully cantabile and rebelliously urgent passages captivate in this logically formed work, behind which the theme of fate is hidden

4th Philharmonic Concert / Colorful Mix

Three exceptional artists comprise this brilliant trio, remarkable for its transparency and vibrancy of expression.  String trios are a far rarer species than string quartets and the Boccherini Trio is in the top rung of the breed, recently releasing much-acclaimed recordings of the complete string trios of Beethoven on the Genuin Classics label. The Trio performs in such venues as Wigmore Hall and Konzerthaus Berlin, as well as the most important festivals. The string trio repertoire, though small, is rich with masterpieces, and we will hear some of the best of the best.

Boccherini String Trio

Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Lesher Center for the Arts

Frisson features the best and brightest of classical music's stars! The group showcases emerging young artists as well as seasoned professionals and has skyrocketed to become one of the leading musical groups. Frisson performs engaging programs for winds, piano trio and piano quartet programs, as well as popular programs featuring music by such composers as Gershwin and Piazzolla. The ensemble performs in over 25 cities annually including appearances in such diverse venues as the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City, for the Da Camera Society in Los Angeles and at the Bermuda Festival.

Frisson Ensemble

United Methodist Church Ridgecrest

Scott Yoo and the visiting artists perform a culminating concert of the works featured on the Notable Encounters throughout the week.

Scott Yoo & Guests Chamber Concert

Cuesta College

Scott Yoo hosts an evening of culinary and musical adventures at the beautiful Pavilion at Cypress Ridge in Arroyo Grande.  Join Scott and the artists for a tour behind Mozart's Piano Trio and Dohnanyi's Piano Quintet.  Throughout the evening you will learn about the composers' lives and histories, their musical influences, and gain a deeper understanding of the works in advance of Sunday's chamber concert.  Then after the presentation, enjoy a three-course dinner complete with Central Coast wines.

Notable Dinner: Mozart & Dohnanyi

Cypress Ridge Pavilion

SPO Chamber Series I: Tenderness and Humour

Sejong Center for the Performing Arts

Renowned violinist Erin Keefe (’03), concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra and Curtis faculty member, joins dynamic conductor, clarinetist, and composer Osmo Vänskä and Curtis’s extraordinary emerging professional musicians for a tour of North America. Built around the octet version of Sibelius’s evocative tone poem En Saga, this eclectic program features cherished classics by Mozart and Sibelius, alongside striking early twentieth-century works such as Dohnányi’s string trio, Serenade in C major, and Schulhoff’s fiery, folk-influenced Concertino for flute, viola, and double bass.

Curtis on Tour in Corpus Christi, TX

Corpus Christi Chamber Music Society

Curtis on Tour in Wichita Falls, TX

Midwestern State University

Curtis on Tour in West Palm Beach, FL

Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

Discover the versatility of violin, viola, and cello, as different versions of this mighty combination take you on a journey from Handel to the present.

Trio Reimagined

The Church of Bethesda-By-The Sea

The husband-and-wife duo of violinist Erin Keefe (concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra and a Curtis faculty member) and conductor, clarinetist, and composer Osmo Vänskä joins young musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music in this touring ensemble. Built around the septet version of Jean Sibelius’s evocative tone poem En Saga, this eclectic program features cherished classics and striking, early twentieth-century works such as Erwin Schulhoff’s fiery, folk-influenced Concertino for flute, viola, and double bass.

Curtis on Tour

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Ensemble Connect

The Juilliard School

Long ago, small groups of classical musicians entertained nobility in the elegant salons where they held court. The music was designed for the space – intimate, inviting, elegant in every detail.

Today, modern audiences can partake in this experience in a less formal setting, with a series of exquisite chamber concerts, each preceded by a wine reception.

Chamber Night #5: Dohnányi & Schumann

Music Academy of the West

2023 Summer Festival 1

Benaroya Hall

Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, "From the New World" and solo Congas with Samuel Torres

May 2023 Concert

Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew

Winds, strings, and piano comprise the chamber music family’s essential members. Combine them, and one hears chamber music at its richest, most multi- dimensional level. Brahms’s pairings of clarinet with cello, and horn with violin, create deeply inspired variations of the traditional piano trio format, each work a unique masterpiece of extreme beauty. Brahms serves as this program’s point of arrival and departure, as an outstanding work by the Hungarian Ernst Dohnányi gathers all the instruments for a dazzling close.

Brahms and Dohnányi

Lincoln Center

Johannes Brahms laid an inspirational groundwork for a generation of composers to come. One such composer was Hungarian Erno˝ Dohnányi, whose Sextet in C major owes its formative elements to Brahms. Pair this work with two Brahms trios of profound originality, and you will not be able to help but feel moved.

The Brahms Effect

University of Georgia Performing Arts Center

Sir András Schiff, this season’s Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence, is the soloist in Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3, imbued with the spirit of Hungarian folk song. Iván Fischer leads the Orchestra in Mozart’s Symphony No. 41, Jupiter, his final and grandest. The program opens with Symphonic Minutes by Ernst von Dohnányi, a friend and compatriot of Bartók whose work was also influenced by Hungarian folk music.

Sir András Schiff Plays Bartók

Escape the mundane and experience the power of musical transformation. From Maurice Ravel’s compelling Bolero, which begins small and transitions into a sonic tidal wave, to Richard Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration about human transitions, to jazz saxophone legend Ted Nash’s personal journey as depicted on his newest composition Transformation for Symphony Orchestra and Narrator.  You’ll emerge refreshed, re-energized and ready for reality.

Transformation

Granada Theatre

The complex textures and rich harmonies characteristic of Richard Wagner’s compositions had a magnetic force on the composers featured on this afternoon’s program. From Strauss’ lusciously scored and radiantly colorful Sextet from his opera Capriccio and a string version of Berg’s intense Piano Sonata to arrangements and works in honor of Wagner by his own father-in-law, Franz Liszt, this program is a testament to the dominant force of this Romantic master. The program ends with the rarely heard, lushly exuberant Sextet by Hungarian composer Ernst Von Dohnányi for strings, clarinet, and horn.

Join us for the Musical Prelude with the Pelia Quartet for their performance of Bartók’s String Quartet No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Sz.85

The Wagner Effect

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

French Impressionism bookends this delightful afternoon: Debussy opens the program with the dreamy sounds that made him famous featuring the sounds of flute, viola and harp; concluding is Ravel’s colorful and climatic piano trio. Music by the Hungarian composer, Ernst von Dohnányi treats you to shifting chromatic tonality while Czech composer, Bohuslav Martinu, explores virtuosity between flute and viola.

Ravel's Piano Trio

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

French Impressionism caps off this delightful afternoon with Ravel’s colorful and climatic piano trio. Before that, music by the Hungarian composer, Ernst von Dohnányi treats you to shifting chromatic tonality while Czech composer, Bohuslav Martinů, explores virtuosity between flute and viola. 

Among Music@Menlo’s proudest achievements is the new generation of stellar chamber musicians which has emerged from its Chamber Music Institute. This program, conceived and curated by a quintet of extraordinary young artists, who are all Institute alumni, is the first of its kind, and not to be missed. The works chosen all relate to formative Music@Menlo experiences, a fitting and inspiring testament to the far-reaching influence of the Institute and its vital impact on the future of chamber music. The performance will be followed by a live Q&A with the artists on Zoom.

Inspired by Menlo: A Benefit

Featuring music by Dohnányi, Tchaikovsky & world premiere from 2019 — 20 Sound Investment composer Juan Pablo Contreras.

Homages & Souvenirs

New Roads School

The Huntington

Young Concert Artists on Tour

University of South Alabama

The soundscapes of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra's chamber concerts are as diverse as the characters of the musicians who perform in them. The demands in the orchestra pit are often characterized by the size and diversity of the voices. Chamber music, on the other hand, reduces this dimension to smaller ensembles and allows for intimate musical interaction. As in a dialog, different opinions come together, new ideas emerge and develop during the performance, opening up a creative space for spontaneous development.

4th Chamber Concert

Born in Sibiu, Romania, in 1989 into a Hungarian-Romanian family of musicians, Tibor Gyenge received his first violin lessons from his father.

Chamber Music Evening N° 7

Semperoper Dresden

District Concert Winzerla № 2

Galileo Community School, Aula

The Rogue Valley Symphony’s piano season is brought to a sparkling finish with the zenith of piano concertos: the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in the hands of the brilliantly talented young British pianist George Harliono. Silver medalist at the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition, George has been performing in public since age nine. Acclaimed everywhere he performs, George will win our hearts with his brilliance, maturity, and sheer powerful performance. This finale of our season will leave you screaming for more as The Raven completes its debut!

Shining Star

Southern Oregon University

Grants Pass High School

Collier Center for the Performing Arts

Fizz / Tifu

San Carlo Theatre

Artist-in-residence Maximilian Hornung and the musicians of the Staatsphilharmonie are organising a chamber concert in the Gluck-Saal. It is also important to him that he make music together with his colleagues from the cello group, and pieces for various cello ensembles are in the programme. The concert is topped off with a special work from the 20th century: Ernst von Dohnányi’s sextet will make its debut in our Chamber Music series.

Ernst von Dohnányi

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 21, 2025 - May 10, 2026

Chamber Concert / Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra · Elbphilharmonie

4 - 7 Dec, 2025

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Alexander Gadjiev / Gergely Madaras · Elbphilharmonie

Feb 1, 2026

Young Concert Artists on Tour · Mobile Chamber Music

Mar 22, 2026

4th Chamber Concert · Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Apr 8, 2026

Chamber Music Evening N° 7 · Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Past events

4 - 7 Dec, 2025

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Alexander Gadjiev / Gergely Madaras · Elbphilharmonie

Oct 22, 2025

Revue pour six · Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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