Bridget Kibbey is a distinguished harpist renowned for her captivating performances and innovative interpretations of classical music. With a rich background in the arts, she has made significant contributions to various prestigious festivals, including the Skaneateles Festival, where she has showcased her talent in multiple productions. Notable past performances include her participation in the Opening Night: Celebrating 45 Years, where she performed Debussy's Dances for Harp and String Quartet alongside celebrated musicians. Kibbey also graced the stage during the Opening Matinee: Strings of Summer, enchanting audiences with Saint-Saëns' Fantasy for Violin and Harp. Her upcoming performance in the Music of the Americas concert promises to be a highlight, featuring the Harp Concerto by Alberto Ginastera, as part of the festival's largest-ever orchestra. This concert, scheduled for August 3, 2024, will celebrate the diverse musical heritage of North and South America, further solidifying Kibbey's reputation as a leading figure in the classical music scene. With her exceptional artistry and commitment to enriching the cultural landscape, Bridget Kibbey continues to inspire audiences and elevate the harp's prominence in contemporary music.

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Mandolinist Avi Avital & Harpist Bridget Kibbey Re-Imagine Bach

Join us for a captivating afternoon at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center with "The Carnival of the Animals" by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. This enchanting event is scheduled for Sunday, August 18, 2024, at 3:00 pm in the intimate setting of the Spa Little Theater.

The program promises a rich and varied experience, starting with Baroque works for diverse instrumental combinations. Highlights include Ravel’s Introduction et allegro for an unusual ensemble of harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet. The summer season finale at SPAC will be Saint-Saëns’s "Carnival of the Animals" in its original instrumentation for chamber ensemble, offering a riotously fun depiction of animals ranging from turtles and kangaroos to lions, birds, and, humorously, even pianists.

The performance will feature an impressive lineup of musicians, including Wu Han and Wu Qian on piano, Sooyun Kim on flute, David Shifrin on clarinet, Bridget Kibbey on harp, Ian David Rosenbaum and Ayano Kataoka on percussion, Richard Lin and Francisco Fullana on violin, Guillermo Figueroa on viola, Sterling Elliott on cello, and Nina Bernat on double bass.

The program includes:
- Biber’s Sonata representativa in A major for Violin and Continuo, C. 146 B. IV 184 c. 1669
- Bach’s Concerto in A major for Keyboard, Strings, and Continuo, BWV 1055 c. 1738-39
- Vivaldi’s Concerto in D major for Flute, Strings, and Continuo, RV 428, Il gardellino 1729
- Ravel’s Introduction et allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet 1905
- Saint-Saëns’s Le carnaval des animaux for Ensemble 1886

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the magic of classical music in a beautiful setting. Tickets are available now. Become a SPAC member today for exclusive benefits including classical ticket discounts, Live Nation priority ticket access, preferred parking, and special event invites.

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The Carnival of the Animals

Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Immerse yourself in the vibrant rhythms and melodies of the Americas at the Skaneateles Festival's "Music of the Americas" concert. This special event is scheduled for Saturday, August 3, 2024, from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm, promising an unforgettable evening of diverse musical expressions.

The festival is proud to present its largest-ever Festival Orchestra, under the baton of the talented conductor Nicholas Hersch. The evening's program is a colorful journey through the music of North and South America, featuring a variety of works that celebrate the rich cultural tapestry of the continent. Highlights include Alberto Ginastera’s Harp Concerto with the harp virtuoso Bridget Kibbey, Gabriela Lena Frank’s "Escaramuza," a tribute to Inca warriors, and George Gershwin’s iconic "Rhapsody in Blue," with pianist Aaron Wunsch taking the lead. Additional pieces include James P. Johnson's arrangement of "Charleston" by Rimelis/Hersh, adding to the evening's eclectic mix.

The concert will take place at the Skaneateles Festival, a venue known for its intimate setting and exceptional acoustics, providing the perfect backdrop for the powerful performances of Rhiannon Giddens and the Dover Quartet, among others.

Tickets for this must-see event go on sale May 1, offering various purchasing options to ensure accessibility for all music lovers. Whether you prefer to order online, by phone, in person at the Skaneateles Festival Office, or even at the door on the night of the concert (subject to availability), securing your spot for this musical celebration is easy.

Mark your calendars for August 3 and prepare to be swept away by the "Music of the Americas" at the Skaneateles Festival. It's an evening that promises not only to entertain but to inspire, showcasing the incredible talent and diversity of music from across the Americas.

Music of the Americas

Join us for an enchanting afternoon at the Opening Matinee of the Skaneateles Festival, marking the commencement of our 45th Season. This special event is scheduled for July 31, 2024, from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm at the First Presbyterian Church, located at 97 East Genesee St, Skaneateles, NY 13152.

This year's Opening Matinee, titled "Strings of Summer," features a stellar lineup of musicians, including violinist Joe Genualdi, cellist Steven Doane, and harpist Bridget Kibbey. Together, they will weave a tapestry of sound, performing a program that spans the breadth of classical music. The repertoire includes Saint-Saëns' Fantasy for Violin and Harp, Op. 124, Fauré's Serenade, Op. 98, and Debussy's Arabesque No. 1, among other masterpieces.

The venue, the First Presbyterian Church, offers not only a space with outstanding acoustics but also a comfortable and inviting atmosphere with air-conditioned interiors and cushioned church pews. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, with doors opening at 12:30 pm to welcome guests.

Tickets are available for purchase online, by phone at 315-685-7418, in person at the Skaneateles Festival Office, or at the door on the day of the concert, subject to availability. We encourage early purchase to ensure your seat at this not-to-be-missed event.

Prepare to be moved by the power of live music in a setting that enhances the experience, making it truly unforgettable. We look forward to welcoming you to the Opening Matinee of the Skaneateles Festival and sharing the joy and beauty of classical music together.

Opening Matinee: Strings of Summer

First Presbyterian Church of Skaneateles

Join us for a spectacular evening as we kick off the Skaneateles Festival with our "Opening Night: Celebrating 45 Years" event. This milestone celebration is set to take place on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, from 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm at the First Presbyterian Church, located at 97 East Genesee St, Skaneateles, NY 13152.

The evening will commence with a special "Backstage Pass" at 7:00 PM, where attendees will have the unique opportunity to engage in a conversation with Festival Artistic Directors Aaron Wunsch and Julia Bruskin, alongside renowned violinist Joe Genualdi and cellist Steven Doane. They will look back over the 45 years of the festival's rich history and its impact on the community and the arts.

The main event will feature a festive musical celebration, showcasing beloved performers from the festival's past, including violinist Joe Genualdi, cellists Steven Doane and Rosemary Elliott, pianist Andrew Russo, and harpist Bridget Kibbey. The program promises a diverse and diverting lineup, including Beethoven’s sunny Cello Sonata No. 3, Debussy’s evocative Dances for harp and string quartet, Russian composer Anton Arensky’s passionate String Quartet No. 2 with two cellos, and a new piece in memory of beloved Festival supporter, David Stam.

This opening night is not just a concert but a celebration of the festival's legacy, its contribution to the arts, and a look forward to its future. It's an evening that promises to be filled with beautiful music, cherished memories, and the community spirit that has been at the heart of the Skaneateles Festival for the past 45 years.

Tickets are available for purchase, and we encourage early booking to secure your spot at this landmark event. For more information on tickets and the full event schedule, please visit our website or contact the Skaneateles Festival Office.

Don't miss this unforgettable evening of music and celebration at the Skaneateles Festival's Opening Night: Celebrating 45 Years.

Opening Night: Celebrating 45 Years

Like Mozart, Maurice Ravel excelled in every genre he touched, and his single string quartet is considered among the greatest composed. And when speaking of favorite quartets, no one would leave out the famous Adagio from Samuel Barber’s 1936 quartet, performed in this program by rising stars of the classical scene, the Viano String Quartet. Charles Martin Loeffler’s recently-discovered octet also provides a unique, American reflection on Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro, also featuring the harp.

Concert Program Iii Quartets And Harps (Livestream)

Menlo School Campus

Concert Program III: Quartets and Harps

Join us for an enchanting evening of chamber music under the stars at the beautiful Caramoor in Katonah, NY, on Friday, July 5, 2024. The Calidore String Quartet, renowned for their exquisite interpretations of chamber music repertory, will be joined by the extraordinary harpist Bridget Kibbey for a performance that promises to be a highlight of the summer season. The concert begins at 7:30 PM in the Spanish Courtyard, a setting that will add an extra layer of magic to the night's repertoire.

This special performance, titled "The Sacred and the Profane," will feature masterworks from the French Belle Époque, showcasing the dramatic and versatile sounds of the harp. Bridget Kibbey, celebrated for her virtuosic and soulful performances, will guide the audience through a journey of love, death, and the macabre with pieces by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel, and André Caplet. The program is inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s "The Mask of the Red Death," promising a finale that intertwines the sacred persona of the harp with its role as a harbinger of death.

The Calidore String Quartet, consisting of Jeffrey Myers and Ryan Meehan on violins, Jeremy Berry on viola, and Estelle Choi on cello, will also bring their signature sound to Ravel's String Quartet in F Major, among other pieces. Their collaboration with Kibbey highlights a season of performances that have captivated audiences worldwide, making this event a must-see for music lovers.

Tickets are available for purchase now. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the sublime beauty of chamber music performed by some of the most talented musicians of our time. Whether you're a long-time classical music enthusiast or looking for a unique way to spend a summer evening, this concert at Caramoor is sure to inspire and delight.

Calidore String Quartet with Bridget Kibbey, harp

The Rosen House at Caramoor

Marta Pereira da Costa is the first and likely only professional female Portuguese guitar player specifically versed in fado, the soulful music from Portugal recently acknowledged by UNESCO as part of the World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. She draws on threads of fado, jazz and Brazilian folk music, and is joined by fado singer Duarte for this Savannah Music Festival debut.

Marta Pereira da Costa feat. Duarte / Bridget Kibbey’s “Bach to Brazil”

Trustees' Garden

Virtuoso harpist Bridget Kibbey and the Calidore String Quartet perform a haunting musical adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death with narrator Mervon Mehta, alongside works by Bach, Debussy, Fauré, and more.

Bridget Kibbey with the Calidore String Quartet and Mervon Mehta, narrator

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Museum Minis are free, short, virtual interactive sessions for all ages to learn about instruments from the Schubert Club Music Museum. Local talented, knowledgeable, and diverse musicians will share fascinating information about how these instruments make their sounds and the cultures from which they originated.  Enjoy mini performances emphasizing each instrument’s unique and special character.

Museum Mini: Bridget Kibbey, harp

Extraordinary harpist Bridget Kibbey illuminates the expressive range and power of this ancient instrument in a program set inside Neiman Marcus' chic event space, Penthouse On Five, at their San Francisco Union Square store. Through her own adaptations of JS Bach, Claude Debussy, and Isaac Albeniz — and paired with newly commissioned works by a set of international composers — Kibbey shares a preview of her newest album, Crossing the Ocean, her debut album with Pentatone Records to be released October 13th.

Bridget Kibbey

Neiman Marcus

As we celebrate the close of our 40th season, join us on August 2nd for a unique lineup. While the last concert of the season is always bittersweet, this evening will feature works from Handel to Alexander Desplat, and John Williams. We will hear Rodrigo’s famous guitar concerto, Concerto de Aranjuez, in this special transcription for Harp and Orchestra by returning guest artist, and Juilliard-trained, Bridget Kibbey. The second half opens with a new ballet choreographed by Madison Ballet Artistic Director Ja’ Malik with music by Oliver Davis Dance Odyssey. The concert closes with toe tapping film score favorites including Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, and Little Women. Don’t miss your last chance to be with us on the Square and experience a full evening of all things we love about this 40-year Madison tradition.

Journey Through Time

King Street corner of the Capitol Square

Witness the harp’s dramatic entrance to the concert stage via masterworks from 19th Century France….the French Belle Époque!
With virtuosic sweeps, opulent arpeggiations, to the most intimate sonorities Bridget Kibbey and the Calidore Quartet team up to share tales of love, death, and the macabre via masters of color: Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, and André Caplet. From behind the harp, and behind the microphone, Kibbey will cast a light on how Debussy changed the way we hear harmony, how Fauré and Caplet were watching and responding, and how the harp turns itself from the most sacred of personas…to the of harbinger of death, via Edgar Allen Poe’s infamous short story “The Mask of the Red Death.”

Bridget Kibbey with Calidore String Quartet

Saint Anthony Park United Church of Christ

Handel and Vivaldi shared an astounding 56 years of life on earth, yet never met. At the height of their careers, separated by some 950 miles in London and Venice respectively, Handel and Vivaldi’s music reflected everything that surrounded them. Handel, always dignified and highly skilled, was Beethoven’s favorite composer; Vivaldi, daring, flashy, and breathtaking, captivated Bach, who borrowed freely from him. This first CMS pairing of these Baroque masters is a study in contrasts, and a solid evening of terrific musical entertainment.

Handel and Vivaldi

Lincoln Center

Please join us one hour before the performance for a pre-concert talk by David Evan Thomas with special guest, composer Libby Larsen.

Bridget Kibbey, harp & Alexi Kenney, violin

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Step into the famed halls and studios of Le Conservatoire de Paris, the epicenter of Paris’ most innovative musical minds where, whether as student or professor, composers like Debussy, Lili Boulanger, Franck, and Fauré reflected the great artistic and intellectual movements of their times.

Join us for the Music Prelude for Aestas Trio’s performance of Tailleferre’s Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello and Wynona Yinuo Wang’s performance of Selections from Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin

A Weekend in Paris: Le Conservatoire

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Salons were the cultural and intellectual hub of Paris; open forums for the city’s most creative minds to engage in thought-provoking and often subversive conversations. These events, along with the famed Masquerade balls, were rife with stirring and seductive new ideas, art, literature, and music. The pieces on this program emerged from these glamorous salons and range from the charming piano duo by Debussy and Sarasate’s devilishly virtuosic Carmen Fantasy to Ravel and Caplet’s decadent and macabre evocations of Edgar Allan Poe’s story The Masque of the Red Death.

A Weekend in Paris: The Salon and The Masquerade

Known as “the Yo-Yo Ma of the Harp”, Bridget Kibbey joins forces with celebrated Persian singer Mahsa Vahdat, and star percussionist John Hadfield for the program "Persia to Iberia," a tour-de-force celebrating musical traditions that intertwine and meet in surprising and moving ways.
With original compositions and arrangements, along with well-known favorites, the program showcases the sublime artistry of all three musicians as soloists and chamber musicians.
This event celebrates the memory of longtime Noe Music friend and supporter, Bahman Sheikh.

From Persia to Iberia: Bridget Kibbey, Mahsa Vahdat, John Hadfield

Noe Valley Ministry

Star musicians Bridget Kibbey and John Hadfield take families on a whirlwind tour of all things harp and percussion! Enjoy a raucous morning for kids of all ages as harpist Bridget and percussionist John show how their instruments can make you dance, smile, and sing. These are concerts tailored for young ears that the whole family will love!

Noe Music Kids: Swish, pluck, snap! Fun with harp and percussion

Harp virtuoso Bridget Kibbey returns to PCMS with the New York-based Calidore Quartet, an ensemble lauded for its “meticulously detailed performances” (BBC Music Magazine). Their program features masterworks from the French Belle Époque, including music by Debussy and Fauré and a haunting musical rendition of Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre tale The Mask of the Red Death by Caplet.

Bridget Kibbey

Harpist

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 6, 2025

Calidore Quartet · Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Apr 17, 2025

Sonic Spectrum IV · Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Past events

Aug 18, 2024

The Carnival of the Animals · Spac Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Aug 3, 2024

Music of the Americas · Skaneateles Festival

Future and recently performed repertoire

Harp in Harp Concerto by Ginastera

Skaneateles Festival

Harp in Fantasy for Violin and Harp by Saint-Saëns

Skaneateles Festival

Harp in Dances for Harp and String Quartet by Debussy

Skaneateles Festival

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