New Orleans-born Branford Marsalis is an award-winning saxophonist, band leader, featured classical soloist, and a film and Broadway composer. In the process, he has become a multi award-winning artist with three Grammys, a citaton by the National Endowment for the Arts as a Jazz Master and an avatar of contemporary artistic excellence.

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Rockport Music-Shalin Liu Performance Center

2024 GRAMMY winner Imani Winds joins forces with Pulitzer Prize finalist Andy Akiho for an innovative program featuring works by D’Rivera, Villa-Lobos and Akiho. Hailed as “strikingly virtuosic, immaculately tight, [and] stylistically agile” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), Imani Winds brings exceptional artistry to this compelling collaboration.

Imani Winds & Andy Akiho, steel pan

The dynamic duo of musicologists, Elizabeth Seitz and Andrew Shryock will take the audience on a musical journey through time as  they explore the evolving role of the piano in string chamber music. This lecture offers an in-depth look at the rich history and background of this beloved instrument pairing, providing listeners with a deeper appreciation for its development and significance in chamber music.

Piano & Strings Chamber Music

Winners of the Silver Medal at the 2021 Fischoff Competition and Winners of the 2022 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, the Galvin Cello Quartet explores the limitless range of a cello ensemble by bringing together new works representing diverse cultural backgrounds while seeking to establish the cello quartet as a core part of the classical music world.

Galvin Cello Quartet

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The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

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The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

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The Artelize Podcast: A love letter that was never sent

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The Marmen Quartet, First Prize winner of the 2019 Bordeaux and Banff International String Quartet Competitions, joins acclaimed Colombian cellist and 2022 BBC Next Generation Artist Santiago Cañón-Valencia for a performance of Schubert’s Quintet for Strings, Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major and Haydn’s Quartet Op. 33, No. 6.

Marmen Quartet & Santiago Cañón-Valencia, cello

The Isidore Quartet, recipient of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition, joins forces with saxophonist Steven Banks, a 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner. Their program features Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major, Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 12, Op. 127 and Banks’s own Quintet for Saxophone and String Quartet.

Isidore Quartet & Steven Banks, saxophone

Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine, the two-time GRAMMY-nominated Dover Quartet has earned acclaim for its extraordinary artistry. Joined by violist Roberto Díaz, the program features Schumann’s Quartet in A minor, Tchaikovsky’s Quartet No. 1 and Brahms’s String Quintet.

Dover Quartet & Roberto Díaz, viola

Avid recitalists, chamber musicians and educators, sisters Michelle and Kimberly Cann bring a program of such classical favorites as Bach, Strauss and Bernstein as well as moving arrangements like Let My People Go and a Fantasy on George Gershwin’s Songs.

Cann Piano Duo

Della Mae is a GRAMMY-nominated all-woman string band founded by lead vocalist/guitarist Celia Woodsmith and 2-time Grand National champion fiddle player Kimber Ludiker. Rounding out the current touring lineup are guitarist Avril Smith, and bassist Vickie Vaughn.

Hailing from across North America, and reared in diverse musical styles, Della Mae is one of the most charismatic and engaging roots bands touring today. They have traveled to over 30 countries spreading peace and understanding through music. Their mission as a band is to showcase top female musicians, and to improve opportunities for women and girls through advocacy, mentorship, programming, and performance.

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Della Mae

Shalin Liu Performance Center

Among the world’s leading violinists over the past 5 decades, Gidon Kremer has established and sustained a worldwide reputation as one of the most original and compelling artists of his generation. He has appeared on almost every major concert stage as recitalist and with the most celebrated orchestras of Europe and North America, and has worked with many of the greatest conductors of the past half century.  After winning a series of prestigious awards, including the Queen Elisabeth Competition and first prize in both the 1969 Paganini and 1970 Tchaikovsky International Competitions, his career erupted.

Gidon Kremer

This unforgettable closing concert brings some of Schubert’s greatest works with cellist Colin Carr and pianist Kyungwha Chu opening with Schubert’s expressive Arpeggione sonata. The concert culminates with an all-star ensemble performing his glorious Octet in F major, which Schubert modeled after Beethoven’s famed Septet.

An Evening of Schubert

Recipient of the prestigious 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, violinist Paul Huang “possesses a big, luscious tone, spot-on intonation and a technique that makes the most punishing string phrases feel as natural as breathing” (Washington Post). He joins with pianist Roman Rabinovich, praised for his “uncommon sensitivity and feeling” (New York Times), and winner of the 2008 Rubinstein International Piano Competition for a program of Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens and more.

Paul Huang & Roman Rabinovich

Grammy Award winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion has been praised for “commandingly elegant” (New York Times) performances, the “rare power” (Washington Post) of their recordings, and “an inspirational sense of fun and curiosity” (Minnesota Star-Tribune). The members of Third Coast are also accomplished teachers and currently serve as ensemble-in-residence at Denison University.

Third Coast Percussion

This cabaret shares the music of cinematic greats like Ennio Morricone (Cinema Paradiso, Once Upon a Time in America), John Williams (Schindler’s List) and Heinz Provost (Intermezzo).

Cabaret: Music from the Movies

Called a “world-wide phenomenon” by Boston’s WBUR and named by The New Yorker as one of the “Imagination-Grabbing, Trailblazing Artists of 2014,” the Grammy-nominated A Far Cry stands at the forefront of an exciting new generation in classical music. The beloved Boston-based ensemble returns to Rockport with a dynamic program that includes Golijov, Dvorák and a new commission for Juantio Becenti.

A Far Cry

After wowing audiences as part of Béla Fleck’s band last year, mandolinist Jacob Jolliff returns to Rockport this summer with his own band in tow. A former member of two massively popular progressive bluegrass bands, Joy Kills Sorrow and the Yonder Mountain String Band, Jolliff remains one of the country’s premier contemporary mandolinists.

Jacob Jolliff Band

Proclaimed “a phenomenon” by the Los Angeles Times, Stewart Goodyear is an accomplished pianist and composer. His spectacular performance in last year’s Festival of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue brought audiences to their feet. This year, he brings Beethoven’s timeless “Moonlight” Sonata along with one of Goodyear’s own compositions.

Stewart Goodyear

Fresh off their win at the 2022 Banff International Quartet Competition, the Isidore Quartet have established their place as one of the most dynamic string quartets performing today. Along with the esteemed pianist Shai Wosner, they perform Brahms’s dramatic Piano Quintet in F minor.

Isidore Quartet & Shai Wosner

One of America’s foremost violinists, Stefan Jackiw joins with clarinetist Yoonah Kim and pianist Max Levinson for a truly virtuosic, lush program of Brahms and Schumann. Jackiw has been hailed for “talent that’s off the scale” (The Washington Post) and Kim is known for her “inexhaustible virtuosity” (New York Times). Together, they bring a dynamic evening of chamber masterworks from Brahms and both Clara and Robert Schumann.

Brahms & Schumann

A 2022 BBC Next Generation Artist and Winner of the Silver Medal and “Audience Favorite” at the 2019 Tchaikovsky International Competition, Cañón-Valencia performs a lush program of Bach, Ravel, Ginastera and one of his own compositions. The Strad magazine proclaims his playing as, “technically flawless, he’s totally under the skin of the composers’ idioms.”

Chamber music events in Rockport, MA

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Cann Piano Duo

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Della Mae

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Gidon Kremer

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An Evening of Schubert

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Paul Huang & Roman Rabino...

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Third Coast Percussion

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Cabaret: Music from the M...

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A Far Cry

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Jacob Jolliff Band

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Stewart Goodyear

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Isidore Quartet & Shai Wo...

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Brahms & Schumann

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Santiago Cañón-Valencia

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