Hayden's Ferry Chamber Music Series invites music aficionados to an enchanting series of performances at Rio Salado Park, Tempe, AZ. Spanning from December 2024 to April 2025, this series features an impressive lineup of award-winning musicians. From the vocal prowess of Chelsea Guo and Joseph Parrish to the virtuosic talents of Sivan Magen, Itamar Zorman, and Martin James Bartlett, each performance promises to be a feast for the ears. Experience iconic works ranging from Beethoven's Violin Concerto to Earl Wild's adaptation of Gershwin, as these musicians bring their unique interpretations to life.

A Journey Through Chamber and Orchestral Masterpieces in Tempe

British pianist Martin James Bartlett, winner of the Virtu(al)oso Global Piano Competition by Piano Cleveland, Prix Serdang and others.

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Martin James Bartlett, piano

Rio Salado Park

Oliver Neubauer, Benett Tsai and Zhu Wang are all YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions winners and will play solos and a piano trio.

Piano Trio

Sivan Magen, harpist with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and violinist Itamar Zorman, top prize winner in the Tchaikovsky Competition.

Harp and Violin

Chelsea Guo & Joseph Parrish are both winners of the 2022 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions.

Soprano and Bass Baritone

Australian brothers currently at Juilliard in the classical guitar studio who have earned over 50 awards.

Classical Guitar Duo

Violinist Lun Li, cellist Jonathan Swensen and pianist Albert Cano Smit are all winners of Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. Mr. Li and Mr. Swensen are also recent additions to the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Bowers Program. Mr. Smit won First Prize at the 2017 Walter W. Naumburg Piano Competition.

The New York Times calls the Verona Quartet “an outstanding ensemble…cohesive yet full of temperament.” They won the Cleveland Quartet Award and are Oberlin College faculty. Prestigious venues where they have performed include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall and many more.

Verona Quartet

Chaeyoung Park won her first international piano competition at age thirteen and played her first concerto at fourteen. She is the 2022 winner of the Young Concert Artist Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. As an undergraduate she won the Gina Bachauer scholarship at Juilliard where is an Artist Diploma candidate.

Chaeyoung Park, piano

Former concert master of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Nikki Choi performs with his brother Timothy Choi, Queen Elisabeth Silver Medal winner. They will perform with pianist Clayton Stephenson, finalist at the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

Two violins and piano

First Prize winners of the 219 Banff International String Quartet competition, the Viano Quartet will join the highly competitive Bowers Program of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The Boston Globe praised them for their “virtuosity, visceral expression and rare unity of intention.”

Hayden's Ferry Chamber Music Series

Apr 13, 2025

Martin James Bartlett, piano

Mar 16, 2025

Piano Trio

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