Now celebrating its 80th year, this popular series features eight concerts by world-renowned small ensembles selected by the Chamber Arts Society of Durham at Duke University.
Hailed by The Washington Post for performing with “a power and confidence that puts her in the top echelon,” Barton Pine opens the 80th anniversary season of the Chamber Arts Series with an all-Brahm’s program.
Recently profiled in The New York Times for 50 years of enduring excellence, Takács Quartet thrives with a sound that remains unmistakably its own. Their program features works by Mozart and Schubert.
Trio con Brio Copenhagen presents piano trios by Weinberg and Schubert alongside a new commission by Louise Alenius in a program offering poignant reflections on life and mortality.
Long-time collaborators cellist Leonard Elschenbroich and pianist Alexei Grynyuk perform three brilliant duets by Clara Schumann, Beethoven, and Brahms.
Described by BBC Music Magazine as a ‘sonically daring ensemble’, the Akropolis Reed Quintet has commissioned more than 150 new works by living composers for their distinctive instrumentation: oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon. This program pairs exciting new works with an arrangement of Gershwin’s An American in Paris.
Cuarteto Casals specializes in under-represented repertoire of their native Spain. They pair a quartet by Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga with works of Beethoven and Shostakovich.
Manhattan Chamber Players bring together accomplished soloists and ensemble musicians, combining their talents in a flexible line-up that brings fresh vitality to chamber music. They present a pair of piano quintets by Weinberg and Brahms.
Praised for their ‘sumptuous sweetness and laser-like clarity’ (BBC Music Magazine), Doric String Quartet has earned international acclaim. Tracing a lineage of musical invention, the quartet’s program spans the work of Bach, Haydn, and Beethoven.