Chamber Arts Series

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.

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Takács Quartet with Jordan Bak, viola

Takács Quartet with Jordan Bak, viola

Saturday, September 27 at 7:30pm

Program includes Schubert’s “Quartetsatz;” Mozart’s Viola Quintet, C Major, K. 515; and Dvorak’s String Quartet, G Major, Op. 106

Trio con Brio Copenhagen

Trio con Brio Copenhagen

Saturday, October 11 at 7:30pm

Performing their program “The Passenger” with Louise Alenius’s Piano Trio (2025); Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Piano Trio, OP. 24; Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio #2, E-flat Major, Op. 100

Castalian String Quartet

Castalian String Quartet

Sunday, November 2 at 7:00pm

Program includes Gyorgy Kurtag’s “Aus der Ferne III;” Dvorak’s from “Cypresses;” Mendelssohn’s Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 #3; Beethoven’s Quartet in C# minor, Op. 131

Akropolis Reed Quintet

Akropolis Reed Quintet

Friday, January 23 at 7:30pm

Performing their program “Masterworks” featuring Maurice Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin” arr. Raaf Hekkema; Omar Thomas’s “Moods and Attitudes;” Derrick Skye’s “A Soulful Nexus;” George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” arr. Raaf Hekkema

Cuarteto Casals

Cuarteto Casals

Saturday, February 14 at 7:30pm

Program includes Arriaga’s Quartet #3, E-flat Major; Shostakovich’s Quartet #3, F Major, Op. 73; Beethoven’s Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130 with the “Grosse Fugue”

Doric String Quartet

Doric String Quartet

Friday, March 27 at 7:30pm

Program includes Bach’s “Four fugues” from The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Haydn’s Quartet, F minor, Op. 20 #5; Beethoven’s Quartet, C Major, Op. 59 #3

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Next in the 2024–25 Chamber Arts Series

Zodiac Trio

Zodiac Trio

Sunday, April 6 at 7:00pm

Zodiac Trio are at the forefront of innovative programing, heralded as ‘a breathtaking ensemble of virtuosity and sensitivity’ (Radio France).

Jerusalem Quartet

Jerusalem Quartet

Saturday, May 3 at 7:30pm

Jerusalem Quartet returns with Mozart’s so-called ‘Dissonance’ Quartet, which features some of the composer’s boldest harmonic writing.

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