Artistic
Director
David Shifrin announces CMNW's return to
year-round programming with
the 2016-17
season.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Nine-time Grammy winners
EMERSON STRING QUARTET;
Incredible ensembles MIRO QUARTET, MONTROSE TRIO, AKROPOLIS REED QUINTET, and DOVER QUARTET;
Incredible ensembles MIRO QUARTET, MONTROSE TRIO, AKROPOLIS REED QUINTET, and DOVER QUARTET;
M-Prize winners
and 2017 Protege Project ensemble
CALIDORE STRING QUARTET;
Grammy winner,
composer, and bassist
EDGAR MEYER;
Esteemed cello and piano duo DAVID FINCKEL & WU HAN;
Superstar mandolinist AVI AVITAL and the riveting BLACK VIOLIN
Esteemed cello and piano duo DAVID FINCKEL & WU HAN;
Superstar mandolinist AVI AVITAL and the riveting BLACK VIOLIN
Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW), one of America's top chamber music organizations, is pleased to
announce its exciting 2016-17 Season
of more than a dozen
special presentations by world-renowned artists
from September 2016 through April 2017. Under the direction of acclaimed clarinetist DAVID SHIFRIN, CMNW will present thirteen
concerts, a number in
partnership with Portland's Centers for the Arts, and including four concerts in their 4th Winter Festival.
"We are so excited to now be able to offer Portland audiences a chance to hear amazing chamber music all year long," said Chamber Music Northwest Executive Director Peter Bilotta. "The line-up of concerts is outstanding- with world-class musicians and exciting varied repertoire, it's going to be an incredible year! Plus, we're elated to be able to continue our relationship with Portland's Centers for the Arts by presenting many of the performances together."
"We are so excited to now be able to offer Portland audiences a chance to hear amazing chamber music all year long," said Chamber Music Northwest Executive Director Peter Bilotta. "The line-up of concerts is outstanding- with world-class musicians and exciting varied repertoire, it's going to be an incredible year! Plus, we're elated to be able to continue our relationship with Portland's Centers for the Arts by presenting many of the performances together."
The 2016-17 season also heralds the arrival of CMNW's first-ever year-long Artists-in-Residence, the acclaimed Grammy winners, Emerson
String Quartet. The quartet will perform in four amazingly diverse concerts - two in the fall of 2016 and two in the spring of 2017. On September 30 and October 1 audiences can hear the Emerson String Quartet perform works by Ravel, Grieg, Debussy, Shostakovich, and more!
The 2017 Winter Festival,
Passion in Winter, will see world-renowned musicians David Finckel and Wu Han, the Miro Quartet, and
the Montrose Trio performing some of the greatest Romantic
masterpieces ever composed in
four concerts January 26-29, 2017. These concerts will take place in Reed College's
Kaul Auditorium and Portland State University's Lincoln Hall.
The rest of the 2016-2017 season will include performances by CMNW's 2015 and 2016 Protege Project ensemble, the Akropolis
Reed Quintet; world renowned bassist and composer, Edgar Meyer; the renowned Dover Quartet; a
sneak peek at CMNW's 2017 Protege Project ensemble and winners of the
M-Prize award, the Calidore String Quartet; superstar mandolinist Avi Avital; and
the genre-shattering fusion music of Black Violin! Plus, to wrap up the season CMNW will present their 48th Summer Festival
in June and July
of 2017. It's a whole year of extraordinary chamber music.
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