Events

Award-winning Hungarian pianist Zoltán Fejérvári plays dance-themed works by Schubert, Ravel, and Bartók as well as Bach’s virtuosic Partita in C Minor, BWV 826, on a program that spans the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

Violinists John Storgårds and Paul Huang play one of the most cherished works of the violin repertoire—the so-called “Bach Double”.

Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear, starring Ian McKellen, sees two aging fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them.

Conductor John Storgårds leads an ensemble of Festival musicians in an early-20th-century masterpiece on a program that also includes Haydn’s String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1 and Arensky’s dark-hued Quartet in A Minor

Pianist Benjamin Hochman plays three extraordinary sonatas that Beethoven wrote over the course of three consecutive years toward the end of his life.

Sean Carroll is a research professor at CalTech, Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at John's Hopkins University, and Fractal Faculty at SFI. His research focuses on fundamental physics and cosmology, quantum gravity and spacetime, philosophy of science, and the evolution of entropy and complexity. He's authored "Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime;" "The Big Picture;" "The Particle at the End of the Universe;" "From Eternity to Here;" and the textbook "Spacetime and Geometry."

Award-winning tenor Paul Groves joins forces with acclaimed pianist Bradley Moore for a powerhouse program that includes five songs each by Schubert and Duparc, four songs by Liszt set to poems by Victor Hugo, and Kreisler’s arrangement of three songs by Rachmaninoff.

Internationally renowned violinist and violist Ida Kavafian joins forces with the Miami String Quartet and cellist Eric Kim for Tchaikovsky’s passionate, Italy-inspired Souvenir de Florence on a program that also includes Schubert’s sparkling Trio in B-flat Major and Mozart’s moody Wind Serenade.

The Miami String Quartet plays Barber’s String Quartet and Benjamin Hochman joins three of the ensemble’s members for Fauré’s Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 45, a work that bursts with passion and energy.

The internationally acclaimed Beijing Guitar Duo makes their Festival debut with a program of Baroque masterworks by Bach and Scarlatti.

This gorgeous program begins with violinist Jennifer Frautschi and pianist Benjamin Hochman playing Schubert’s delightful Sonatina in G Minor and also includes Ravel’s hypnotic Piano Trio in A Minor and Brahms’s dramatic String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111.

Gilles Vonsattel plays solo piano works by Ravel and the Swiss composer Heinz Holliger as well as several pieces by Debussy, including his Images suite.