Chamber Music Institute

Master Classes

Music@Menlo unites the next generation of great chamber musicians with a renowned faculty of today’s most esteemed artists and educators. Join the young artists and faculty of the Chamber Music Institute during the festival as they exchange ideas, discuss interpretive approaches, and prepare masterworks of the classical music literature for the stage.

The Institute’s master classes and other select Institute activities offer visitors the rare opportunity to witness the special exchange between artist and apprentice, an artistic tradition revered for generations. Institute coachings and master classes culminate in the festival’s series of Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts.

Each weekday of the festival and Open House Day feature either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute’s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. These events are free and open to the public.

Master Classes

July 26, Master class: Inon Barnatan, pianist
July 27, Master class: Ani Kavafian, violinist
July 30, Master class: Jorja Fleezanis, violinist
August 2, Master class: Gilbert Kalish, pianist
August 3, Master class: Ralph Kirshbaum, cellist
August 5, Master class: Miró Quartet
August 6, Master class: Bruce Adolphe, composer and Encounter leader
August 8, Cello Master class: Laurence Lesser, cellist | details...
August 10, Master class: Joseph Swensen, violinist
August 11, Master class: Jupiter String Quartet
August 12, Master class: Laurence Lesser, cellist
August 13, Master class: Wu Han, pianist

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