A great season of music is ready for you to enjoy at the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, July 8 - August 24. Tickets are now on sale!
OPENING NIGHT: Jason Vieaux, guitar; Linda Chesis, flute; & String Trio
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Jason Vieaux
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Sunday, July 8, 7:30 pm at The Farmers' Museum Gramophone ranks Jason Vieaux "among the elite of today's classical guitarists." He performs with Linda Chesis, flute; Nadir Khashimov, violin; Daniel Lee, viola; and Eric Han, cello.
Piazzolla Oblivion (arr. Labro)
Piazzolla L'Histoire Du Tango
Zhou Red Trees, Wrinkled Cliffs
Beaser Mountain Songs
de Fossa Quartet in D Major, Op. 19, No. 1
JUPITER STRING QUARTET
Sunday, July 29, 7:30 pm at The Farmers' Museum In addition to receiving the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Jupiters have won first prize in the Banff International String Quartet Competition, grand prize in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and membership in Lincoln Center's Chamber Music Society Two.
Haydn Quartet in E-flat, Op. 33, No. 2 "Joke"
Bartók Quartet No. 1
Mendelssohn Quartet in D, Op. 44, No. 1
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Horszowski Trio
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HORSZOWSKI TRIO
Sunday, August 5, 7:30 pm at the Otesaga Resort Hotel
Two-time Grammy-nominated violinist Jesse Mills; Raman Ramakrishnan, founding cellist of the prize-winning Daedalus Quartet; and pianist Rieko Aizawa,who made her U.S. concerto debuts at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, take their inspiration from legendary pianist Mieczyslaw Horszowski. The Trio will perform with Linda Chesis.
Saint-Saëns Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, Op. 18
Rota Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano
Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major D. 929
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Tierney Sutton
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TIERNEY SUTTON BAND
Sunday, August 12, 7:30 pm at the Otesaga Resort Hotel
The Tierney Sutton Band is celebrating its fourth consecutive Grammy Nomination for "Best Vocal Jazz Album."
"A serious jazz artist who takes the whole enterprise to another level"-The New York Times
THE GRAND TOUR:
VIENNA, MADRID AND PARIS
Sunday, August 19, 3 pm at the Otesaga Resort Hotel
Journey first to Turina's Spain, then to early 19th century Vienna, and finally arrive in Paris, with the sumptuous Piano Quartet by Fauré. This intimate, afternoon concert features long-time friends and colleagues Laurie Carney, violin; Daniel Avshalomov,
viola; William Grubb, cello; Shirley Irek, piano; and Linda Chesis, flute.
Turina Piano Quartet, Op. 67
Beethoven Serenade for Flute,Violin and Viola, Op. 25
Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
THE JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET
Friday, August 24, 7:30 pm at The Farmers' Museum
The Grammy-winning Juilliard String Quartet presents a program of late Beethoven quartets. Honored by The Recording Academy® with its Lifetime Achievement Award, JSQ members are: Joseph Lin and Ronald Copes, violin; Samuel Rhodes, viola; and Joel Krosnick, cello.
Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
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PLUS FREE PERFORMANCES
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Flute Fest at the Otesaga will be held on Thursday, August 2 at 7:30 pm. This annual celebration of the flute, which is free and open to all, features Guo-Liang Han of the China National Symphony Orchestra, Henrik Wiese of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Linda Chesis, and the New York Summer Music Festival International Flute Institute.
And, we'll have free
Pro Am performances with highly accomplished amateur musicians performing with the Horszowski Trio and Linda Chesis. The Pro Am finale will be held on August 8 at Christ Church in Cooperstown, with more performances to be announced soon.
