The Concord Chamber Music Societ (CCMS) is excited to present a vibrant chamber music concert featuring works by Dvorak, Martinu and Brahms, performed by the internationally renowned pianist Jon Kimura Parker along with Wendy Putnam, violin, and Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello. Wendy Putnam, first violinist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is Founder and Director of CCMS. […]
The Concord Chamber Music Society will open its 2022-2023 season with a concert by the celebrated cello/piano duo David Finckel and Wu Han. Heralded as two of today’s most influential musicians, Finckel and Han have served as co-directors of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 2004. They are recipients of Musical America’s Musician […]
Calling all adult chamber musicians! Concord Conservatory of Music (CCM), in collaboration with the Concord Chamber Music Society, announces the CCM Adult Chamber Music Play-In on Saturday, October 22nd, from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm. We welcome adult instrumentalists to experience the unique enrichment of making music together! One of a musician’s greatest joys is […]
The program will include the String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 18, No. 6 by Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters,” by Leoš Janáček and the String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1 by Johannes Brahms. The Escher String Quartet has received critical acclaim for its profound musical insight and […]
The Concord Chamber Music Society will present its first concert of the new year at 1:30 pm on January 8, 2023, at the Concord Academy Performing Arts Center. CCMS Founder and Director Wendy Putnam will be joined by guest artists including Glenn Dicterow, former Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, Violist Karen Dreyfus and Cellist […]
With a career spanning nearly three decades, the Pacifica Quartet has achieved international recognition as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today. The program will include the Spiritual Fantasy No. 12 by Frederick Tillis, the String Quartet No 2 in F Major, Op. 92 by Sergei Prokofiev and the String Quartet No. 14 in […]
Internationally acclaimed pianist Yefim Bronfman will be performing a gala concert for the Concord Chamber Music Society (CCMS) to be held at the newly built just-opened Groton Hill Music Center. Mr. Bronfman’s appearance with CCMS has been long anticipated, and was originally scheduled for the 2019-2020 season in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the […]
"An absolute triumph. Their playing has everything you could possibly wish for." - BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE Don't miss these talented musicians in Concord! The Jerusalem Quartet is a regular and beloved guest on the world’s great concert stages. Recent appearances include a Beethoven quartet cycle at Wigmore Hall in London; a Bartok cycle at the […]
“...more striking even than the individual virtuosity was the profound level of integration among the players, who showed a rare degree of ensemble from beginning to end.” — The Washington Post Now entering their second decade, the United States-based Hermitage Piano Trio has solidified its place as one of the world’s leading piano trios, garnering […]
Interweaving spoken narration by award-winning author and critic Jeremy Eichler with musical performance, this stirring program will spotlight war-haunted string quartets by Britten and Shostakovich alongside a presentation on their lives, their art, and their friendship. Eichler’s presentation will draw from his critically acclaimed new book Time’s Echo, which explores how music bears witness to […]
