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Something Borrowed, Something Blue — Cross-Cultural Synergy

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

The Romans appropriated the entirety of classical Greek culture, and the Renaissance rediscovered and revitalized it.  Then came Rodin and Greek Revival in American architectural style. An Egyptomania craze gripped 19th century Europe and found its way into operas (Aida, Samson and Delilah), couture (harem pants as high fashion), architectural idioms, decorative arts, music and […]

Piano Duo, Four Hands Annual Luncheon Musicale Benefit

Experience the elegance of the Gilded Age Salon at a private Berkshires club! Our Annual Luncheon Musicale Benefit, "Piano Duo, Four Hands," features pianists Anthony Zerpa-Falcon and Jong-Gyung Park performing Mozart, Brahms, and Liszt. Celebrate 24 years of CEWM's Commissioning Program, savor a superb lunch and support Close Encounters With Music. La vie est belle! […]

Café Vienna — Nervous Splendor

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

The imperial “City of Song” has played an essential role as a leading European cultural center, hosting major personalities in the development of music, as well as literature, painting, psychiatry and intellectual thought, from the 16th to 20th centuries. As in the architecture, musical styles that sprang up are a mix of Baroque, Classical, Art […]

Great Quintets — Dvořák and Brahms

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

Dvořák’s sublime Piano Quintet in A Major occupies a lofty place in the chamber music canon, at the same elevation as Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34.  Simply put, both works are majestic, symphonic in scope, and invite the listener into a lost world of powerful beauty, profundity, and nobility of sentiments, peppered […]

Event Series BHPF Master Class

Master Class with Gila Goldstein, Pianist

Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

Berkshire High Peaks master classes are free and open to the public! All master classes are at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. _____ Gila Goldstein A versatile musician who has captivated audiences around the world with her artistry, pianist Gila Goldstein has performed as a soloist and collaborative pianist throughout the United […]

Event Series BHPF Talk

Opera Talk with Jay Lesenger

Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

Join us for a fascinating Opera Talk with opera director/conductor Jay Lesenger. Berkshire High Peaks talks are free and open to the public! All events are at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. No registration necessary. Jay Lesenger During Jay Lesenger’s more than 45-year career as stage director, administrator andteacher, he has […]

Event Series BHPF Master Class

Master Class with Ida Bieler

Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

Berkshire High Peaks master classes are free and open to the public! All master classes are at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. _____ Ida Bieler Described by Fanfare Magazine as “a specialist in everything, from Bach to new-music premieres…” violinist Ida Bieler is renowned as a musician of extraordinary scope. A winner […]

Event Series Moonlight Sonatas

Moonlight Sonatas Concert

Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

This Moonlight Sonatas concert features Berkshire High Peaks Festival Residents on Monday, July 22 at 7:30pm at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington. This performance is free and open to the public. No registration required. For audiences and listeners, High Peaks offers wall-to-wall performances as participants—strings, pianists, vocalists and wind players—showcase their talent […]

Event Series BHPF Talk

“All About Rhythm” with Arti Dixson

Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

Join us for "All About Rhythm," a talk with Jazz percussionist, author, clinician Arti Dixson. Berkshire High Peaks talks are free and open to the public! All events are at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. No registration necessary.

Event Series BHPF Master Class

Master Class with Danielle Talamantes and Kerry Wilkerson

Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

Berkshire High Peaks master classes are free and open to the public! All master classes are at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. _____ Danielle Talamantes “It’s not often that a fortunate operagoer witnesses the birth of a star!” critics hailed soprano Danielle Talamantes’ role début as Violetta in La Traviata. Recent season […]

Event Series Moonlight Sonatas

Moonlight Sonatas Concert

Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

This Moonlight Sonatas concert features Berkshire High Peaks Festival Residents on Tuesday, July 23 at 7:30pm at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington. This performance is free and open to the public. No registration required. For audiences and listeners, High Peaks offers wall-to-wall performances as participants—strings, pianists, vocalists and wind players—showcase their talent […]

Event Series BHPF Master Class

Master Class with Diego Fainguersch

Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

Berkshire High Peaks master classes are free and open to the public! All master classes are at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. _____ Diego Fainguersch After many years of performing in the United States and Europe, Argentine cellist Diego Fainguersch returned to Buenos Aires in 2010 to fulfill the position of principal […]

Event Series BHPF Master Class

Master Class with Yehuda Hanani

Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

Berkshire High Peaks master classes are free and open to the public! All master classes are at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. _____ Yehuda Hanani Named “one of the most polished performers of the post-Starker generation and a consistently expressive artist” by The New York Times, Yehuda Hanani’s charismatic playing and profound interpretations […]

Event Series Moonlight Sonatas

Moonlight Sonatas Faculty Concert

Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

This Moonlight Sonatas concert features Berkshire High Peaks Festival Faculty on Thursday, July 25 at 7:30pm at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington. This performance is free and open to the public. No registration required. For audiences and listeners, High Peaks offers wall-to-wall performances as participants—strings, pianists, vocalists and wind players—showcase their talent […]

Event Series BHPF Master Class

Master Class with Alexander Shtarkman

Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

Berkshire High Peaks master classes are free and open to the public! All master classes are at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. _____ Alexander Shtarkman Alexander Shtarkman is a major prizewinner of the 1989 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the 1994 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition. He won the First Prize of […]

Event Series BHPF Master Class

Master Class with Peter Zazofksy

Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

Berkshire High Peaks master classes are free and open to the public! All master classes are at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. _____ Peter Zazofsky Violinist Peter Zazofsky has enjoyed a richly varied career as a soloist, chamber musician and educator that spans thirty years and thirty countries on five continents. He […]