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 […]
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 […]
Experience the exquisite acoustics of the historic Chesterwood Studio with our talented, international Berkshire High Peaks students! This concert is Sunday, July 28, 2024, 3:00pm - 4:00pm. Selections will vary from classic to modern for stringed instruments. These musicians are tomorrow's superstars! Limited seating: advance reservations are required. This is a ticketed event through Chesterwood. […]
This Moonlight Sonatas concert features Berkshire High Peaks Festival Residents on Sunday, July 28 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 […]
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. _____ Anthony Devroye Known for his gutsy, colorful and nuanced playing—and the communicative clarity of his performances—violist Anthony Devroye has helped people deepen their connection to great music for over […]
Join us for "Meet the Composer," a talk with Seth Grosshandler and Tamar Muskal. Berkshire High Peaks Festival 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.
Our final Moonlight Sonatas concert features Berkshire High Peaks Festival Residents and 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 […]
The ever-fascinating and intimate triangle – Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms – will be brought to new light with seldom-heard works that highlight the musical cross-references and spiritual bond that united them. Predating accompaniment to silent film by decades, Robert’s melodrama, Schön Hedwig is a forerunner to soap-opera sentimentality with a happy ending. […]
Composed by Tchaikovsky to counter a bout of insomnia and melancholy, Serenade for Strings immediately cheered him up, and he reported “feeling well, invigorated and content” - as gratified listeners have over the years. Few composers have possessed the ability to reflect emotions within their music as well as Tchaikovsky, and the Serenade channels solemnity […]
THIS PERFORMANCE IS SOLD OUT. Two leading Bach interpreters embark on a journey while traversing his Six Suites, the apogee of the cello repertoire. Filled with mystery and beauty, blasted through with rapture, every note is a bold statement. Music that first flowed from the composer’s quill in the early 1700’s, it belongs to no […]
Two monumental works, two Russian ex-pats of the same aristocratic background - and two divergent extremes. One a master of nostalgia and a formidable pianist, follows in the footsteps of Chopin. The other, a trailblazer, scandalizer and collaborator of Picasso delights in breaking old molds - though harking back to traditional Russian folk material - […]
Alongside Beethoven’s Quartet No. 1 Op. 18 and Mendelssohn’s Op. 80 Quartet, this program is infused with striking Latin repertoire: Sonia Morales-Matos’ Divertimento Caribeño No. 3 (dance suites of Caribbean merengue sandwiched around a Cuban bolero) and Astor Pizzolla’s Tango Ballet, a work that paints pictures through rhythms and melodies. The Dalí Quartet is Chamber […]
Lift your spirit at our Annual Luncheon Musicale Benefit! Enjoy the American Songbook, chansons, gospel, oratorio, and spirituals and celebrate 25-years of CEWM's Commissioning Program. This program has supported the creation of and premiered 24 new works by 19 composers. Featured artists: Zoe-Elizabeth McCray, soprano, and Renana Gutman, piano. The scintillating atmosphere of the 19th […]
The daughter of sewing machine industrialist Isaac Merritt Singer, Winnaretta Singer, Princess de Polignac, was a force of nature, hosting everyone from Leion Bakst to Jean Cocteau and Jean Giraudoux to Prokofiev, Madame Jean Lanvin, Siegfried Wagner, Arthur Rubenstein, Arnold Schoenberg, and Edith Wharton in her Paris salon. more importantly, she was responsible for developing […]
It’s all about love: A new work for clarinet trio by composer Seth Grosshandler that celebrates young love, courtship and serendipity of meeting one’s intended receives its inaugural performance. Signature love arias from favorite operas and Broadway sung by Metropolitan Opera soprano Danielle Talamantes and Kerry Wilkerson. Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock (“My sweetheart dwells […]
Concert Tickets + Gala Dinner Reservation Sunday, June 8 Concert: 4pm - 6pm Dinner: 6:30pm - 8:30pm You are invited to our grand season finale, which includes premium concert seating and a reserved seat at the Gala Dinner for $250.00. It's all about love: A new work for clarinet trio by composer Seth Grosshandler that […]