Legendary Grammy Award-winning composer and fiddler Mark O’Connor has created arrangements of Christmas classics and fashions a wondrous mixture of both instrumental and vocal music in bluegrass and other American music genres. Concertgoers are treated to fresh takes on traditional Christmas songs.
Hailed as “the pre-eminent guitarist of our time,” multiple Grammy Award-winner Sharon Isbin was named Musical America Worldwide’s Instrumentalist of the Year, the first guitarist in their 59-year award history. She joins forces with one of the most exciting String Quartets active today, the Pacifica, themselves winners of multiple Grammys,
Celebrate Mozart’s birthday- January 27th- with one of the world’s great violinists, Anne Akiko Meyers, whose first national television appearances were on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson at age 11, followed by performances that include Evening At Pops with John Williams, CBS Sunday Morning, Great Performances, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Emmy Awards, and The View.
The Takács Quartet, widely regarded as one of the world’s great quartets, celebrate their 50th Anniversary season in 2024-2025; the Quartet are critically acclaimed around the world for their virtuosic performances, ingenious programming and unsurpassed recordings.
Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists. Winner of a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship and the Avery Fisher Prize, Denk was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Hear melodies and stories woven into an exceptional musical experience by the brothers Jens and Uwe Kruger alongside their musical partner Joel Landsberg.
Designed for young audiences but perfect for music lovers of any age, our annual Family Concert this year features the delightful “Carnival of the Animals” and “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” performed by pianists Julie Coucheron & William Ransom, violist Yinzi Kong, and narrated by the Island’s favorite actor, Frank O’Donnell.
Celebrate the arrival of Spring with two monumental works in this unique program- Beethoven’s glorious “Spring Sonata” and Stravinsky’s earth-shaking “Rite of Spring” with Festival favorites David (violin) & Julie (piano) Coucheron and Elizabeth Pridgen, pianist.
Internationally recognized as one of the world's finest quartets, the American String Quartet has spent decades honing the luxurious sound for which it is famous. The Quartet celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2019, and, in its years of touring, has performed in all fifty states and has appeared in the most important concert halls worldwide.
AICMF’s 24th season comes to an exciting end with our annual Christopher Rex String Seminar, bringing together two rising star young quartets- our Beth Newdome Fellows- with the distinguished American String Quartet for a week of coachings, community outreach activities, and public concerts.
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