The Chamber Music Festival of Lexington presents its seventeenth season, with formal performances, free public appearances, and educational work with students in Lexington this August 19-25. Native Lexingtonian and Artistic Director Nathan Cole, who has just been named the new concert master of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will join CMFL core musicians Akiko Tarumoto, Burchard Tang, Priscilla Lee and Alessio Bax for our 7-day festival. These five musicians inaugurated this festival in 2007 and have graced the Lexington arts community with world-class chamber music programs and performances year after year. After a stunning residency in 2023, Kenneth Olsen will return in 2024 as artist-in-residence. Ken is Assistant Principal Cellist of the Chicago Symphony.

We are thrilled to feature members of the Lexington Chamber Orchestra as our ensemble-in-residence this season. This trio of musicians, which includes LCO concert master Margie Karp, violist Tze-Ying Wu and cellist Yoonie Choi, will appear throughout the community in pop-up performances and provide hands-on educational work with underserved students in Lexington.

Thanks to the generous support of board member Ellen Rosenman, our core quartet musicians will play the world premiere of a new composition by our composer-in-residence, Salina Fisher, entitled Drift.

A day-by-day list of activities follows:

• Saturday, August 17th
LCO trio ensemble-in-residence pop-up performances in Lexington, locations to be announced!

• Monday, August 19th
LCO trio ensemble-in-residence performance for Fayette County Public School students and MusicWorks, an educational service administered by Central KY Youth Orchestras

• Thursday, August 22nd
Informal Cabaret with Festival musicians at Equus Run - 1280 Moores Mill Rd, Midway, KY 40347 6:30PM - $20 cover at the door, Pasta Garage food truck available, so plan to eat while you enjoy the music!

• Friday, August 23th
First Main Stage concert at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, featuring cellist Kenneth Olsen, Nathan Cole, and core troupe – 7:30PM – Adults $40 advance, $45 door; Students with ID $15 at door; children 12 and under free!
• Salina Fisher - Yabo
• Lili Boulanger - D’un Matin de Printemps
• Zoltán Kodály - Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
• Johannes Brahms - Piano Trio in B Major

• Saturday, August 24th
Second Main Stage concert at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, featuring cellist Kenneth Olsen, Nathan Cole, the core troupe and select students from the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra, and the world premiere of Salina Fisher’s Drift! 7:30PM – Adults $40 advance, $45 door; Students with ID $15 at door; children 12 and under free!
• Manuel De Falla - Danza del Molinero, from El Sombrero de Tres Picos
• Isaac Albéniz - Tango arr. Godowsky
• Manuel De Falla - Danza Ritual del Fuego, from El Amor Brujo
• Jacques Francaix - Musique de Coeur (II. Ballade and IV. Badinage) – CKYO trio
• Salina Fisher - Drift
• Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet in F, Op.59 #1

• Sunday August 25th
Third Main Stage concert – Sunday Matinee - at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, featuring cellist Kenneth Olsen, Nathan Cole, and core troupe – 2PM – Adults $40 advance, $45 door; Students with ID $15 at door; children 12 and under free!
• Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 3, Op. 69
• Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 7
• Johannes Brahms - Sextet in B-Flat Major

To find out more about any event please go to https://chambermusiclex.org/2024-festival or email us at director@chambermusiclex.org for a speedy response.