Join us For Our Spectacular 52nd Season

The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is one of the most respected and renowned chamber music festivals in the world, and part of its allure, for audiences and musicians alike, is that it draws inspiration from its namesake hometown, which is famously and affectionately known as the City Different.

Schedule of Events

6:00 Pm - 8:00 Pm - LIGETI and ENESCU

Three Major 20th-Century Works Kick Off The Last Full Week Of The Festival, Beginning With Bartók‘S Benny Goodman–Commissioned Contrasts, Which, True To Its Name, Contrasts (Captivatingly) The Sonorities Of Its Three Instruments, Played Here By Violinist Ida Kavafian, Clarinetist Carol Mcgonnell, And Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee. Next, Berlin Philharmonic Principal Horn Stefan Dohr, Violinist William Hagen, And Pianist Kirill Gerstein Play Ligeti’s Hommage À Brahms Horn Trio, Which The Composer Declared "Cannot Be Pigeonholed Into Any Neat Stylistic Category [Due To Its] Odd Angles And Trick Floors." (Dohr, Hagen, And Gerstein Play The Brahms Work That Inspired The Ligeti On August 11.) To Close Out The Program, Violinist Chad Hoopes Leads Festival Musicians In Enescu’s Grand Octet, Which, Like The Octet Composed By His Fellow Child Prodigy Felix Mendelssohn, Dates To When Enescu Was A Teenager.

BARTÓK Contrasts For Violin, Clarinet, And Piano, Sz. 111

LIGETI Trio For Horn, Violin, And Piano, Hommage À Brahms

ENESCU String Octet In C Major, Op. 7

Approximate Length: 1 Hour And 50 Minutes