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Heifetz 2022 Festival of Concerts Stars of Tomorrow
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: August - 2022
Young musicians will take the stage for Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival’s final regular concerts for its 41st season. For tickets or more information, call (828) 526-9060, or visit h-cmusicfestival.org.
Throughout its 41 seasons, Highlands-Cashiers ChamberMusic Festival has served as a showcase for promisingyoung musicians who demonstrate every possibility thatthey’ll rise to the top ranks of this highly competitive genre.That means that over the course of decades, festival audi-ences have been introduced to the likes of Pianist AlyonaAksyonova and cellist James Waldo, The Eroica Trio, and TheArgus Quartet – talents that have since gone on to interna-tional prominence.That’s why it makes so much sense that for its closing 2022performances, the HC Chamber Music Festival is stagingStars of Tomorrowfeaturing the young musicians of HeifetzInternational Music Institute on Sunday, July 31, and Monday,August 1.The performances will serve as a showcase for the extraor-dinary Heifetz students, featuring dazzling solo worksincollaboration with acclaimed Heifetz faculty pianists.The Heifetz International Music Institute is located atMary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia. It’s anon-profit organization dedicated to the artistic growth andcareer development of the most talented and promising youngmusicians in the world. Through intensive instrumental studyand innovative Performance & Communication Training, theinstitute guides musicians to convey the emotion of the musicthey’re performing, explore their full creative potential, expresstheir individuality, and redefine the concert experience.The novelty of allowing students to take the stage is simply oneof the hallmarks of this 2022 season, which has brought musicto the Plateau in playful, surprising ways.“In addition to our regular concerts we’re featuring a varietyof fun additional programs and events, many free, including anInterlude Concert, our annual Family Concerts and Ice CreamSocial, including a new one in Cashiers; classes with the Centerfor Life Enrichment in Highlands; and of course our popularSalons and Festival Feasts,” says William Ransom, the festival’sAnna and Hays Mershon Artistic Director.The Sunday, July 31, concert will be held at the HighlandsPerforming Arts Center – 507 Chestnut Street; the Monday,August 1, concert at the Village Green Commons in Cashiers on Frank Allen Road.Tickets may be purchased by calling (828) 526-9060, via emailat[email protected],or online at h-cmusicfestival.org.
by Luke Osteen
