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Music and Majesty – Highlands Cashiers Chamber Music
Written By: Brenda Baldwin | Issue: 2018/07 - July
Experience chamber music performances as captivating as the views on the Plateau during the 37th season of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival, one of this country’s premier summer music festivals.
Join Artistic Director William Ransom, world-class musicians, and fellow music lovers in intimate performance spaces. Concerts are held in Highlands on Friday and Sunday evenings at the Performing Arts Center and in Cashiers on Saturday and Monday evenings at the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library. The music begins with Opening Gala concerts and receptions on July 6 and 7 featuring a “Sibling Rivalry” theme and continues with “Songs of Norway,” “Jazz Meets Classics: Songs of Love,” “Best of Beethoven,” and “Schubertiade.”
The season concludes with a rare opportunity: the Final Gala Concert and Dinner featuring legendary violinist Pinchas Zukerman and his Trio on August 12.
Returning festival favorites include Grammy Award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey; violinist Philippe Quint with cellist Ani Aznavoorian and pianist Elizabeth Pridgen; the Gary Motley Trio; violinist David Coucheron; pianists Julie Coucheron and David Deveau; clarinetist Richard Stoltzman; and the Vega Quartet. The American String Quartet, pianist Natasha Paremski, and jazz singer Johnaye Kendrick will be making their festival debuts.
The festival also includes special events such as “The Art of Music” from June 23 through July 29 at the Carolina Gallery of Fine Art, where original art with a musical theme, created by some of the region’s finest artists, will be exhibited and sold via a silent auction to support the festival. Festival Feasts, Salons, an Interlude Concert, Center for Life Enrichment classes, and a Family Concert round out this exciting season.
Get details about this summer’s superb chamber music season and purchase tickets by calling (828) 526-9060, via email at [email protected], or online at h-cmusicfestival.org.
