The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival

ENSO QUARTET Maureen Nelson - violin Ken Hamao - violin Melissa Reardon - viola Richard Belcher - cello
ENSO QUARTET: Maureen Nelson, violin; Ken Hamao, violin; Melissa Reardon, viola; Richard Belcher, cello

The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival, one of the longest running chamber music festivals in the United States, presents its 46th season to the listeners of the Carolinas.

The five week festival will perform concerts in Swannanoa in Kittredge Theater on the Warren Wilson College campus on July 3, 11, 18, 25 and August 1, 2015. Concerts will take place in Waynesville at the Waynesville Performing Arts Center on July 5, 12, 19, 26 and August 2. Concerts in Greenville, SC will take place at the Fine Arts Center on July 6, 13, 20, 26, and August 3, 2015. All concerts begin at 7:30 pm.

The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival is able to welcome widely beloved and internationally acclaimed musicians from all over the world to its annual five-week season. Among this year’s performers is Vadym Kholodenko, winner of the coveted gold medal at the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2013. The festival is also pleased to welcome back the Grammy nominated Enso String Quartet and the Jasper String Quartet. We’re proud to be able to bring exceptional classical music to a wide audience.

Festival Schedule

Program 1 – Family Affair
Enso String Quartet; Inessa Zaretsky, piano

Program 2 – Hungarian Flavors
Enso String Quartet; Vadym Kholodenko, piano

Program 3 – Mostly Russians
George Pope, flute; Cynthia Watson, oboe; David Bell, clarinet; Lynn Hileman, bassoon; Inessa Zaretsky, piano; J. Frievogel, violin; Rachel Frievogel, cello

Program 4 – In Debussy’s Footsteps
Jasper String Quartet; George Pope, flute; Cynthia Watson, oboe; David Bell, clarinet; Lynn Hileman, bassoon; Inessa Zaretsky, piano

Program 5 – The Great Masters
Jasper String Quartet; Philip Alejo, bass; Inessa Zaretsky, piano

If You Go: Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival, July 3 through August 3. Ticket prices are $25 for individual tickets and $100 for a series ticket. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.scm-festival.com.

In Swannanoa phone (828) 771-3050, or email chamber@warren-wilson.edu; in Waynesville (828) 452-0593; in Greenville (864) 355-2550.