First prize winner at the 2018 Dublin International Piano Competition, Sae-Yoon Chon has won numerous awards including 1st Prize at the Jeonbuk International Music Festival (2010), the Suri competition (2010), the Segyetimes competition (2010), and the Concours of the Piano Society of Korea (2010). He began studying at the Yewon School in Korea when he was ten years old. His current teacher is Hyoung-Joon Chang. In the five years since he began lessons at this school, Sae-Yoon has enjoyed performing…

The Takács Quartet is renowned for the vitality of its interpretations. The New York Times recently lauded the ensemble for “revealing the familiar as unfamiliar, making the most traditional of works feel radical once more.” Based in Boulder at the University of Colorado, the Quartet performs 80 concerts a year worldwide. The Takács Quartet was formed in 1975 at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest by Gabor Takács-Nagy, Károly Schranz, Gabor Ormai and András Fejér, while all four were students. It first received…

From the salons of European palaces to the clubs of New York City, this cabaret evening will bring music of Haydn, Piazzolla, Ellington and ‘Fats’ Waller.  Hosted by international trumpet sensation Jens Lindemann, he is joined by Festival Artistic Director Barry Shiffman leading a string section and pianist Sae Yoon Chon. JENS LINDEMANN, trumpet A former member of the Canadian Brass, Jens Lindemann is hailed as one of the most celebrated soloists in his instrument’s history and was recently named “International Brass…

Considered one of the finest collaborative pianists in the country, Max Levinson is currently the Chair of the Piano Department at the Boston Conservatory and Artistic Director of the San Juan Music Festival. Winner of the 1997 Dublin International Piano Competition, Levinson joins with 2018 winner Sae Yoon Chon for a 4-hand piano performance of Schubert’s Fantasie, and then joins with cellist Andrés Diaz and violinist Barry Shiffman for Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio, Op. 50. MAX LEVINSON, piano  Chair of the Piano…

This concert will feature students from the Morningside Music Bridge (MMB) program taking place at the New England Conservatory.  MMB seeks to identify and promote outstanding young artists as well as develop long-term partnerships between classical music communities internationally to ultimately build a bridge of understanding and creativity that spans the world. Morningside Music Bridge embodies the highest international standards of excellence, bringing together outstanding young violin, viola, cello, and piano musicians ages 12-18 from around the globe for a…

This all-star cast of musicians bring Reimagining Flamenco to Rockport—a unique opportunity to hear the flamenco-inspired music of Manuel de Falla as well as classically-flavored reinventions of guitar and piano pieces by the old flamenco masters. Kradjian describes the program as, “…(a) rare collaboration of flamenco guitar and piano takes the music of Manuel de Falla and Isaac Albeniz back to their roots, imaginatively reconstructing the route these composers took in composing their masterpieces.” Flamenco originated in the late 18th century…

From Schubert to Strauss, Bach to Brahms, Mozart to…Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman’s violin playing transcends mere performance to evoke the celebrations and struggles of real life; “praying with the violin,” says renowned Tel Aviv violinmaker Amnon Weinstein. Alison Chernick’s enchanting documentary looks beyond the sublime musician, to see the polio survivor whose parents emigrated from Poland to Israel, the young man who struggled to be taken seriously as a music student when schools saw only his disability. As charming and…

Recognized as one of the premier baroque ensembles in the world, Italy’s Venice Baroque Orchestra brings an all-Italian program, celebrating the rich musical history of their homeland. The Orchestra joins with Grammy nominated mandolinist Avi Avital who is hailed as “explosively charismatic” (New York Times).  The Orchestra receives wide critical acclaim for its concert and opera performances throughout the world and has appeared in more cities in the United States than any other Baroque orchestra in history. VENICE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA Recognized…