Featuring Adam Barnett-Hart on the violin; Danbi Um, violin; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Brook Speltz, cello. A former BBC New Generation Artist, the Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for its expressive, nuanced performances. The quartet has performed at the BBC and is a regular guest at Wigmore Hall. In New York, the ensemble serves as Season Artists of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, where it has presented the complete Zemlinsky Quartets Cycle as well as being one of five…

The artists include master musicians violist Kim Kashkashian and Christoph Richter, former cellist of the Cherubini Quartet,  as well as three exceptional younger professionals: pianist Zoltan Fejevari, who won the Montreal Competition last year; and violinists Tessa Lark and Robin Scott, recently appointed first violinist of the Ying Quartet. The new program includes the commissioning a short work  for violin and viola from Ken Ueno, winner of both the Rome and Berlin Prizes and a faculty member of the University of California,…

Featuring Soovin Kim on the violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Sharon Robinson, cello; Gloria Chien, piano. In addition to engagement as BMC Artistic Advisors, Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson contribute powerfully to the broader Vermont music scene. Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien, another musical couple with deep connection to Vermont, are active in Vermont primarily through the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival. The two couples will join forces to present towering works from the Western canon. Program Mozart Piano Quartet in…