Announcing the 2024 Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival July 30 – August 16, 2024

Cape Cod, MA – Hailed by The New York Times as “a triumph of quality,” the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (CCCMF) today announced its 2024 summer concert series, running from July 30-August 16, 2024. Celebrating its 45th season, the Festival presents 10 live performances over three weeks in five venues across Cape Cod. In what has become one of the region’s largest cultural events attracting thousands of concertgoers each year, this summer’s Festival is bursting at the seams with creativity and virtuosity. Prominently showcasing acoustic sounds, this year’s Festival is centered around the string quartet. Each week is anchored by back-to-back concerts by today’s leading string quartets: Borromeo, Ying, and Escher. Other Festival highlights include a free jazz concert, the Cape Cod debut of Tangent Winds, and more. The complete schedule is below and available at www.capecodchambermusic.org.

Festival Celebrates 45th Anniversary Season

Free “Jazz at the Seashore Dizzy and the Duke” Kickstarts the Festival

Concerts in Five Different Cities Across Cape Cod

Performances by Today’s Top String Quartets: Borromeo, Ying, and Escher

“Whether you are vacationing in Provincetown or living in Falmouth, a string quartet is coming to a venue near you! The Escher Quartet, the Ying Quartet, and the Boston-based Borromeo Quartet will be performing multiple concerts throughout the Cape. Alongside will be stellar performances by Juilliard faculty, alumni and students in what has become a decades-long collaboration with the esteemed school.” - CCMF’s Artistic Directors, Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu

The CCCMF has grown to become an established year-round presenter of chamber music and a major contributor to the cultural life of Cape Cod since its inception in 1979. Hoping to ignite the interest of a younger demographic, CCCMF offers discounted tickets for students and welcomes all individuals 14 years or younger to attend any regular concert, free of charge. In addition to appearances by established artists, the CCCMF has made a special commitment to presenting young emerging artists early in their careers, including Yo-Yo Ma, Emmanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Dawn Upshaw, Peter Serkin, Paul Neubauer, and the Lark, Colorado, Borromeo,
Parker and Jupiter Quartets, among others.

About Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival
The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (CCCMF) has been a presenter of chamber music and a major contributor to the cultural life of Cape Cod since its founding in 1979 by late pianist Samuel Sanders, a longtime collaborator with Itzhak Perlman. The Festival’s current Artistic Directors Jon Manasse (clarinet) and Jon Nakamatsu (piano) represent the top ranks of American chamber music. In addition to its annual summer season of concerts, outreach programs and an annual benefit concert in New York, CCCMF partners with local cultural organizations.

Program + Ticketing Info:
Tickets: General: Free-$40. Students: $20. Children 14 and Under: Free. Advance registration is required. For tickets and more information, visit CapeCodChamberMusic.org or call 508.247.9400.

JAZZ AT THE SEASHORE: DIZZY AND THE DUKE
Tuesday, July 30 at 7:00 p.m.
Cape Cod National Seashore Visitor’s Center, 50 Nauset Road, Eastham, MA
Tickets: FREE. First come, first served.
Dan Block – clarinet
Chris Flory – guitar
Lee Hudson – bass
Tom Melito – drums
A popular summer favorite, the Festival kickstarts with its annual free outdoor community concert! This year’s program features Dan Block (Faculty, Juilliard Jazz Studies Program) and friends performing an evening of jazz standards by Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and more.

DOUBLE HEADER: BORROMEO STRING QUARTET
Thursday, August 1 at 5:30 p.m.
Falmouth Academy Simon Center for the Arts, 7 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA
Friday, August 2 at 5:30 p.m.
Wellfleet First Congregational Church, 200 Main Street, Wellfleet, MA
Nicholas Kitchen – violin
Kristopher Tong – violin
Melissa Reardon – viola
Yeesun Kim – cello
Returning to the festival for the 34th time by popular demand, the Borromeo String Quartet continues to strengthen and deepen its reputation as one of the most important ensembles of our time. The Quartet is admired and sought after for both its fresh interpretations of the classical music canon and its championing of works by 20th and 21st century composers. The BSQ has been ensemble-in-residence at the New England Conservatory and Taos School of Music, both for 25 years, and has, for over two decades, enjoyed a long-term relationship with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum where it continues to regularly appear.
"The Borromeo's playing was restless and insistent, from the piece's edgy opening to the coda, played with a thrilling sense of abandon…simply the best.” (The Boston Globe)
The August 1st Falmouth concert comprises works by Bach, Mozart and Sibelius followed by Beethoven and Schubert in Wellfleet August 2nd.

DOUBLE HEADER: YING QUARTET
Monday, August 5 at 5:30 p.m.
Chatham First Congregational Church, 650 Main Street, Chatham, MA
Tuesday, August 6 at 5:30 p.m.
Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road, Cotuit, MA
Robin Scott – violin
Janet Ying – violin
Phillip Ying – viola
David Ying – cello
Brian Zeger – piano (Aug 5 only)
In back-to-back concerts, the Grammy Award-winning Ying Quartet returns to the Festival for the third time. Hailed for its high caliber playing, “The Ying Quartet comes as close to the ideal as possible" (The Los Angeles Times). As longtime quartet-in-residence at the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. The Quartet is also the ensemble-in-residence at the Bowdoin International Music Festival, and from 2001-2008, the members of the Ying Quartet were the Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at Harvard University. As part of its current commitment to celebrating the works of Antonin Dvořák, Ying Quartet’s Festival programs are anchored by two of Dvořák’s very best chamber works: the Opus 106 quartet, and the Opus 81 piano quintet.

TANGENT WINDS and Jon Nakamatsu festival debut
Friday, August 9 at 5:30 p.m.
Wellfleet First Congregational Church, 200 Main Street, Wellfleet, MA
James Blanchard – flute
Jonathan Gentry – oboe
Alec Manasse – clarinet
Shelby Nugent – horn
Steven Palacio – bassoon
Jon Nakamatsu – piano
CCCMF has become a breeding ground for tomorrow’s leading musicians! Audiences have a rare opportunity to see tomorrow’s stars today at the Festival debut performance of the Tangent Winds. Joined by CCCMF Co-Artistic Director Jon Nakamatsu (piano), this emerging ensemble presents an appealing program of lyrical, accessible works by Beethoven, Barber and Thuille. Formed while its members were studying at Juilliard, the Tangent Winds was awarded the Bronze Medal at the 2018 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.

A FAMILY AFFAIR
Monday, August 12 at 5:30 p.m.
Chatham First Congregational Church, 650 Main Street, Chatham, MA
Jon Manasse – clarinet
Alec Manasse – clarinet
Zachary Silberschlag – trumpet
Jordan Manasse – piano
Carmit Zori – violin
Julian Schwarz – cello
Marika Bournaki – piano
Jon Nakamatsu – piano
Contributing to the perpetual “nature versus nurture” debate is A Family Affair. CCCMF’s Artistic Director Jon Manasse (clarinet) is just one of several professional musicians in his immediate family. Joining him on stage for this special concert are Festival favorite cellist Julian Schwarz, his wife Marika Bournaki (celebrated concert pianist), Jon Manasse’s award-winning sons Alec and Jordan Manasse, his nephew Zachary Silberschlag (principal trumpet of The Israel Philharmonic), and more. Program includes a variety of great essential works by Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, Dvořák, and Mendelssohn, as well as by living composers Svante Henryson and Stanley Friedman.

ESCHER STRING QUARTET x 3
Tuesday, August 13 at 5:30 p.m.
Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road, Cotuit, MA
Thursday, August 15 at 5:30 p.m.
Falmouth Academy Simon Center for the Arts, 7 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA
Friday, August 16 at 5:30 p.m.
Wellfleet First Congregational Church, 200 Main Street, Wellfleet, MA
Adam Barnett-Hart – violin
Brendan Speltz – violin
Pierre Lapointe – viola
Brook Speltz – cello
Jon Manasse – clarinet (Aug 15-16 only)
Jon Nakamatsu – piano (Aug 15 -16 only)
The Escher String Quartet returns to the Festival for the fifth time. In three highly anticipated shows, they end the Festival on a high note. The Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for its profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty. A former BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the quartet has performed at the BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall and is a regular guest at Wigmore Hall. In its hometown of New York, the ensemble serves as season artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Earlier this season, the Escher String Quartet embarked upon a major project - performances of the complete cycle of quartets by Bela Bartok, culminating in a single concert performance of all six at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Escher String Quartet returns to Cotuit for one night Aug 13 with works by Mozart, Bartók, and Ravel. The quartet is joined by CCCMF’s Artistic Directors Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu in back-to-back
shows Aug 15 and 16 performing works by Fauré and Brahms.