This summer, acclaimed clarinetist Carol McGonnell will grace the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival stage, bringing her distinctive artistry to two captivating performances. Known for her expressive interpretations and fearless exploration of contemporary repertoire,...
When Berlin Philharmonic Principal Horn Stefan Dohr made his Festival debut in 2019, he brought the house down with his nuanced and highly virtuosic performance of Britten’s stunning Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings alongside tenor Paul Appleby, conductor David...
Katia Skanavi has quickly become a Festival-audience favorite since making her debut in 2023, and this summer she returns for three programs, including a can’t-miss recital with violinist Chad Hoopes and our thrilling season-finale concert. The Moscow- and...
“Perhaps the most important part of music making is listening,” Shai Wosner once said in an interview with the online magazine Tokafi. “Before you produce any sound, you listen to the silence. Then, you listen to the sound and, [if you’re performing chamber music],...
On Friday, July 11—two days before our 52nd season begins—join us for Cirque des Sons, our magical Opening Weekend Summer Gala Celebration featuring Old World circus-style amusements plus fine dining and fantastic cocktails. This special event, which benefits the...
“Opera is for everybody,” soprano Emily Pogorelc said in a recent interview with The Michigan Daily. “We all desire connection,” she added, “[and] the act of making an opera is an act of community.” The Santa Fe community can connect with Pogorelc this summer,...
“I was really enthusiastic about the violin from when I was practically born,” Chad Hoopes said in a 2012 interview with Classical MPR, where he was completing his tenure as the network’s 2011–12 artist-in-residence. When he was three years old, he’d attended a...
In 2008, when the MacArthur Foundation awarded Leila Josefowicz a prestigious (and elusive) MacArthur Fellowship—famously nicknamed the “genius grant”—the organization noted that she was renowned for “broadening the [violin]’s repertoire and captivating audiences...
The Escher String Quartet has been a Festival audience favorite since 2008—when they first performed here—and last summer they pulled off a first in the Festival’s history by playing all six of Bartók’s physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding string quartets...
Next summer, the first sounds of our 52nd season are filled with the exquisite stylings of soprano Liv Redpath, who, on our season-opening concerts of July 13 & 14, makes her Festival debut singing Schubert’s gorgeous The Shepherd on the Rock—a roughly 12-minute...
