2026 Artist Spotlight: Ran Dank Returns for a Solo Recital and More
Pianist Ran Dank made his Festival debut in 2014, the same year he earned his doctorate in music from the CUNY Graduate Center, where he studied with such esteemed instructors as Ursula Oppens and Richard Goode. Prior to that, he’d honed his skills at The Juilliard...
2026 Artist Spotlight: Will Liverman Sings Mahler, Ravel, and Poems by Langston Hughes
In 2024, the Grammy Award–winning baritone Will Liverman made his Festival debut alongside the Grammy-nominated pianist Myra Huang, and this summer we’re excited to welcome back both amazing artists for a noon recital on Wednesday, July 29, when...
2026 Artist Spotlight: Pianist George Li Plays Debussy, Mussorgsky, and More
Pianist George Li was still a teenager when he won the silver medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 2015, and that was five years after he’d won first prize at the 2010 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Li has also won the 2012...
2026 Artist Spotlight: The Verona Quartet Returns
Since making their Festival debut in 2024, the Verona Quartet has quickly become a Festival-audience favorite, and this summer they make their highly anticipated return playing music by Janáček, Ravel, and Brahms as well as premiering a Festival-commissioned work by...
2026 Artist Spotlight: Alan Gilbert Returns
Santa Fe audiences are especially familiar with Alan Gilbert. Not only did he serve as the first music director of the Santa Fe Opera from 2003 to 2006 and the Opera’s assistant concertmaster in 1993, but he made his Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival debut in 2001, as...
2026 Artist Spotlight: Baritone Benjamin Appl Sings Schubert Song Cycles
Baritone Benjamin Appl, who’s been called “the most promising of today’s up-and-coming song recitalists” by the Financial Times, made his Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival debut in 2024 and quickly became a Festival-audience favorite—which makes his return this summer,...
2026 Artist Spotlight: Clarinetist Julian Bliss Makes His Festival Debut
In a recent interview with Music & Artists, British-born Julian Bliss described his earliest days as a music student and professional clarinetist as “unconventional,” beginning with how he took up the clarinet at the age of four (which is earlier than usual due to...
Three Ways to Give
How to Strengthen and Support the Festival You Love If you’re a chamber music lover and want to deepen your experience with—or impact on—the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, which presents its 53rd season this summer, there are three great ways to do so: by giving any...