Violinist Chad Hoopes Returns for a Recital & More!
“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...
Leila Josefowicz Premieres New Music and More
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 Returns
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...
Tony Award–winning Actor John Rubinstein Returns
There are many ways you may be familiar with John Rubinstein: as the Tony, Drama Desk, and Theatre World award–winning Broadway actor whose numerous credits include starring in the original production of Children of a Lesser God and creating the title role in the Bob...
Paul Huang Returns for a Can’t-Miss Violin-Piano Recital
Since making his Festival debut in 2019, violinist Paul Huang has quickly become a Festival-audience favorite, and there’s no question as to why: When listening to Huang play, you’re immediately struck—and taken in—by his tone, which The Washington Post described as...
Welcome (Back) to Joseph Hohlfeld, Our New Director of Development!
Here at the Festival, we started 2025 on a high note by welcoming back one of our cherished former colleagues, Joseph Hohlfeld, who began his new role as Director of Development on Thursday, January 2. Joseph joined the Festival in 2017 as a Development and Special...
Pianist Orion Weiss Returns
Orion Weiss last appeared at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in 2021 and brought the house down with a stunning performance of Schubert’s hair-raising Wanderer Fantasy, a work that Schubert himself once abandoned mid-performance before exclaiming: “The devil may...