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January 2021
CMNW Musical Conversations: The Art of the Single Voice with Joan Tower
Join Co-Artistic Directors, Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien, series in Portland, Oregon, Chamber Music Northwest, for their free online musical conversations series!
Find out moreCMNW Presents: Alisa Weilerstein, Solo Cello
Join Co-Artistic Directors, Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien, series in Portland, Oregon, Chamber Music Northwest, for their online concert series! “Technically flawless and deeply expressive” (The New York Times), Alisa Weilerstein makes the cello sing as if it were her own voice. This intimate solo performance will feature the first of Bach’s celebrated Cello Suites as well as modern and contemporary works by Kodály, Britten, and living composer Osvaldo Golijov.
Find out moreFebruary 2021
CMNW Musical Conversations: Musically Integrated with Nokuthula Ngwenyama
Join Co-Artistic Directors, Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien, series in Portland, Oregon, Chamber Music Northwest, for their free online musical conversations series!
Find out moreCMNW Presents: Catalyst Quartet, Uncovered
Join Co-Artistic Directors, Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien, series in Portland, Oregon, Chamber Music Northwest, for their online concert series! The Catalyst Quartet combines a serious commitment to diversity, education, and contemporary works with virtuosic playing “reminiscent of great quartets of the past such as the Guarneri and Budapest” (Richmond Times).
Find out moreCMNW Musical Conversations: Mastery, Magic, and Mystery – Exploring Winterreise with Michael Parloff
Join Co-Artistic Directors, Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien, series in Portland, Oregon, Chamber Music Northwest, for their free online musical conversations series!
Find out moreCMNW Presents: Fleur Barron & Julius Drake, Winter Journey
Join Co-Artistic Directors, Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien, series in Portland, Oregon, Chamber Music Northwest, for their online concert series! Praised as a “charismatic star” by the Boston Globe, mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron is the winner of Tanglewood Festival’s 2016 Jackson Prize, awarded to one outstanding young vocalist each year. Experience this unique presentation of Schubert’s Winterreise – a lieder traditionally performed by a tenor – sung by the mesmerizing Barron.
Find out moreMarch 2021
CMNW Musical Conversations: Musical Meditations on Mortality – Exploring Chrysanthemums and Death and the Maiden with Michael Parloff
Join Co-Artistic Directors, Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien, series in Portland, Oregon, Chamber Music Northwest, for their free online musical conversations series!
Find out moreCMNW Presents: Goldmund Quartet, Europe’s Rising Stars
Join Co-Artistic Directors, Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien, series in Portland, Oregon, Chamber Music Northwest, for their online concert series! Hailed as one of the most exciting young string quartets in the world, the Goldmund Quartet’s exquisitely refined playing has been awarded prizes at major competitions such as the Wigmore, Melbourne, and ARD Munich. In this concert, hear the Goldmund perform dramatic chamber works written by Puccini, Strauss, and Schubert on their historic set of Stradivari instruments once owned by the great virtuoso Niccolò Paganini.
Find out moreApril 2021
CMWN Musical Conversation: Song of Thanksgiving – The Interior World of the String Quartet with Ara Guzelimian
Premieres Tuesday, 4/20 • 6:00 pm PT. Join Co-Artistic Directors, Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien, series in Portland, Oregon, Chamber Music Northwest, for their free online musical conversations series! Tune in LIVE or watch the recording! Recordings will be posted online the day after the live conversation and will be [...]
Find out moreCMNW Presents: Parker Quartet, Inventive and Inspired
Join Co-Artistic Directors, Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien, series in Portland, Oregon, Chamber Music Northwest, for their online concert series! Inspiring performances, luminous sound, and exceptional musicianship are the hallmarks of the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet. In this concert, the Parker Quartet will apply their “exceptional virtuosity [and] imaginative interpretation” (The Washington Post) to compositions by three masterful composers representing the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries including Beethoven’s spiritual Heiliger Dankgesang string quartet.
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