Phenomenon: Two Manasses, One Nakamatsu & More

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival is on from July 29 to August 22, 2025. Talented artists join Manasse and Nakamatsu – including Jon’s son Alec Manasse. Clarinetists Jon and Alec will join the string players to perform Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor – even though the modern clarinet had not been invented in Bach’s time! Award-winning Israeli violinist Kobi Malkin was praised by the New York Times for his “aptly traversed palette of emotions, from languid introspection to fevered intensity with gorgeous tone and an edge-of-seat intensity.” Grace Park is an internationally acclaimed violinist who recently gave her debut recital at Carnegie Hall, praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “fresh, different, and exhilarating.” Brook Speltz is the award-winning cellist of the internationally renowned Escher String Quartet and an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center who also performs on extensive tours with the cello rock band Break of Reality. Danielle Farina, Principal Viola of the Cape Symphony, is a member of the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center (formerly the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra) and the American Ballet Theater Orchestra, and performs locally with Giocosa Chamber Music, the Chatham Chorale, and Cosmos Sessions with Cape Symphony concertmaster Jae Cosmos Lee. Since completing his Master’s degree at The Juilliard School, clarinetist Alec Manasse has enjoyed a lively and varied professional life. Alec plays regularly with many of New York City’s top ensembles, including the Metropolitan Opera, the American Ballet Theater Orchestra, and the American Symphony Orchestra. He also frequently played in the Orchestra of&nbsp;Sweeney Todd&nbsp;on Broadway.

First Congregational Church of Wellfleet

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival is on from July 29 to August 22, 2025. Talented artists join Manasse and Nakamatsu – including Jon’s son Alec Manasse. Clarinetists Jon and Alec will join the string players to perform Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor – even though the modern clarinet had not been invented in Bach’s time! Award-winning Israeli violinist Kobi Malkin was praised by the New York Times for his “aptly traversed palette of emotions, from languid introspection to fevered intensity with gorgeous tone and an edge-of-seat intensity.” Grace Park is an internationally acclaimed violinist who recently gave her debut recital at Carnegie Hall, praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “fresh, different, and exhilarating.” Brook Speltz is the award-winning cellist of the internationally renowned Escher String Quartet and an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center who also performs on extensive tours with the cello rock band Break of Reality. Danielle Farina, Principal Viola of the Cape Symphony, is a member of the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center (formerly the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra) and the American Ballet Theater Orchestra, and performs locally with Giocosa Chamber Music, the Chatham Chorale, and Cosmos Sessions with Cape Symphony concertmaster Jae Cosmos Lee. Since completing his Master’s degree at The Juilliard School, clarinetist Alec Manasse has enjoyed a lively and varied professional life. Alec plays regularly with many of New York City’s top ensembles, including the Metropolitan Opera, the American Ballet Theater Orchestra, and the American Symphony Orchestra. He also frequently played in the Orchestra of Orchestra of&nbsp;Sweeney Todd&nbsp;on Broadway.

Falmouth Academy

Agile Virtuosity: Parker Quartet

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival is on from July 29 to August 22, 2025. The “fearless” GRAMMY® Award-winning Parker Quartet returns to the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival! The group are protegees of the Festival-favorite Borromeo Quartet. Founded and currently based in Boston (with their name inspired by the Parker House, a Boston historic landmark), the members of the Parker Quartet serve as Professors of the Practice and Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at&nbsp;<a href="https://music.fas.harvard.edu/">Harvard University’s Department of Music</a>. They are renowned for their fresh and unique approach to the great classics while being passionate ambassadors for music of our time. “A string quartet defined by virtuosity so agile that it’s indistinguishable from the process of emotional expression.” –&nbsp;&nbsp;Gramophone Magazine

First Congregational Church of Chatham

Music for 6 and 7: Many Instruments, Extraordinary Sounds

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival is on from July 29 to August 22, 2025. Our Artistic Directors Jon and Jon bring together several New York artists at the top of their game. Danielle Farina, principal viola of the Cape Symphony, performed at some of the world’s most prestigious venues, including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Library of Congress. Israeli-American cellist Inbal Segev played for the Israeli president at just eight years old, and came to international attention ten years later when she made her debuts with both the Berlin Philharmonic and Israel Philharmonic under the baton of Zubin Mehta. Pawel Knapik is a Polish-American bassist who performs regularly with preeminent New York City orchestras and has also worked with Paul McCartney, Bono and the Edge, Elvis Costello, Jennifer Hudson, Miley Cyrus, and Harry Connick, Jr. Kevin Newton is a GRAMMY®-winning horn player, a member of Imani Winds, and a performer in Broadway orchestras, and he was a featured artist at the 2024 International Horn Symposium. And Cynde Iverson is recognized as one of the finest bassoonists working today; she is Principal Bassoonist with the Stamford Symphony and New Haven Symphony and a member of the American Ballet Theater Orchestra. This all-star group performs two Festival favorites, one for six players and one for seven, which we will highlight for the first time in many years.

Jazz at the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival: Count Basie Meets Gerry Mulligan

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival is on from July 29 to August 22, 2025. The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival features a night of jazz at the Cotuit Center for the Arts, led by Dan Block, faculty member of the Juilliard Jazz Studies program. While at Juilliard, pursuing a degree in clarinet, Dan Block divided his time between jam sessions in the New York loft scene and playing in the Juilliard Orchestra under the baton of such luminaries as Leonard Bernstein and Zubin Mehta.&nbsp;Block has performed and recorded with outstanding vocalists including Bobby Short, Rosemary Clooney, and Tony Bennett. Chris Flory played his first gig on the guitar at the age of thirteen, and later joined Scott Hamilton’s quartet, eventually participating in recordings for Concord Jazz and many overseas tours, and playing in Benny Goodman’s sextet. Drummer Tom Melito grew up around jazz legends Bobby Hackett, Stan Getz, and Dave McKenna, and went on to study at The Berklee School of Music and to play around the country and the world with some of the greats of jazz. Bassist Lee Hudson played and toured with many musicians including Junior Cook, Bill Hardman, Lou Donaldson, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charles Davis, and has performed&nbsp;throughout North and South America and most of Europe as well as in many major New York jazz clubs including Birdland, Small’s, and The Blue Note. Special guests Jon and Alec Manasse will join Dan Block for a triple clarinet feature! Selections to be announced from the stage.

Cotuit Center for the Arts

Revelation: The Frautschi-Manasse-Nakamatsu Trio

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival is on from July 29 to August 22, 2025. Two-time GRAMMY® Award nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient Jennifer Frautschi joins Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival Artistic Directors Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu. Jennifer began the violin at age three under the Suzuki Method and performs today on a glorious Antonio Stradivarius violin. Critics have described her performances as “electrifying,” “riveting,” and “mesmerizing.” Together, this trio will present a concert of German, French, and Russian character, finished off by two spirited American rags originally composed by John Novacek for the Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo and arranged by him for this trio.

Unity Through Music: We are the Catalyst

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival is on from July 29 to August 22, 2025. The young stars of the GRAMMY® Award-winning Catalyst Quartet make their debut with the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival! Together, they believe in the unity that can be achieved through music and imagine their programs and projects with this in mind, redefining and reimagining the classical music experience. Hailed by&nbsp;The New York Times&nbsp;at its Carnegie Hall debut as “invariably energetic and finely burnished… playing with earthy vigor,” the Catalyst Quartet will perform a fascinating mix of an American standard orchestrated by a contemporary Japanese composer, a recent Cuban triptych by a young prize-winning composer, and Beethoven’s emotional String Quartet in A Minor. “Like all great chamber groups, the Catalyst Quartet is beautiful to watch, like a family in lively conversation at the dinner table: anticipating, interrupting, changing subjects.”&nbsp;– The New York Times

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival is on from July 29 to August 22, 2025. The young stars of the Grammy® Award-winning Catalyst Quartet make their debut with the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival! Together, they believe in the unity that can be achieved through music and imagine their programs and projects with this in mind, redefining and reimagining the classical music experience. Hailed by&nbsp;The New York Times&nbsp;at its Carnegie Hall debut as “invariably energetic and finely burnished… playing with earthy vigor,” the Catalyst Quartet will perform a fascinating mix of an American standard orchestrated by a contemporary Japanese composer, a recent Cuban triptych by a young prize-winning composer, and Beethoven’s emotional String Quartet in A Minor. “Like all great chamber groups, the Catalyst Quartet is beautiful to watch, like a family in lively conversation at the dinner table: anticipating, interrupting, changing subjects.”&nbsp;– The New York Times

Popular Demand: The Return of the Claremont Trio

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival is on from July 29 to August 22, 2025. Returning to the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival by popular demand, the award-winning Claremont Trio originally formed in 1999 at The Juilliard School, but twin sisters Emily and Julia Bruskin grew up playing together in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pianist Sophiko Simsive recently joined them and the three women of the Claremont Trio, named after Claremont Avenue in New York City, continue to have great success with their thrillingly virtuosic and richly communicative performances. The Claremont Trio commissioned Syrian composer Kinan Azmeh to create his new piece&nbsp;Gravitas&nbsp;and will premiere the work at festivals across the US this year, including ours! “The Claremont Trio can justifiably be considered one of America’s finest young chamber groups.” –&nbsp;Strad Magazine

Downtown with Genghis Barbie: The All-Female Horn Experience

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival presents a free community concert! An evening of music by everyone from Georges Bizet to Lady Gaga! Genghis Barbie performs arrangements of pop music from all eras, contemporary commissions, and classical works. The group is described as the most versatile and expansive group on New York City’s classical/pop/rock/jazz/indie/alternative/punk/electro-acoustic scene. And they sing, too! Genghis Barbie was conceived in a unique moment of ingenuity when Freedom Barbie, Tiger Barbie, Velvet Barbie, and Attila the Horn converged and vowed to create distinctive, interactive and personal performances. Balancing individual careers in symphony orchestras in addition to their busy New York City performing schedule, the ladies of Genghis Barbie have performed at multiple International Horn Society Symposiums, premiered a solo commission at Carnegie Hall, and appeared on “America’s Got Talent.”

Federated Church of Hyannis

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Phenomenon: Two Manasses, One Nakamatsu & More

Phenomenon: Two Manasses, One Nakamatsu & More

Agile Virtuosity: Parker Quartet

Music for 6 and 7: Many Instruments, Extraordinary Sounds

Jazz at the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival: Count Basie Meets Gerry Mulligan

Revelation: The Frautschi-Manasse-Nakamatsu Trio

Unity Through Music: We are the Catalyst

Unity Through Music: We are the Catalyst

Popular Demand: The Return of the Claremont Trio

Downtown with Genghis Barbie: The All-Female Horn Experience