Trio Solisti gave us compelling performances yesterday evening at Sunset Center. The three musicians, violinist Maria Bachman, pianist Fabio Bidini and cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach, were at the top of their form, both individually as virtuosi in their own right and as […]

The most substantial work on the program the St. Lawrence String Quartet performed last night at Sunset Center for Chamber Music Monterey Bay was “The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind” composed in 1994 by Osvaldo Golijov. This 33-minute […]

We heard some dazzling playing last night at Sunset Center by the Morgenstern Piano Trio (violinist Stefan Hempel, cellist Emanuel Wehse and pianist Catherine Klipfel). This was the third time Chamber Music Monterey Bay has brought us these splendid musicians, […]

On Saturday evening at Sunset Center, Chamber Music Monterey Bay presented a return engagement by members of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and once again we were treated to ensemble playing of the very highest order. Although we all […]

Chamber Music Monterey Bay opened its new season last night at Sunset Center. Returning to CMMB for this event was the Cypress String Quartet. Its members, violinists Cecily Ward & Tom Stone, violist Ethan Filner and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel, were […]

The final concert of Chamber Music Monterey’s 2014/15 season at Sunset Center on April 10th was excellent throughout. The Miró Quartet, formed twenty years ago and making their fourth appearance in Carmel, were in wonderful form, with their flawless playing both […]

The word “synesthesia” came to mind last weekend while listening to the world premiere of Christopher Theofanidis’ “FIVE for string quartet,” played by the Miró Quartet at Carmel’s Sunset Center. A powerful composition, impeccably performed by the celebrated string ensemble, […]

In its fourth appearance for Chamber Music Monterey Bay, the Miró Quartet served up a fabulous feast to a hungry audience on Friday. The Miró began with one of the rare Haydn quartets in a minor key, the Opus 76, […]

I remember once reading an article by a famous string player, who held the snobbish opinion that chamber music containing the piano was an extension of “Hausmusik” for amateurs, and that the true Parnassus of the chamber music genre was […]

Jon Nakamatsu delivered an enthralling piano recital at Sunset Center last week hosted by Chamber Music Monterey Bay. A distinguished Van Cliburn Gold Medalist hailing from San Jose, Nakamatsu is a regional favorite who has appeared numerous times on concert […]