Anchorage Chamber Music Festival - 12th Season

Wednesday July 24, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Goldberg’s Journey
Anchorage Museum

Join us for the first concert of this summer’s Festival! ACMF guest artists embark on a journey back to the baroque times, reimagining Bach’s most iconic works as a dialogue between instruments and chamber ensembles. Bask in the resonant harmonies of the Anchorage Museum atrium and celebrate the start of ACMF’s 12th Season of music-making in Anchorage!

Friday, July 26, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Stories of Life and Death
House Concert

See the artists up close as they perform chamber music the way it was meant to be heard: in the comfort of the living room! Join us in an intimate house concert setting for string quartets by Smetana and Schubert, and their profound reflections on life and its inevitable demise. A Schubert song—providing inspiration for the composer’s quartet—completes the program.

Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Romantic Piano Quartets
UAA Recital Hall

Indulge in the voluptuous and brilliant sonorities of romantic piano quartets by Schumann and Brahms. Songs by both composers round out the program, interpreted by ACMF artistic director Nathaniel Pierce (tenor) and returning guest artist David Fung (piano).

Monday, July 29, 2024 at 8:00 pm
Barbaric Quintets
House Concert

Witness the power of the piano quintet in this dramatic program, where adventure and surprise await at every turn. Dive into monumental masterpieces by Leo Ornstein and Ernest Bloch, and marvel at their jarring and restless musical landscapes brought to life by ACMF’s guest artists.

Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 8:00 pm
It must be Beethoven!
House Concert

Beethoven returns to ACMF this summer, with two quartets written at different points in the composer’s life. From his heroic middle period to his very last string quartet, experience firsthand Beethoven’s command of the genre and the composer’s timeless contributions to the art of chamber music.

Friday, August 2, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Northern Sounds
UAA Recital Hall

Finnish composer Olli Mustonen and Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg set the stage for a lively program with echoes of our northern climes. American composer Amy Beach shares her own northern inspiration in a one-movement string quartet, where songful Inuit melodies meet lush chromatic harmonies to form a uniquely lyrical musical landscape.

Saturday, August 3, 2024 at 8:00 pm
Latin America in Surround Sound
House Concert (Festival Finale & Fundraiser!)

Surround yourself with the sounds of Latin America at our final concert of the summer! Join us to support exceptional chamber music, and celebrate our guest artists as they wrap up another season of music-making, right here in Anchorage. Don’t miss the New Music Premiere on the program, featuring a new work by visionary Mexican composer Horacio Fernández.

Please visit anchoragechambermusicfestival.org for more information and programs for each concert.