PortChamberMusicFest

The Portland Chamber Music Festival (ME) is a top chamber music event in New England featuring acclaimed performers + composers.

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❄️Announcing the 2025 Winter Warmer Series! Featuring the return of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, and the PCMF debut of 4x Grammy nominee Nicholas Phan, tenor.

3/6 at 7 PM: Winter Warmer I: Slavic Strings
3/8 at 2 PM: Winter Warmer II: Illuminations
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Tune in to Maine Public Classical's Maine Stage tomorrow night (Wed 11/27) at 8PM for a delectable assortment of highlights from the 2024 summer season! Featuring music by Connesson, Debussy, Fauré, Hermann, and Dvořák.
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Hear PCMF on Performance Today! Our live recording of Dvořák's Piano Quartet No. 2, featuring Susie Park, Melissa Reardon, Raman Ramakrishnan, and Benjamin Hochman, closes out the program. Click the link below for the full episode. https://t.co/Meut8uJ1N4

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Chamber music, show tunes, opera, and more! Nate's World: Songs of Love (8/11) sets famous arias side by side with classic popular songs and virtuosic instrumental interludes, all touching on aspects of love. More info at https://t.co/JIwidcZjrn.

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Thanks to Megan Gray from the Portland Press Herald for featuring "Melissa's Perfect Day." Read on to see what PCMF artists most look forward to when they come to Maine. Spoiler alert: it involves lots of delicious food! And music of course :) https://t.co/QNHesJnf7i

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Artistic Director Melissa Reardon returns to the PCMF stage this summer! You'll have many opportunities to hear Melissa perform in a variety of ensembles, ranging from a piano quartet to string quintet to sextet to string octet to the full forces of the ECCO (13 string players!).

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Pianist Henry Kramer returns to PCMF this summer! Lots of opportunities to hear Henry play: Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 (8/8); Connesson Sextet, Poulenc Sonata for Oboe & Piano, Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1 (8/10), and Nate's World: Songs of Love (8/11). Do you have your tickets yet?

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Thanks to Maine Public Classical's Heather McDougall for featuring PCMF Artistic Director Melissa Reardon on this week's #StateOfTheArt episode! Click the link below to listen to the full conversation. https://t.co/9vE83sDpu5

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Grammy and Emmy award-winning violinist Nick Kendall returns to PCMF this summer! You can hear Nick during Week II performing with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, as well as the playful Capriccio No. 1 by Friedrich Hermann (Thursday, 8/15). More info at https://t.co/S0RNih4oqP.

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Violinist Tai Murray returns to PCMF this summer! You can hear Tai during Week II performing with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, as well as the playful Capriccio No. 1 by Friedrich Hermann on Program III: Universal Resonance (8/15). More info at https://t.co/S0RNih4oqP.

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Violinist Anthony Marwood returns to PCMF this summer! You can hear Anthony during Week II of our Festival performing the delightful Mendelssohn Octet (8/15), as well as Robert Schumann's Sonata No. 2 in D Minor for Violin and Piano (8/17). More info at https://t.co/S0RNih4oqP.

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We are so excited to announce a Composer Conversation with Vijay Iyer at Mechanics' Hall on 8/15 at 11 AM. The composer + pianist has been called a "social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway" by the NYT.

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Violist Dov Scheindlin returns to PCMF this summer! You can hear Dov during Week II of our Festival performing with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) on Program III: Universal Resonance (8/15) and Program IV: Virtuosity (8/17). More info at https://t.co/S0RNih4oqP.

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Pianist Shai Wosner returns to PCMF this summer! Don't miss Shai and the East Coast Chamber Orchestra's Maine premiere of composer Vijay Iyer's new concerto for piano & strings, Handmade Universe, on Program III: Universal Resonance (8/15). More info at https://t.co/S0RNih4Wgn.

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The countdown has begun! Our 31st summer season kicks off on Thursday, August 8th at USM's Hannaford Hall in Portland. Join us for another summer of world-class chamber music in Maine. Complete program info + tickets available at https://t.co/S0RNih4oqP.

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Daedalus Quartet violist Jessica Thompson returns to PCMF this summer! You can hear Jessica during Week II performing with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, as well as the delightful Mendelssohn Octet on Program III (8/15). More info at https://t.co/S0RNih4oqP.

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Chicago Symphony Assistant Principal Cellist Kenneth Olsen returns to PCMF this summer! You can hear Ken during Week II performing with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, as well as the delightful Mendelssohn Octet on Program III (8/15). More info at https://t.co/S0RNih4oqP.

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Cellist Raman Ramakrishnan returns to PCMF this summer! You can hear Raman during Week II of our Festival performing with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra on Program III: Universal Resonance (8/15) and Program IV: Virtuosity (8/17). More info at https://t.co/S0RNih4oqP.

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Violinist Li-Mei Liang makes her in person PCMF debut this summer! You can hear Li-Mei during Week II performing with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, as well as the delightful Mendelssohn Octet on Program III: Universal Resonance (8/15). More info at https://t.co/S0RNih4oqP.

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Violinist Kristin Lee returns to PCMF this summer! You can hear Kristin during Week II performing with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, as well as the delightful Mendelssohn Octet on Program III: Universal Resonance (8/15). More info at https://t.co/S0RNih4Wgn.