Aeolus Quartet Breezes In From New York For Fontana Fest
The Fontana Summer Festival continues tonight with a performance by the award-winning Aeolus Quartet, the graduate quartet-in-residence of The Juilliard School in New York City.
View ArticleNeave Trio Brings Joyful Schubert To Fontana Fest
The Neave Trio visits the Fontana Summer Festival on Tuesday to perform masterworks of Franz Schubert and Antonin Dvorak. Currently the trio-in-residence at San Diego State University, violinist Anna...
View ArticleCatalyst Quartet Refines Folk Melodies At Fontana
The Catalyst Quartet will showcase folk elements in works of Ives, Smetana, Golijov, and Goddard, in a concert Thursday, presented by the Fontana summer festival.
View ArticleFontana Festival Finale: Occidental Gypsy
Jeff Feldman didn't know what he was getting into when he let his brother talk him into giving Hot Club jazz, or "gypsy" jazz, a chance. Well versed in American rock, the bassist soon began to...
View ArticleHer Career 'Can Only Go Up:' Jazz Pianist Aaron Diehl
Jazz pianist Aaron Diehl is experiencing a rising wave of positive reviews after the release of a new album with singer Cecile McLorin Salvant, with whom he's been touring in Europe. Juilliard-trained...
View ArticleA 'Rare Life-And-Death Quality': The Jerusalem Quartet In Its 20th Season
The Jerusalem Quartet will visit Kalamazoo during its 20th anniversary world tour, which includes stops in Washington, DC and New York in North America, as well as Paris, Berlin, and London on its...
View ArticleMandolinist Chris Thile To Appear In Sold-Out Fontana Show
Chris Thile, a founding member of Nickel Creek and the Punch Brothers, is currently on a solo tour, playing originals, favorite songs, and improvisations. He's also featuring music from Bach's Partitas...
View ArticleStar Flutist Emmanuel Pahud To Present 'Around The World' In Kalamazoo
Emmanuel Pahud's versatile career includes a playing as an orchestral musician with the Berlin Philharmonic, appearing as a guest soloist with orchestras around the world, and concertizing as a...
View ArticleA Conversation With Juilliard Quartet Violinist Joseph Lin
The Juilliard String Quartet, now in its 70th season, will appear on the Fontana series on March 18. Cara Lieurance previews the concert with Joseph Lin, the first violinist of the renowned group.
View ArticleIn 2016-17, Fontana Welcomes Danish Quartet, Mezzo Stephanie Blythe,...
Fontana's new season will feature eight concerts between September 2016 and May 2017. Executive director David Baldwin previewed seven of them, with musical examples, in an interview with Cara...
View ArticleFontana Presents Rare Combo Of String Quartet & Percussion
The Miró Quartet plays Schubert. They play Beethoven. But they also collaborate with celebrated percussionist Colin Currie, in a fresh program that includes classics but also new works written for the...
View ArticleTaylor Eigsti Returns To Gilmore Fest For First Time Since 2002
At the 2016 Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, jazz pianist Taylor Eigsti made his first appearance in 14 years, with two sold-out shows at Bell's Eccentric Cafe (co-presented by Fontana.) In an...
View ArticleFontana Summer Fest Includes Up-And-Comers, Local Connections
Fontana CEO and artistic director David Baldwin says this year, the Fontana Summer Music Festival will consist of five concerts between July 18-30. First up is Sybarite5, a string group that often...
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