MusicMay at Cascadia!
A springtime chamber music festival curated for you! With some of the top chamber musicians from around the world.
Saturday, May 4 at 6:00 PM:
Northwest Grieg Society
Steven Luksan (piano), Svend Rønning (violin) and soprano Laura Loge present chamber music by Norwegian-American composer and painter, Alf Hurum. 2024 marks the centennial of Hurum’s arrival in the US, where he would eventually settle and live out his life. Hurum established a unique Nordic Impressionist musical style, colored by his studies in Paris and St. Petersburg, Russia in the early part of the 20th century.
Thursday, May 9 at 6:00 PM:
Pianist Daniel Maltz from Vienna
Daniel Maltz is a leading scholar and performer on the forte piano. For this concert Daniel brings his forte piano into the museum to play Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn on the same type of piano they originally composed and played on.
Monday, May 13 at 7:30 PM:
Callisto String Quartet from Yale
The award winning resident quartet at Yale, Calisto is one of the top quartets in the country. They will be in Seattle to teach a master class at UW, and have graciously accepted our invitation to concertize at Cascadia. They will be playing Ravel’s String Quartet and Mendelssohn.
Friday, May 31 at 6:00 PM:
Cellist Christoph Wagner plays Debussy and Rachmaninoff
Celebrated German cellist Christoph Wagner and pianist Joanne Kong are both veterans of the international music festival circuit and have toured to play across the US, Europe, Asia and South America, honored with a variety of awards. Wagner received his doctorate from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and currently teaches at the University of New Mexico.
The MusicMay concerts are about one-hour in length leaving you time to dine out. Your concert ticket includes admission to all the museum galleries, so make sure you come early to see our current exhibits.
Our concerts are a unique opportunity to enjoy leading classical performers up close, in our intimate gallery setting surrounded by beautiful art from the Northwest – the way chamber music was meant to be experienced!
Seating is limited and these concerts often sell-out, so please we suggest reserving your seats well in advance.
$14 for Museum Members
$20 for Non-Members