Musical Chairs Chamber Music Festival | May 22-30, 2026
At the Musical Chairs Chamber Music Festival, nobody stays in the same seat for long. This unique international gathering brings together outstanding students and faculty from institutions across four continents to perform, teach, and collaborate. Ensembles shift and recombine throughout the festival, creating thrilling new musical conversations and showcasing music as a truly universal language, shared by 86 musicians on and off the stage.
Schedule of events
Concerts
May 22, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Opening Concert: Brahms, Bart贸k & Dvo艡谩k
Redpath Hall |听Free Admission
May 24, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Schulhoff, Britten, Sollima, Ravel & Schoenberg
Redpath Hall |听Free Admission
May 25, 2026 | 12:00 p.m.
Intermezzo:听Tyree, Beethoven & Reger
Tanna Schulich Hall |听Free Admission
May 26, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Beethoven, Haydn & Shostakovich
Redpath Hall |听Free Admission
May 28, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Arensky, Faur茅 &听Messiaen
Redpath Hall |听Free Admission
May 29, 2026 | 5:00 p.m.
Chamber Music Marathon! A Musical 5 脿 7 (... 脿 until we're done!)
Elizabeth Wirth Lobby | Free Admission with paying bar
May 30, 2026 | 10:00 a.m.
Chamber Music Marathon! A Musical Mimosa!
Elizabeth Wirth Lobby | Free Admission with paying bar
May 30, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Closing Concert: Taneyev & Ensecu
Redpath Hall | Free Admission
Masterclasses
May 23, 2026
2:00 p.m. |听Kyoko Hashimoto, piano
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission
May 24, 2026
10:30 a.m. |听Violaine Melan莽on, violin
2:00 p.m. |听William Coleman, viola
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission
May 25, 2026
2:00 p.m.听触听Joona Pulkkinen, cello
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission
May 26, 2026
10:30 a.m. |听Yan Lim,听piano
2:00 p.m. |听Stefan Mendl, piano
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission
May 27, 2026
10:30 a.m.听触听Lina Bahn, violin
2:00 p.m. |听Matthew Jones, viola
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission
May 28, 2026
10:30 a.m. |听Daniel de Borah, piano
2:00 p.m. |听Marina Scalafiotti, piano
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission
Participating Institutions
听(Australia)
(Austria)
听(Austria)
听(Canada)
听(Finland)
听(Italy)
听(Singapore)
听(United Kingdom)
听(United States)
