Maestro Chamber Music Society
For thirty-five years, Maestro's generous membership has celebrated the tradition of chamber music and shaped its future. Whether underwriting a concert series populated with established musicians or providing gifted young artists with quality instruments to match their potential, Maestro members have been nurturing generations of classical musicians and ensuring the longevity of the art form.
Join us for Maestro's 35th Season and enjoy the concerts as benefits of membership. Tickets are never sold. You'll have a first-class seat to a world-class series.
2024-2025 Concert Season
Saturday | October 19, 2024 | 4pm
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
“An ensemble of first-rate musicians, technically superb, generously expressive, and obviously enjoying themselves.”
—Dallas Morning News
Program:
Shostakovich: Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
Dvořák: Sextet for Strings in A Major, Op. 48
Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Saturday | November 23, 2024 | 4pm
David Grimal, violin
Ricardo Castro, piano
“One realizes, listening to David Grimal, that a large part of the beauty of his musical gesture comes from a unique ability to question his art.”—ARTE
“Ricardo Castro is a master in architecture with an uncommon set of sonorities. He already plays in the court of the giants…”
—Le Monde de la Musique
All Brahms Program:
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 4:00pm
Eric Lu, piano
“Lu’s fingers moved across the keyboard with remarkable fluidity, and with a touch that was at once crystal clear and sublimely expressive, Lu’s playing was absolutely stunning and brought fresh life to a familiar work.”—WTTW Chicago
All Chopin Program:
3 Mazurkas, Op. 56
Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44
Ballade No. 3, Op. 47
Polonaise – Fantasy, Op. 61
Polonaise in B flat Major, Op. 71, No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Saturday | January 18, 2025 | 4 pm
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Gloria Chien, piano
“[Beilman is] poised and monstrously talented.”
—Philadelphia Inquirer
“A wondrously rich palette of colors, which she mixes with dashing bravado and with an uncanny precision of calibration…Chien’s performance had it all, and it was fabulous.”
—Richard Dyer
Program:
Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor “Ballade”
Tartini/Arr. Kreisler: Sonata in G minor “Devil’s Trill”
Paganini: Cantabile, MS 109
Schubert: Rondo in B minor, D.895
Rogerson: Arietta
Franck: Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano
SPONSORED BY THE HAUSMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION
Saturday | February 22, 2025 | 4pm
Hagen Quartet
“One of the finest quartets of our time.”—The Washington Post
Program:
Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 54, Hob. III/58
Haydn: String Quartet in E Major, Op. 54, Hob. III/59
Schumann: String Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3
Saturday | March 15, 2025 | 4pm
Sergey Schepkin, piano
“An artist of uncommon, almost singular capability and integrity.”
—The Boston Globe
Program:
Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828
Bach: Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829
Debussy: Préludes Book 1
Saturday | April 5, 2025 | 4pm
Jason Vieaux, guitar
“Perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation.”—NPR
All Bach Program:
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat Major, BWV 998
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005
Lute Suite No. 4 (Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major), BWV 1006
SPONSORED BY THE HAUSMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION
Saturday | April 26, 2025 | 4pm
Takács Quartet
with David Requiro, cello
“Classical music doesn’t get much more life-enhancing than this.”
—The Guardian
Program:
Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54, No. 2, Hob. III:57
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D.956, Op. 163
Photo Credits: Mendelsohn Hall: Ron Lebel | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble: Roland Beck | David Grimal: William Beaucardet | Ricardo Castro: Unknown Photographer | Eric Lu: Benjamin Eavolega | Benjamin Beilman: Sophie Zhai | Gloria Chien: Pilvax Oberyn Studio | Hagen Quartet: Harald Hoffmann | Sergey Schepkin: Michael J. Lutch | Jason Vieaux: Tyler Boye | Takács Quartet: Amanda Tipton | David Requiro:
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