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Highlights of our 2026 season include:
Bassist Edgar Meyer, violinist Daniel Phillips, and New York
Philharmonic Principal
Cellist Carter Brey reuniting to play Meyer’s String Trio No. 1—a work they premiered together at the Festival in 1986
Jennifer Gilbert, Alan Gilbert, and Paul Watkins playing Dmitry Sitkovetsky’s trio arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Kirill Gerstein and Katia
Skanavi performing piano duets by Schubert, Kurtág, and Rachmaninoff plus Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion with New York
Philharmonic Associate Principal Percussionist
Daniel Druckman and Mike Truesdell
Baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist Simon Lepper returning to perform three Schubert song cycles: Die Winterreise, Die schöne Müllerin, and Schwanengesang
Piano-vocal recitals by baritone Will Liverman and pianist
Myra Huang in week 2 and baritone Lucas Meachem and pianist
Irina Meachem in week 4
The Verona Quartet playing Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet with clarinetist David Shifrin
Solo piano recitals by Ran Dank, Jeremy Denk, Kirill Gerstein, George Li, Nicolas Namoradze, Juho Pohjonen, Orion Weiss, and Haochen Zhang
Santa Fe Opera Music Director Harry Bicket conducting Opera musicians in Bach orchestral suites
The New Mexico premiere of Marc Neikrug’s Fantasy for Clarinet, Viola, Cello, and Percussion
Guitarist Meng Su giving an all-Bach recital
Premieres of Festivalcommissioned works by Magnus Lindberg, Elizabeth Ogonek, Alex Paxton, and the two participants in the 13th annual Young Composers String Quartet Project Return appearances by the Dover and JACK quartets
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Pictured: cover (clockwise): Edgar Meyer, Will Liverman, Verona Quartet; p. 4 (vertically): Daniel Phillips, Alan Gilbert, Katia Skanavi, Benjamin Appl, Lucas Meachem, David Shifrin; p. 5 (vertically): Jeremy Denk, Harry Bicket, Marc Neikrug, Meng Su, Elizabeth Ogonek, JACK Quartet
SUNDAY SERIES
6 concerts: July 19, 26; August 2, 9, 16, 23
6 pm / New Mexico Museum of Art & Lensic
SUNDAY, JULY 19
MOZART & TCHAIKOVSKY
MOZART Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285
EDGAR MEYER String Trio No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
George Li, piano; Daniel Phillips, Danbi Um, violin; Toby Appel, viola; Carter Brey, Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Edgar Meyer, double bass; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute
SUNDAY, JULY 26
BEETHOVEN & MENDELSSOHN
STRAVINSKY Suite italienne from Pulcinella
BEETHOVEN Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano and Winds, Op. 16
MENDELSSOHN Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Ran Dank, Anna Polonsky, piano; Harvey de Souza, Alan Gilbert, Jennifer Gilbert, Noemi Gilbert, violin; Toby Appel, Steven Tenenbom, viola; Paul Watkins, Peter Wiley, cello; Robert Ingliss, oboe; Patrick Messina, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Jennifer Montone, horn
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2
SCHUBERT & SHOSTAKOVICH
DEVIENNE Trio for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon, Op. 61, No. 5
SCHUBERT Sonata in A Minor for Viola and Piano, D. 821, Arpeggione
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57
Nicolas Namoradze, piano; Alan Gilbert, Harvey de Souza, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Paul Watkins, cello; Bart Feller, flute; Todd Levy, clarinet; Ted Soluri, bassoon
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9
BRAHMS & RAVEL
RAVEL Introduction and Allegro
ELIZABETH OGONEK New Work for Piano Quartet (Festival Commission, World Premiere)
BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
Orion Weiss, piano; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Ida Kavafian, viola; Felix Fan, cello; Verona Quartet (Jonathan Ong, Dorothy Ro, violin; Abigail Rojansky, viola; Jonathan Dormand, cello); Grace Browning, harp; Bart Feller, flute; Todd Levy, David Shifrin, clarinet
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16
ALL SCHUBERT
SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795
SCHUBERT String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
Benjamin Appl, baritone; Simon Lepper, piano; William Hagen, Chad Hoopes, violin; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; Clive Greensmith, Harriet Krijgh, cello
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23
SCHUBERT & BRAHMS
SCHUBERT String Quartet in E Major, D. 353
MAGNUS LINDBERG New Work for Piano Trio (Festival Commission, World Premiere)
BRAHMS String Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18
Juho Pohjonen, piano; Chad Hoopes, John Storgårds, violin; Ida Kavafian, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; Clive Greensmith, Anssi Karttunen, Harriet Krijgh, cello; Dover Quartet (Joel Link, Bryan Lee, violin; Julianne Lee, viola; Camden Shaw, cello)
MONDAY
SERIES
6 concerts: July 20, 27; August 3, 10, 17, 24
6 pm / New Mexico Museum of Art & Lensic
MONDAY, JULY 20
MOZART & TCHAIKOVSKY
MOZART Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285
EDGAR MEYER String Trio No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
George Li, piano; Daniel Phillips, Danbi Um, violin; Toby Appel, viola; Carter Brey, Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Edgar Meyer, double bass; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute
MONDAY, JULY 27
BEETHOVEN & MENDELSSOHN
STRAVINSKY Suite italienne from Pulcinella
BEETHOVEN Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano and Winds, Op. 16
MENDELSSOHN Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Ran Dank, Anna Polonsky, piano; Harvey de Souza, Alan Gilbert, Jennifer Gilbert, Noemi Gilbert, violin; Toby Appel, Steven Tenenbom, viola; Paul Watkins, Peter Wiley, cello; Robert Ingliss, oboe; Patrick Messina, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Jennifer Montone, horn
MONDAY, AUGUST 3
SCHUBERT & SHOSTAKOVICH
DEVIENNE Trio for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon, Op. 61, No. 5
SCHUBERT Sonata in A Minor for Viola and Piano, D. 821, Arpeggione
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57
Nicolas Namoradze, piano; Alan Gilbert, Harvey de Souza, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Paul Watkins, cello; Bart Feller, flute; Todd Levy, clarinet; Ted Soluri, bassoon
MONDAY, AUGUST 10
BRAHMS & RAVEL
RAVEL Introduction and Allegro
ELIZABETH OGONEK New Work for Piano Quartet (Festival Commission, World Premiere)
BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
Orion Weiss, piano; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Ida Kavafian, viola; Felix Fan, cello; Verona Quartet (Jonathan Ong, Dorothy Ro, violin; Abigail Rojansky, viola; Jonathan Dormand, cello); Grace Browning, harp; Bart Feller, flute; Todd Levy, David Shifrin, clarinet
MONDAY, AUGUST 17
BEETHOVEN & SCHUBERT
BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, Archduke
SCHUBERT Schwanengesang, D. 957
Benjamin Appl, baritone; Kirill Gerstein, Simon Lepper, piano; William Hagen, violin; Peter Stumpf, cello
MONDAY, AUGUST 24
CZECH MASTERS
MARTINŮ Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
MYSLIVEČEK Trio in G Major for Violin, Cello, and Double Bass
DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
Juho Pohjonen, piano; William Hagen, John Storgårds, violin; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; Clive Greensmith, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Dover Quartet (Joel Link, Bryan Lee, violin; Julianne Lee, viola; Camden Shaw, cello)
WEDNESDAY SERIES
5 concerts: July 22, 29; August 5, 12, 19
6 pm / New Mexico Museum of Art & Lensic
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22
DVOŘÁK & BERNSTEIN
BERNSTEIN Halil for Flute, Piano, and Percussion
KODÁLY Serenade, Op. 12
DVOŘÁK Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65
Ran Dank, George Li, piano; Cho-Liang Lin, Danbi Um, violin; Ida Kavafian, viola; Peter Wiley, cello; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Gregory Zuber, percussion
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
MOZART & ARENSKY
ARNOLD Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet, Op. 37
MOZART Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478
ARENSKY Quartet in A Minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 35
Ran Dank, piano; Alan Gilbert, Jennifer Gilbert, violin; Toby Appel, Steven Tenenbom, viola; Paul Watkins, Peter Wiley, Kajsa William-Olsson, cello; Bart Feller, flute; Robert Ingliss, oboe; Todd Levy, clarinet
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5
BEETHOVEN & JANÁČEK
JANÁCEK String Quartet No. 1, Kreutzer Sonata
WEINBERG Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano, Op. 39
BEETHOVEN Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Haochen Zhang, piano; Jennifer Frautschi, Jennifer Gilbert, violin; Alan Gilbert, viola; Kajsa William-Olsson, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Verona Quartet (Jonathan Ong, Dorothy Ro, violin; Abigail Rojansky, viola; Jonathan Dormand, cello); David Shifrin, clarinet; Ted Soluri, bassoon
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12
MOZART & BRAHMS
ALEX PAXTON New Work for String Quartet (Festival Commission, World Premiere)
MOZART Sonata in B-flat Major for Violin and Piano, K. 454
BRAHMS Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25
Katia Skanavi, piano; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Ida Kavafian, viola; Peter Stumpf, cello; Verona Quartet (Jonathan Ong, Dorothy Ro, violin; Abigail Rojansky, viola; Jonathan Dormand, cello)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19
BARTÓK & RACHMANINOFF
SCHUBERT Variations on an Original Theme in A-flat Major, D. 813
BARTÓK Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110
GYÖRGY KURTÁG Two Mussorgsky Transcriptions RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances for Two Pianos, Op. 45
Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, piano; Daniel Druckman, timpani; Mike Truesdell, percussion
SATURDAY SERIES
5 concerts: July 25; August 1, 8, 15, 22
5 pm / New Mexico Museum of Art
5 pm & 6 pm / Lensic
SATURDAY, JULY 25
VIVALDI CONCERTOS
VIVALDI Concerto in D Major for Flute, RV 428, Il gardellino
VIVALDI Concerto in D Minor for Violin, RV 242
VIVALDI Concerto in A Minor for Two Violins, RV 522
VIVALDI Concerto in F Major for Three Violins, RV 551
VIVALDI Concerto in B Minor for Four Violins, RV 580
Ida Kavafian, Cho-Liang Lin, Daniel Phillips, Continued
Danbi Um, violin soloists; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute soloist; Harvey de Souza, violin; Toby Appel, viola; Kajsa William-Olsson, cello; Edgar Meyer, double bass; Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1
GOLDBERG VARIATIONS FOR TRIO
BACH Aria with 30 Variations (Goldberg Variations), BWV 988 (arr. Dmitry Sitkovetsky)
Jennifer Gilbert, violin; Alan Gilbert, viola; Paul Watkins, cello
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8
MENG SU PLAYS BACH
BACH Suite No. 3 for Cello, BWV 1009 (transcr. Frank Koonce)
BACH Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E-flat Major, BWV 998
BACH Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor for Violin, BWV 1004 (transcr. Andrés Segovia)
Meng Su, guitar
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15
JEREMY DENK PLAYS BACH PARTITAS
BACH Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827
BACH Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829
BACH Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
Jeremy Denk, piano
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22
BACH ORCHESTRAL SUITES
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
Harry Bicket plays harpsichord and conducts an ensemble of Santa Fe Opera musicians on a program of Bach orchestral suites to be announced in full.
MUSIC AT NOON TUESDAYS
5 concerts: July 21, 28; August 4, 11, 18 12 pm / New Mexico Museum of Art
TUESDAY, JULY 21
GEORGE LI PIANO RECITAL
DEBUSSY Images, Book I
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition George Li, piano
TUESDAY, JULY 28
PETER WILEY & ANNA POLONSKY RECITAL
BEETHOVEN Sonata in A Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 69
MENDELSSOHN Sonata in D Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 58
Peter Wiley, cello; Anna Polonsky, piano
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4
HAOCHEN ZHANG PIANO RECITAL
BEETHOVEN Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110
SCHUMANN Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11
Haochen Zhang, piano
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11
BRAHMS & NEIKRUG
TAKEMITSU Rain Spell
MARC NEIKRUG Fantasy for Clarinet, Viola, Cello, and Percussion (New Mexico Premiere)
BRAHMS Trio in A Minor for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello, Op. 114
Orion Weiss, piano; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Felix Fan, Peter Stumpf, cello; Grace Browning, harp; Bart Feller, flute; Todd Levy, David Shifrin, clarinet; Aiyun Huang, percussion
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18
JUHO POHJONEN PIANO RECITAL
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 6, Op. 62
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 7, Op. 64, White Mass
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 8, Op. 66
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, Black Mass
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 10, Op. 70
Juho Pohjonen, piano
MUSIC AT NOON
WEDNESDAYS
5 concerts: July 22, 29; August 5, 12, 19
12 pm / New Mexico Museum of Art
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22
BERWALD SEPTET
SCHULHOFF Concertino for Flute, Viola, and Double Bass
BERWALD Septet in B-flat Major
Danbi Um, violin; Toby Appel, Daniel Phillips, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Edgar Meyer, double bass; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Patrick Messina, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Jennifer Montone, horn
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
WILL LIVERMAN & MYRA HUANG RECITAL
Program to be announced
Will Liverman, baritone; Myra Huang, piano
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5
BRAHMS & DVOŘÁK
FALLA Suite populaire espagnole for Cello and Piano (arr. Paul Kochanski and Maurice Maréchal from Popular Spanish Songs)
DVOŘÁK Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74
BRAHMS Sonata in F Minor for Viola and Piano, Op. 120, No. 1
Haochen Zhang, piano; Ida Kavafian, Harvey de Souza, violin; Paul Neubauer, Steven Tenenbom, viola; Paul Watkins, cello
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12
LUCAS & IRINA MEACHEM RECITAL
Program to be announced
Lucas Meachem, baritone; Irina Meachem, piano
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19
BENJAMIN APPL & SIMON LEPPER RECITAL
SCHUBERT Die Winterreise, D. 911
Benjamin Appl, baritone; Simon Lepper, piano
MUSIC AT NOON THURSDAYS
5 concerts: July 23, 30; August 6, 13, 20 12 pm / New Mexico Museum of Art
THURSDAY, JULY 23
RAN DANK PIANO RECITAL
RAVEL Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn
HAYDN Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34
BACH/BUSONI Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
GUBAIDULINA Sonata
LISZT La lugubre gondola I, S. 200
RAVEL La Valse
Ran Dank, piano
THURSDAY, JULY 30
NICOLAS NAMORADZE PIANO RECITAL
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
BACH French Suite in G Major, BWV 816
DEBUSSY Selections from Préludes, Book I
RAVEL Daphnis and Chloé Suite No. 2 (arr.
Nicolas Namoradze)
Nicolas Namoradze, piano
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6
ORION WEISS PIANO RECITAL
GRIEG Improvisations on Two Norwegian Folk Songs, Op. 29
DVOŘÁK Theme and Variations, Op. 36
TCHAIKOVSKY Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37
Orion Weiss, piano
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13
KIRILL GERSTEIN PIANO RECITAL
Program to be announced
Kirill Gerstein, piano
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
DOVER QUARTET
BACEWICZ String Quartet No. 4
MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80
Dover Quartet (Joel Link, Bryan Lee, violin; Julianne Lee, viola; Camden Shaw, cello)
BAM!! MONDAYS
4 presentations: Dates to be announced 12 pm / New Mexico Museum of Art
Our second annual BAM!! series features four fascinating one-hour lectures by top researchers who present, explain, and explore the innovative discoveries they’ve made about how music affects the human brain at different stages of life.
NON-SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS
In 2026, we’re also presenting three non-subscription concerts.
MODERN MASTERS
1 Friday: August 7
6 pm / New Mexico Museum of Art
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7
NEW MUSIC WITH THE JACK QUARTET
The JACK Quartet premieres commissioned works by the two participants in the Festival’s 13th annual Young Composers String Quartet Project and more.
JACK Quartet (Christopher Otto, Austin Wulliman, violin; John Pickford Richards, viola; Jay Campbell, cello)
ANNUAL FREE CONCERT— IN CELEBRATION OF INDIAN MARKET
1 Friday: August 14
6 pm / New Mexico Museum of Art Artists and program to be announced
THURSDAY
1 Thursday: August 20 6 pm / Lensic
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
MOZART & SCHUMANN
SAARIAHO Lullaby for Solo Cello (in memoriam Oliver Knussen)
SAARIAHO Nocturne for Solo Violin
MOZART String Quintet in C Major, K. 515
SAARIAHO Spins and Spells for Solo Cello
BENT SØRENSEN Serenissima for Solo Violin
SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Juho Pohjonen, piano; William Hagen, Chad Hoopes, John Storgårds, violin; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, Steven Tenenbom, viola; Clive Greensmith, Anssi Karttunen, Harriet Krijgh, cello
VOICE
Benjamin Appl, baritone
Will Liverman, baritone
Lucas Meachem, baritone
PIANO
Ran Dank
Jeremy Denk
Kirill Gerstein
Myra Huang
Simon Lepper
George Li
Irina Meachem*
Nicolas Namoradze
Juho Pohjonen
Anna Polonsky
Katia Skanavi
Orion Weiss
Haochen Zhang
HARPSICHORD
Harry Bicket
Paolo Bordignon
VIOLIN
Harvey de Souza
Jennifer Frautschi
Alan Gilbert
Jennifer Gilbert
Noemi Gilbert*
William Hagen
Chad Hoopes
Ida Kavafian
Cho-Liang Lin
Daniel Phillips
John Storgårds
Danbi Um
VIOLA
Toby Appel
Alan Gilbert
Ida Kavafian
Paul Neubauer
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt
Daniel Phillips
Steven Tenenbom
CELLO
Carter Brey
Nicholas Canellakis
Felix Fan
Clive Greensmith
Anssi Karttunen
Harriet Krijgh*
Peter Stumpf
Paul Watkins
Peter Wiley
Kajsa William-Olsson
DOUBLE BASS
Anthony Manzo
Edgar Meyer
GUITAR
Meng Su
HARP
Grace Browning
FLUTE
Bart Feller
Tara Helen O’Connor
OBOE
Robert Ingliss
CLARINET
Todd Levy
Patrick Messina
David Shifrin
BASSOON
Peter Kolkay*
Ted Soluri
HORN
Jennifer Montone
PERCUSSION
Daniel Druckman
Aiyun Huang*
Mike Truesdell
Gregory Zuber
CONDUCTOR
Harry Bicket
ENSEMBLES
Dover Quartet
Joel Link, violin
Bryan Lee, violin
Julianne Lee, viola
Camden Shaw, cello
JACK Quartet
Christopher Otto, violin
Austin Wulliman, violin
John Pickford Richards, viola
Jay Campbell, cello
Verona Quartet
Jonathan Ong, violin
Dorothy Ro, violin
Abigail Rojansky, viola
Jonathan Dormand, cello
*Festival debut
Programs and artists are current as of July 1, 2025.