This season marks the debut of new artistic directors David Ying and Elinor Freer. Opening night features the Ying Quartet in Debussy’s String Quartet and Bloch’s Piano Quintet. Later, the quartet is joined by Lindsay Groves and Melissa Matson for Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence. Performances include Dvořák’s American Quintet and the Pacifica Quartet playing Mendelssohn and Janáček. The Turtle Island String Quartet presents a community concert and collaborates with the Ying Quartet for "4 + Four." Conductor Mark Davis Scatterday leads wind music by Mozart and Dvořák, while harpist Judy Loman performs Debussy’s Danses sacrée et profane. Violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Natalie Zhu perform sonatas by Beethoven and Enescu, while a quintet featuring Freer and Ying plays Brahms. The season concludes with Hahn as soloist in the Sibelius Violin Concerto and Dvořák’s Czech Suite, conducted by Peter Bay.
