Boscobel Chamber Music Festival 2025

When:

September 5-14th
Five Public Programs

Admission:

See Individual Performances Below
Members at the Partner Level and Above Receive 20% OFF
Festival Patrons Receive Special Benefits

Details:

The Boscobel Chamber Music Festival returns this September, now in its fourth season! Presented in partnership with the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach and led by celebrated violinist and Artistic Director Arnaud Sussmann, one of our most highly anticipated events of the season brings world-class chamber music to our stunning Hudson River setting.

Join us for five extraordinary public programs featuring beloved returning favorites, musicians making their festival debut, and rising stars. From iconic masterpieces to intimate performances, a debut matinee concert, lecture, and beyond, expect a truly unforgettable experience.

This year’s artist roster—one of the largest in the Festival’s history—features a blend of returning favorites and notable newcomers. Alongside Sussmann, returning artists include pianist Michael Stephen Brown, cellist Nicholas Canellakis, clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester, and violinists Amy Schwartz-Moretti and Benjamin Beilman. Making their Festival debuts are violinist Karen Gomyo, cellist Estelle Choi, violists Beth Guterman and Teng Li, and pianist Orion Weiss. Joining them in select performances will be the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach’s’ 2025 Rising Artists: Angela Chan and Matthew Hakkarainen (violin), Brian Isaacs (viola), and Sara Scanlon (cello)—emerging talents poised to shape the future of chamber music.

See below for public program information, tickets, participating artists, and more.

Public Performance Schedule

Friday, September 5 | 7pm: Roaring Twenties

Kick off the Festival with a dazzling celebration of the Jazz Age. This evening concert features 20th-century classics including Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Milhaud’s La Création du Monde, and Ravel’s Tzigane.

Sunday, September 7 | 2pm: Sunday Matinee

Beautiful music and iconic views intertwine at the Festival’s first-ever matinee with a special appearance from CMSPB’s Rising Artists in a repertoire that includes Felix Mendelssohn, John Corigliano, and Robert Schumann. Hosted in Boscobel’s West Meadow Pavilion, bring a picnic before or after the performance and enjoy a late summer afternoon overlooking the Hudson River.

Saturday, September 13 | 2pm: Violin Lecture with Carlos Tome

Director and Head of Sales for the world’s foremost fine violin dealer, Tarisio Fine Instruments and Bows, shares a presentation, “Bows, Borders, and Power: The Global Forces Behind Fine Instruments.”

Saturday, September 13 | 6pm: Beethoven and Dvorak

An electrifying evening spotlighting Beethoven and Dvořák, performed by an all-star ensemble led by Artistic Director Arnaud Sussmann alongside Karen Gomyo, Teng Li, Beth GutermanChu, and Nicholas Canellakis.

Sunday, September 14 | 2pm: Family Concert: A Musical Adventure Around the World

Designed for children and families, this engaging, globe-trotting concert introduces music from France, Argentina, Russia, Spain, Austria, and more, with room to move and flexible seating for all ages.

Participating Artists

Arnaud Sussmann, Artistic Director & violin (@arnaudsussmann)

Winner of a 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Arnaud Sussmann has distinguished himself with his unique sound, bravura, and profound musicianship. Minnesota’s Pioneer Press writes, “Sussmann has an old-school sound reminiscent of vintage recordings by Jascha Heifetz or Fritz Kreisler, a rare combination of sweet and smooth that can hypnotize a listener.”

Mr. Sussmann has recently appeared as a soloist with the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev, and the Vancouver, and New World Symphonies. As a chamber musician, he has performed at the Tel Aviv Museum, London’s Wigmore Hall, Lincoln Center, and the White Nights Festival in Saint Petersburg. He has also given concerts at the Caramoor, Music@Menlo, La Jolla SummerFest, Mainly Mozart, and Seattle Chamber Music festivals, collaborating with many of today’s leading artists including Itzhak Perlman, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Wu Han, David Finckel, and Jan Vogler.

Sussmann is Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Co-Director of Music@Menlo’s International Program, and teaches at Stony Brook University. Mr. Sussmann plays the 1731 ‘Schneeberger’ Stradivari violin on loan from a private donor.

Tickets & Festival Support

To support the festival, and for access to early tickets and special VIP events visit: boscobel.org/bcmf-support

$45 – $85 for adults
$25 – $45 for musicians and children (<16)
Patrons + VIP Sponsorship packages start at $2,500; contact our development team development@boscobel.org

Getting to the Boscobel Chamber Music Festival.
Tickets are non-refundable. Please see our ticketing policy for more info.
Performers and repertoire subject to change.