ALL CONCERTS ARE IN SAINT PAUL’S CHURCH, 20 FAIR STREET, NANTUCKET, MA
TUESDAYS AT 7 P.M. DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P.M. VERY LIMITED ON-SITE PARKING FOR HANDICAPPED.
July 11th
Curtis on Tour
Elissa Lee Koljonen, violin
Roberto Díaz, viola
Christine J. Lee, cello
Amy Yang, Piano
Curtis on Tour features extraordinary emerging professional artists performing alongside celebrated faculty and alumni. Grounded in Curtis’s “learn by doing” philosophy and steeped in the school’s distinguished history of artistic excellence, this innovative global touring initiative is an integral component of a Curtis education.
Elissa Lee Koljonen, violín - Recognized as one of the most celebrated violinists of her generation.
Roberto Díaz, viola - A violist of international reputation, Roberto Díaz is president and CEO of the Curtis Institute of Music.
Christine J. Lee, cello - Christine J. Lee is an accomplished and versatile artist of her generation.
Amy Yang, piano - Praised by the Washington Post as a “jaw-dropping pianist who steals the show…with effortless finesse.”
July 18th
Eliot Fisk
Classical Guitar
Guitarist Eliot Fisk is known worldwide as a charismatic performer famed for his adventurous and virtuosic repertoire. He is also celebrated for his willingness to take art music into unusual venues (schools, senior centers, and even logging camps and prisons!). After nearly 50 years before the public he remains as his mentor Andres Segovia once wrote, "at the top line of our artistic world."
July 25th
David Wolfe
Baritone
Jonathan Gmeinder
Piano
Baritone David Wolfe, finalist in the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Auditions, is from Shamokin, Pennsylvania and is currently pursuing his Master’s Degree in Voice and Opera at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University where he is currently studying with W. Stephen Smith. He made his Northwestern Opera Theater debut as Paul in the Midwestern premiere of Jake Heggie’s opera, If I were You, Later appearing as Schaunard in La Bohème. He will sing the role of Luther Harlow/The Outlaw in Northwestern Opera Theater’s production of the new opera In a Grove by Christopher Cerrone.
Pianist Jonathan Gmeinder is a Chicago-based pianist from Hartland, WI. Since moving to Chicago, he has worked extensively as a coach, collaborator, and piano teacher. He currently teaches and coaches opera students at Roosevelt and Northwestern Universities in Chicago.
August 1st
Cavatina Duo
Flute and Guitar
The Cavatina Duo - Eugenia Moliner, flute (Spain) and Denis Azabagic, guitar (Bosnia)—has become one of the most impressive combinations of its kind in the world.
Dedicated soloists and chamber musicians, the Cavatina Duo breaks convention with their combination of instruments. Add to that their daring choices of varied and versatile repertoire, and the result is new sounds, colors and musical phrasings, which in return awakens a high level of emotion and audience response. A Cavatina Duo concert is a musical experience you don’t want to miss.
August 8th
Balourdet String Quartet
ANGELA BAE, VIOLIN JUSTIN DEFILIPPIS, VIOLIN
BENJAMIN ZANNONI, VIOLA RUSSELL HOUSTON, CELLO
The Balourdet Quartet, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is currently in residence at the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program. The quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, the top prize awarded in the 2021 Premio Paolo Borciani in Reggio Emilia, Italy, the Gold Medal at the 2020 Fischoff Competition, and most recently Chamber Music America's 2021 Classical Commissioning Grant.
August 15th
Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner
Piano
“A gifted virtuoso” (San Francisco Chronicle) with “mesmerizing artistry and extraordinary ability to communicate” (The Post-Standard), “poetic, electrifying” (Michigan Live) with “masterful technique and a veritable deluge of sonorities” (La Presse Montreal), 25-year-old Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner was selected First Prize Winner of the 2022 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. Named a Gilmore Young Artist, an honor awarded to the most promising American pianists of the new generation, his multi-faceted artistry has been featured on NPR, PBS, CNN International, the Wall Street Journal, and WDR-Arte.