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Enjoy exceptional chamber music with Chamber Music Northwest's digital concerts available virtually at CMNW.org and live concerts in Portland, OR.
2025/26 Season
2025/26 Season
Alice Hardesty's Discussion with Graeme Steele Johnson About His Discovery of Loeffler's Octet
Alice Hardesty's Discussion with Graeme Steele Johnson About His Discovery of Loeffler's Octet
The early American chamber piece – composed for what Johnson describes as a “mixed timbre ensemble” of clarinets, harp, and strings – will join similarly scored works by Debussy and Schumann on a Chamber Music Northwest program March 28.
Angela Allen's Review of our Edgar Meyer, Tessa Lark & Joshua Roman Concert for Oregon ArtsWatch
Angela Allen's Review of our Edgar Meyer, Tessa Lark & Joshua Roman Concert for Oregon ArtsWatch
The string trio performed music by Bach and Meyer – without a page of sheet music – at The Reser for Chamber Music Northwest.
Angela Allen's Preview of our Trio Afiori Concert for Oregon ArtsWatch
Angela Allen's Preview of our Trio Afiori Concert for Oregon ArtsWatch
A sense of fragrance and bloom: Trio Afiori and composer Alex Ho • Oregon ArtsWatch
A sense of fragrance and bloom: Trio Afiori and composer Alex Ho • Oregon ArtsWatch
An interview with the British-Chinese composer — commissioned by the recently formed trio of pianist Gloria Chien, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron — ahead of the trio's upcoming Chamber Music Northwest concert.
Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture announces $2.8 million awarded to 79 arts organizations • Oregon ArtsWatch
Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture announces $2.8 million awarded to 79 arts organizations • Oregon ArtsWatch
Fewer grant funds, which help arts organizations pay their general operating expenses, are available this year compared to last, due to city budget cuts and rising costs.
James Bash's Summer Festival 2025 Article for Classical Voice North America
James Bash's Summer Festival 2025 Article for Classical Voice North America
PERSPECTIVE – In a corner of the classical music world that features cooperation rather than competition, the Seattle Chamber Music Society and Chamber Music Northwest accented their musical smorgasbords with a bit of sharing.
Angela Allen's Summer Festival 2025 Top 5 Article for Oregon ArtsWatch
Angela Allen's Summer Festival 2025 Top 5 Article for Oregon ArtsWatch
Highlights from this year’s summer festival, with a postscript.
Alice Hardesty's Feature on Nina Bernat for Oregon ArtsWatch
Alice Hardesty's Feature on Nina Bernat for Oregon ArtsWatch
The Protégé Project alum returns for another year of solo and chamber music at CMNW 2025.
Angela Allen's Protégé Project Feature for Oregon ArtsWatch
Angela Allen's Protégé Project Feature for Oregon ArtsWatch
Alice Hardesty's Powerhouse Strings Concert Review for Oregon ArtsWatch
Alice Hardesty's Powerhouse Strings Concert Review for Oregon ArtsWatch
Current and former CMNW protégés Alistair Coleman, Nina Bernat, Viano Quartet, Opus13 performed Bach-inspired music of the 19th and 21st centuries.
Lorin Wilkerson's Revelations Concert Review for Oregon ArtsWatch
Lorin Wilkerson's Revelations Concert Review for Oregon ArtsWatch
From lieder and David Schiff’s evergreen “Gimpel” music to new music inspired by Kian Ravaei’s shuffling iPod.
Matthew Neil Andrews's Complete Brandenburg Concertos Review for Oregon ArtsWatch
Matthew Neil Andrews's Complete Brandenburg Concertos Review for Oregon ArtsWatch
Shunske Sato, violinist and master of Historically Informed Practice, led a wonderfully fresh rendition of Bach’s “six concertos for several instruments” in a collaboration between Chamber Music Northwest and Oregon Bach Festival.
Angela Allen's Brandenburg All-Stars Article for Oregon ArtsWatch
Angela Allen's Brandenburg All-Stars Article for Oregon ArtsWatch
Daryl Browne's YAI Article for Oregon ArtsWatch
Daryl Browne's YAI Article for Oregon ArtsWatch
This year’s string of concerts featuring young string players and pianists culminates in two free events this weekend.
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CMNW Masterclass Library
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