Other great festivals
Wolf Trap 28 May – 18 September
In Vienna, VA, rising stars perform with the National Symphony Orchestra in a new production of Puccini’s La bohème; Jeanyves Thibaudet performs Gershwin’s Piano Concerto, and Yo-yo Ma and colleagues reunite as the Goat Rodeo Sessions.
Tel: 877-965-3872
Web: wolftrap.org
Ojai Music Festival 6-11 June
Composer Matthias Pintscher assumes the music director post at this festival in California’s Ojai Valley, joined by the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Calder Quartet and LA Phil New Music Group.
Tel: 805-646-2053
Web: ojaifestival.org
Grant Park Music Festival
10 June – 15 August
Carlos Kalmar conducts a ten-week season mixing popular fare and rarities with a lineup that includes pianist Simon Trpcˇeski and violinist Christian Tetzlaff in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
Tel: 312-742-7638
Web: grantparkmusicfestival.com
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival 13-28 June
This concert series brings the Emerson String Quartet, violinist Leila Josefowicz, Eighth Blackbird and other notable artists to southeast Michigan venues.
Tel: 248-559-2097
Web: greatlakeschambermusic.org Chamber Music Northwest
22 June – 26 July
Now in its 50th season, this Portland, Oregon festival features five weeks of neardaily concerts. Featured are the Emerson, Dover and Orion string quartets joining pianists Gloria Chen and Soovin Kim who jointly succeed clarinettist David Shifrin as the festival’s artistic director in 2021.
Tel: 503-294-6400
Web: cmnw.org