The 30th season of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival comes at a time of Turning Points. As life begins to resume after the privations of the pandemic, we feel a sense of renewed energy and optimism.  Featuring revolutionary creators, pieces and performers, the Festival will celebrate the rich story of chamber music, while looking forward with excitement to the future of this glorious art form.

Festival Highlights:

• The world-famous Emerson String Quartet will perform three concerts of the group’s most essential repertoire as part of their farewell tour. 
• Collaborative chamber music performance of the first act of Cosi fan Tutte with the Detroit Opera Young Artist Program and Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings. 
• The return to the Festival of Alessio Bax for a series of piano performances.
• Festival debut of pianist Shai Wosner, in a performance of the Dvorák Piano Quintet with the Emerson String Quartet. 
• The start of a new commissioning collaboration with Chamber Music Northwest and the Seattle Chamber Music Society.

Every summer, the heart of the Great Lakes is witness to an extraordinary cultural phenomenon.

A bold international musical event where the world’s most celebrated artists gather to perform chamber music.
Their passion and artistry move us to collectively experience the fullest range and depth of
emotion with every crescendo, turn of the page, and stroke of the bow.

Chamber music at its best – Fresh. Dynamic. Soul-stirring.

The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.