The Great Unknown

We invite you to journey with us this summer through an exciting festival focused on the theme The Great Unknown. Over the course of four weeks, 21 performances, and more than 50 FREE Learning & Engagement Activities, you’ll be surprised and delighted at every turn thanks to brilliant programming by SummerFest Music Director and celebrated pianist Inon Barnatan. With a wide variety of activities, there are endless opportunities to learn something new and unlock your own creativity at SummerFest.

Open Rehearsals illuminate the dedication, diligence, and passion that SummerFest artists put into every performance, while Artist Lounges reveal the deeper inspirations of some of the festival’s talented musicians, authors, and composers.

In our Encounters, we welcome back Alex Ross, music critic at The New Yorker. We’re joined for the first time by Ara Guzelimian, the Artistic and Executive Director of the Ojai Festival in California, who will help recover silenced voices and bring to life the works of Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann.

We also continue one of our most beloved and impactful programs, welcoming seven new Fellowship Artists to the festival. Follow their musical journey and build relationships with these emerging musicians from the Colburn School and The Juilliard School by attending Coaching Workshops, Fellowship Artist Spotlight Encounters, and Musical Preludes.

I look forward to seeing you this summer!

Allison Boles Director of Learning & Engagement

Open Rehearsals

Observe the intricate rehearsal process that goes into every SummerFest performance and engage in conversation with the artists during post-rehearsal Q&As.

Thursday, July 27 · 11:30 AM–12:30 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

Erin Keefe, Steven Copes, Rebecca Albers, Maiya Papach, and Oliver Herbert rehearse Mozart’s String Quintet No. 2 in C Minor, K. 406

Saturday, August 1 · 1:30–2:30 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

Zoltán Fejérvári and Inon Barnatan rehearse Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (arr. Inon Barnatan)

Tuesday, August 8 · 2:30–3:30 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

Takács Quartet and Inon Barnatan rehearse Beach’s Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 67

Tuesday, August 22 · 3–4 PM · The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

Stefan Jackiw, Andrew Wan, Jonathan Vinocour, Matthew Lipman, Julie Albers, and Sterling

Elliott rehearse Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70

Join Us Online

Open Rehearsals will be live streamed and available to view on-demand. See page 2 for more information.