LIGHTNESS OF BEING

Welcome to ChamberFest Cleveland!

Table of Contents

3 BODY AND SOUL | Wed June 14

Reinberger Chamber Hall, Severance Music Center

6 KARENIN’S SMILE | Fri June 16

St. Wendelin Church

9 FIDELITY AND BETRAYAL | Sat June 17

Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music

14 DADS, DVOŘÁK, AND DONUTS | Sun June 18

Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

15 MOZART, BRAHMS, AND REDEMPTION | Wed June 21

Cultural Arts Center at Disciples Church

18 BRAHMS, BAGATELLES, AND BREWS | Thu June 22

Forest City Brewery

19 CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS | Sat June 24

Whether it’s music, painting, film, or poetry, art in any form is about creativity and inspiration. This season, we’ve been particularly inspired by one of our favorite 20th century works of literature, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. Whether or not you’re familiar with the book, the focal themes of love and betrayal, physicality versus spirituality, politics, oppression, human and animal nature, these are themes that are relevant and eternally relatable. Kundera’s deep knowledge and references to classical music throughout the novel make it a particularly potent ground to play and mirror and reflect these ideas through the endlessly diverse world of chamber music. The world being what it is, we chose to spotlight the concept of “lightness,” and we invite you to experience this season with a sense of ease, celebration, and pure delight.

Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music

24 VORTEX | Sun June 25

Harkness Chapel

27 ES MUSS SEIN (IT MUST BE!) | Thu June 29

Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music

30 WORDS MISUNDERSTOOD | Fri June 30

Dunham Tavern

33 LIGHTNESS OF BEING | Sat July 1

Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music

36 ARTIST BIOS

48 STAFF & BOARD

49 IN MEMORIAM

50 THANK YOU