The hills are alive … with the world’s greatest music story compiled by Brett McLaughlin | photos courtesy of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival
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t took 41 years for the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival to celebrate its 40th anniversary, but that celebration is at hand. Since 1982, world class musicians have been bringing their talents to beautiful, intimate settings on the Highland-Cashiers Plateau in Western North Carolina. Now, though delayed one year by the Covid-19 pandemic, the milestone 40th anniversary season is scheduled July 5 through August 8. Featured will be a larger-than-ever lineup of internationally known classical artists, performing works from Beethoven to Mendelssohn with plenty of notes in between. The event will feature special activities including a family concert and ice cream social, a free Interlude Concert at Highlands Presbyterian Church, and a ticketed special concert and art exhibit at The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts. Lakeside Restaurant, Old Edwards Farm and The Chattooga Club will host other festival events. “After the last year, we are bursting with excitement and cannot wait to be back in action,” said Festival Executive Director Nancy Gould-Aaron.
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Opening night performances will be by (from left) Pinchas Zukerman on violin, Amanda Forsyth on cello and George Li on piano.
