OUR 2025-2026 SEASON
MAY 18, 2025
MARIN MUSIC CHEST YOUNG ARTISTS’ CONCERT
Subscribers receive a free ticket to the Young Artists’ Concert of the Marin Music Chest with their subscription. Chamber Music Marin supports the goals of the Marin Music Chest and hopes that subscribers will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to hear talented young musicians. Each year the quality of the winners is very impressive making this concert an inspiring event for all who attend. We encourage you to bring your friends and family, the concert is free to all comers.
OCTOBER 19, 2025
ESME QUARTET
The Esmé Quartet takes its name from the old French word for “beloved.” Formed in 2016 in Cologne, Germany, the Quartet has performed worldwide and won the prestigious Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in London. Now resident at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
“…high density, rich expression, flexible phrasing, and exquisite sense of sound balance…” Ongaku No Tomo (Friends of Music), Japan
Program:
Henri Dutilleux: "Ainsi la Nuit"
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 in c# minor
NOVEMBER 16, 2025
TELEGRAPH QUARTET
“…powerfully adept…with a combination of brilliance and subtlety…” San Francisco Chronicle
Now in its 11th season together, the Telegraph Quartet is known internationally as an ensemble with equal dedication and interpretive skill in performance of classical masterworks and 20th- 21st Century compositions. We are pleased to welcome them back for a “Countryside to Concert Hall” program.
Telegraph Quartet Website
Program:
Derrick Skye: “American Mirror,” Part I, for String Quartet
Béla Bartók: Quartet No. 2 for Strings, Op. 17
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59 No. 1 in F major "Razumovsky"
MARCH 1, 2026
MORGENSTERN TRIO
“compelling presence – vivid color, rubato, rhythmic intensity. Truly a worldclass group.” Musical America
The Morgenstern Trio is a piano and strings trio founded in Essen, Germany in 2005. Having won several prestigious awards, they have concertized throughout Europe and other continents and have released several recordings to critical acclaim.
Program:
Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in E major (Hob. XI:28)
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio in F minor Op. 65
Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio (1921)
MARCH 22, 2026
AZNAVOORIAN SISTERS
“It’s our way of maintaining our culture and paying it forward to the next generation.” Ani (cello) and Marta(piano) Aznavoorian
The Armenian American Aznavoorian sisters gave their concert premier at ages 4 and 8 in Evanston, Illinois. Now based in Chicago, they have gone on to full performance careers not only as a piano and cello duo but also performing individually with other ensembles.
Aznavoorian Sisters Website
Program:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Sonata in A minor, D. 821 "Arpeggione"
Komitas Vartabed (1869-1935)
Tsirani Tsar (Apricot Tree)
Chinar Es (You are Like a Plane Tree)
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Ivan Sings
Alexander Arutiunian (1920-2012): Impromptu
Avet Terterian (1929-1994): Sonata for Cello and Piano
Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976): Variations on a Paganini Theme
APRIL 12, 2026
POULENC TRIO with SHAWNETTE SULKER
The Trio “did its namesake proud” in “an intriguing and beautifully played program” with “convincing elegance, … lightness and grace.” Washington Post
Shawnette Sulker’s “beautifully tuned soprano” brought “heartbreaking poignancy” to her performance. San Francisco Chronicle
The Poulenc Trio is the most active touring piano-wind chamber music ensemble in the world.
Celebrating its 2Oth anniversary in 2023, the trio has performed in 46 U.S. states and at
music festivals around the world, including the Ravello Festival in Italy, the San Miguel de
Allende Festival in Mexico, and the White Nights Festival in Russia, where the group toured
and premiered two new works with violinist Hilary Hahn.
They will be joined by Guyanese-American soprano Shawnette Sulker for a series of songs by Poulenc, for whom melody was the most important musical element.
Poulenc Trio Website
Shawnette Sulker Website
Program:
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Sonata for Oboe and Piano in D major, FP185
Viet Cuong (b.1990): Explain Yourself! (2019)
Commissioned for the Poulenc Trio by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition
Francis Poulenc (arr. Zak Grafilo): Selected Songs
Cocardes-Chansons populaires sur des poèmes de Jean Cocteau
Miel de Narbonne (Narbonne honey)
Bonne d'enfant (Children's maid)
Enfant de troupe (Army child)
Àsa guitare (To her guitar)
Métamorphoses
C'est ainsi que tu es (It is thus that you are)
Paganini
Les Chemins de l'amour (The paths of love)
Duke Ellington (1899-1974) arr. Jonathan Jensen
In a Sentimental Mood
The Mooche
Black and Tan Fantasy
Jean Françaix (1912-1997): Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano (1994)
MAY 17, 2026
MARIN MUSIC CHEST YOUNG ARTISTS’ CONCERT
Subscribers receive a free ticket to the Young Artists’ Concert of the Marin Music Chest with their subscription. Chamber Music Marin supports the goals of the Marin Music Chest and hopes that subscribers will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to hear talented young musicians. Each year the quality of the winners is very impressive making this concert an inspiring event for all who attend. We encourage you to bring your friends and family, the concert is free to all comers.