Season 20
Our 20th anniversary season is both a joyful family reunion and a heartfelt welcome to brilliant artists new to Music in May.
Music in May Season 20 will feature 22 festival artists presenting four unique main stage concerts, bookended by cherished works of Franz Schubert. Program 1 spotlights Ensemble San Francisco performing cello quintets by Schubert and Bay Area composer Moses Sedler; and new choreography by Music in May alumna Kimberly Marie Olivier. Program 2 features the Sound Impact clarinet quintet in a far-ranging program including Bartók Romanian Folk Dances and contemporary works by composers from around the world. In Program 3, a string orchestra performs the US premiere of Polina Nazaykinskaya’s cello tone poem About Love — featuring French cellist Julie Sevilla Fraysse, for whom the piece was written — alongside the beloved Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns and Korngold’s Piano Quintet featuring pianist Amy Yang. Program 4 concludes the season with a collection of smaller ensemble works including Schubert Trout Quintet which spotlights violinist Chee-Yun Kim and pianist Elizabeth Schumann.
Audience Note: Our Season 20 artists will be arriving at the festival in waves, so plan to attend all of the concerts to ensure that you don’t miss a single one of them!
“Thank you for taking time out of your day to show us the art of music. It means a lot to all of us... and makes us feel a lot better. Your music reminds me of being home with family...”
After today’s performance [in a Lebanese refugee camp] I am thankful for so many things. One of those things is for the mighty gift of music to be a shared experience with people from all walks, from grand concert halls of San Francisco to an alleyway in Said Gawash.
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–– Rebecca Jackson-Picht, Artistic Director