Yan Lim, piano, professor (Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music of the National University of Singapore)


William Coleman, professor (Mozarteum University Salzberg)

Stefan Mendl, piano, professor (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien in Vienna)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 16
JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in D major, Op.71, No.2
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57
With performances by students and professors from:

Lina Bahn, violin, professor (Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, USA)

Matthew Jones, viola, professor (Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, UK)
Class of Tracy Smith-Bessette
Class of Richard Roberts

Daniel de Borah, piano, professor (Queensland Conservatorium of Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia)

Marina Scalafiotti, piano, professor (Conservatorio Statale “Giuseppe Verdi” di Torino, Italy)

ANTON ARENSKY Piano Quintet in D major, Op.51
GABRIEL FAURÉ Piano Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.15
OLIVIER MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time
With performances by students and professors from:

Matthew Jones, professor (Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, UK)

Select works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Ernest Chausson, Claude Debussy, Antonín Dvořák, George Enescu, Gabriel Fauré, Sergei Rachmaninov, Rebecca Clarke, Dmitri Shostakovich, Bedřich Smetana, Igor Stravinsky, Sergey Taneyev, and Joaquín Turina.
With performances from the participating institutions.

At the Musical Chairs Chamber Music Festival, nobody stays in the same seat for long! This unique international gathering brings together outstanding students and faculty from institutions across four continents to perform, teach, and collaborate. Ensembles shift and recombine throughout the festival, creating thrilling new musical interactions and showcasing music as a truly universal language, shared by 86 musicians on and off the stage.

Selected works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Ernest Chausson, Claude Debussy, Antonín Dvořák, George Enescu, Gabriel Fauré, Sergei Rachmaninov, Rebecca Clarke, Dmitri Shostakovich, Bedřich Smetana, Igor Stravinsky, Sergey Taneyev, and Joaquín Turina.
With performances from the participating institutions.