FREE COMMUNITY RECITAL: CMNW Young Artist Institute Ensemble Showcase

CMNW’s Young Artist Institute (YAI) is a newly launched intensive education program for 16 talented string players from around the world, ages 14-18. The violinists, violists, and cellists selected for the YAI program are among the top high school string players from North America and Asia. The students have been winners or finalists in many of the most significant competitions in the world, such as the Menuhin and Sphinx Competitions, and hail from prestigious preparatory programs at the New England Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory, Colburn Academy, Cleveland Institute of Music, Korea National University of the Arts, and Portland's own Portland Youth Philharmonic.

Hand-in-hand with the YAI program comes the NEW Collaborative Piano Fellowship, featuring the talents of two exceptional graduate-level pianists. Selected from major conservatories, Pualina Lim Mei En and Yandi Chen will practice and perform alongside our Young Artists to learn and refine their skills in the challenging art of collaborative performance with a soloist.

"Supporting and educating young artists has been at the core of our work at Music@Menlo (where Gloria was institute director), and at the New England Conservatory and Yale School of Music (where Soovin teaches)," says Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim, CMNW Artistic Directors. "This Young Artist Institute is a dream come true, and we know it is going to affect the lives of the extraordinary students and the CMNW audiences. Our hope is to inspire and invigorate the love of chamber music through these bright, shining musical talents!"

Experience the Young Artist Institute musicians as they grow and evolve throughout their time with CMNW this summer! 

Please review CMNW's current COVID-19 Protocols before attending this event: https://cmnw.org/docs/content/REVISED_2-2_COVID_Ticket_Agreement.pdf

About Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW)

Chamber Music Northwest serves more than 50,000 people annually in Oregon and SW Washington with exceptional chamber music through over 100 events annually, including our flagship Summer Festival, year-round concerts, community activities, educational programs, broadcasts, and innovative collaborations with other arts groups. CMNW is the only chamber music festival of its kind in the Northwest and one of the most diverse classical music experiences in the nation, virtually unparalleled in comparable communities.

Chamber Music Northwest's mission is to inspire our community through concerts and events celebrating the richness and diversity of chamber music, performed by artists of the highest caliber, presenting our community with exceptional opportunities for enjoyment, education, and reflection.