August 7: DUELING STRINGS – Chamber Music Festival 2026

August 7 | 7 p.m. | Orcas Center | 917 Mt Baker Rd

August 8 | 5 pm | Orcas Center | 917 Mt Baker Rd

The Orcas Chamber Music Festival opens with two special performances featuring the Miró Quartet on Friday, August 7, at 7pm and Saturday, August 8, at 5pm.

Before each performance, guests are invited to attend a special pre-concert talk featuring luthier Athulya Monica Gehrig for a rare discussion on instrument making. The talks will take place at 6pm on Friday, August 7 and 4pm on Saturday, August 8.

The evening will culminate with the Miró Quartet performing Puccini’s Crisantemi on Gehrig’s matched Redwood Quartet instruments.

Frédéric Chopin – Introduction and Polonaise Brillante for cello and piano, Op. 3d

Maurice Ravel – Pièce en forme de Habanera for harp and double bass

Astor Piazzolla – Suite from María de Buenos Aires for harp and double bass (arr. K. Dvorak)

York Bowen – Phantasy for viola and piano

Frank Bridge – Lament for two violas

Antonin Dvorak – American Quartet in F Major, Op. 96

Matthew Cohen viola, Aloysia Friedmann viola, Robin Kesselman double bass, Lachezar Kostov cello, Zhenni Li-Cohen piano, Allegra Lilly harp, Jon Kimura Parker piano, Miró Quartet: Daniel Ching violin, William Fedkenheuer violin, John Largessviola, Joshua Gindele cello

Location:

Website: https://oicmg.org

Phone: 360.376.6636

Purchase tickets HERE