Chamber Music San Francisco Announces 2026 Season

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Chamber Music San Francisco (CMSF) proudly presents its 2026 season, taking place February 21-May 17, 2026. The season features ten concerts in San Francisco, five concerts in Palo Alto, and five concerts in Walnut Creek.

Highlights of the 2026 season include the return of pianist Angela Hewitt; the San Francisco debut of violinist Nathan Meltzer, major prize winner at the 2022 Sibelius and Singapore International Violin Competitions and the youngest ever to win the Windsor Festival Competition; pianist Olga Kern making her sixth appearance on the series, this time with special guests the Dalí Quartet; and the Escher String Quartet, who will collaborate with GRAMMY Award-winning flutist Brandon Patrick George in a unique program spanning from Mozart to Ginastera.

New Venue in San Francisco
CMSF is excited to be a Resident Company at the Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center in 2026. Concerts will continue to take place at Herbst Theatre in addition to this new four-concert series at the Presidio, making CMSF's programs more accessible to audiences around San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Once a movie theatre for members of the US Army and their families, the historic Presidio Theatre reopened its doors to the public in September of 2019 after an extensive renovation and is now reborn as a home for dance, theatre, music, cinema and performing arts of all kinds.

Aris Quartet • February 21-23
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 110
BRAHMS String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2

Tiffany Poon, piano • March 1
Program to be announced

Stella Chen, Matthew Lipman, and Brannon Cho (string trio) • March 8
DOHNÁNYI Serenade in C Major, Op. 10
PINTO-CORREIA Cantares (U.S. Premiere)
MOZART Divertimento in E-flat Major, K. 563

Angela Hewitt, piano • March 14-16
J.S. BACH Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829
SCHUMANN Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
COUPERIN Selections from Sixième Ordre, Second Livre de Pièces de clavecin
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin

Myriad Trio (flute, viola, harp) • March 28
RAMEAU Pièces de clavecin en concerts No. 5 in D Minor
JAN BACH Eisteddfod
LITA GRIER Elegy for Flute, Viola and Harp
BEETHOVEN (arr. Ami Maayani) Serenade in D Major, Op. 25

Quatuor Danel • April 11-13
MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13
RAVEL Quartet in F Major
TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11

Nathan Meltzer, violin • April 19
POULENC Violin Sonata
FAURÉ Violin Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 108
SKY MACKLAY FastLowHighSlow
SCHUBERT Fantasy for Violin and Piano in C Major, D. 934

Carion Wind Quintet • April 25-27
LIGETI Six Bagatelles
HAYDN Divertimento in B-flat Major
MEDAGLIA BELLE Epoque in South America
DANISH TRADITIONAL/D. PALMQUIST I Dreamt a Dream
CAVADLO Klezmer Dances
BARTOK Romanian Dances
Additional pieces to be announced

Olga Kern with special guest Dalí Quartet • May 9-11
Solo piano works to be announced
PIAZZOLLA Tango Ballet
DVORÁK Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81

Escher String Quartet with flutist Brandon Patrick George • May 17
BEACH Theme & Variations for Flute & String Quartet, Op. 80
VERDI String Quartet in E Minor
BARBER Adagio for Strings (from Quartet, Op. 11)
MOZART Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285
GINASTERA Impresiones de la Puna
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About Chamber Music San Francisco
Chamber Music San Francisco is dedicated to the presentation of chamber music concerts and recitals of the highest possible quality. Our goal is to make chamber music accessible to new and existing audience members. We believe our presentations promote the intimacy of the artistic experience between composers, artists, and listeners. Chamber Music San Francisco has presented concerts since 2004, expanding to Walnut Creek in 2007, and Palo Alto in 2009.

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