Chelsea Music Festival

The 2016 Chelsea Music Festival returns for its 7 th season to celebrate “Gravity 350” in honor of Newton’s encounter with gravity in 1666. From June 10­18, 2016 i​n New York City, world­leading musicians and exciting newcomers in the performing, culinary and visual arts will gather to create events that give audiences a chance to hear | taste | see. Combining this triptych of art forms has become the signature of the Chelsea Music Festival. There is something for everyone ­­ over two dozen events including evening concerts with music ranging from Classical to Jazz, to Late Night events, daytime Open­Air events and Saturday morning Family Events will take place in a wide range of venues throughout the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The Festival will present world and New York premieres by ​composers Michael Gandolfi, Nicolas Namoradze, Edmund Finnis, J.P. Redmond,​jazz virtuoso and composer Aaron Diehl, ​and ​Grammy­nominated keyboardist Scott Healy​with his band. The 2016 Artists­in­Residence include • Dominik Wagner​| Artist­in­Residence • Michael Gandolfi​| Composer­in­Residence • Lukas Birk​| Visual Artist­in­Residence The Festival has assembled a noteworthy roster of artists featuring double­bassist Dominik Wagner​from the Anne­Sophie Mutter Foundation, clarinetist Vera Karner,​as well as Canadian Brass lead trumpet player Caleb Hudson​. Multi­media artist Lukas Birk​joins this year as the Visual Artist­in­Residence. Returning artists include violinist Fanny Clamagirand​, ​organist Stephen Tharp​, The Lee Trio​and Momenta Quartet​, and jazz pianist Adam Birnbaum​. This year also inaugurates a Festival artistic partnership with the Beethoven­Haus Bonn​, which will sponsor the Verona Quartet​at the Festival. In addition we are pleased to present the Sebastians​baroque ensemble.