The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center features 26 one-hour programs drawn
from live performances by the Chamber Music Society's 2008-2009 seasons.  Hosted
by Elliott Forrest, with commentary by featured performers and Chamber Music Society's
Artistic Director, David Finckel, these programs are recorded live by The Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center, and produced by WQXR-FM in New York City.

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) is one of twelve constituents of
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the largest performing arts complex in the world. 
Along with other constituents such as the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet,
Lincoln Theater, and The Metropolitan Opera, the Chamber Music Society has its home
at Lincoln Center, in Alice Tully Hall.  Through its performances, education and
recording/broadcast activities, it draws more people to chamber music than any other
organization of its kind.

Among the many distinguished musicians featured in this series are pianists Gilbert Kalish,
Anne-Marie McDermott, Gilles Vonsattel, Jeremy Denk, Frederic Chiu, Jean-Yves Thibaudet,
Angela Hewitt and Inon Barnatan; violinists include Jamie Laredo, Daniel Hope, Adam
Barnett-Hart, Philip Setzer, Wu Jie, Joseph Silverstein, Cho-Liang Lin, Elmar Oliveira, Ani
Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, Bella Histova, Melvin Chen, Jessica Lee, Katie Hyun, Miki-Sophia
Cloud, Nicholas DiEugenio, Shmuel Ashkenasi and David Southorn among others; String
Quartets include Jerusalem, Belcea, Parisii, Escher, Orion, Guarneri, and the Opus One
Piano Quartet.

As the nation's premier repertory company for chamber music, CMS is committed to
bringing audiences the finest performances of an extraordinary body of repertoire,
dating as far back as the Renaissance and continuing through the centuries to the finest
works of our time.  As a compelling and dynamic means of artistic expression, chamber
music has always inspired composers to create some of their finest works.  Today, CMS
actively supports composers' efforts.  In its 39-year history, CMS has commissioned over
135 new works from a formidable array of composers, including Bruce Adolphe, Samuel
Barber, Leonard Bernstein, William Bolcom, John Corigliano, George Crumb, Lukas Foss,
John Harbison, Alberto Ginastera, Morton Gould, Keith Jarrett, Oliver Knussen, Gian Carlo
Menotti, Darius Milhaud, Peter Schickele, Bright Sheng, Joan Tower, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. 
The Chamber Music Society also supports the work of living composers by awarding the
Elise L. Stoeger Prize, a cash award given every other year to an outstanding composer
of chamber music.

In keeping with its mandate to reach a broad audience, CMS presents national and
international tours and multi-concert series outside New York.  CMS has also performed
throughout Canada and Mexico, Australia, Japan and Israel.  The ambitious level of touring
activity amounts to over 40 concerts annually outside New York City.

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