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Musical Chairs Chamber Music Festival | May 22-30, 2026

Friday, May 22, 2026toSaturday, May 30, 2026

Redpath Hall, Tanna Schulich Hall, Wirth Lobby, Clara Lichtenstein Hall

Price:

Free Admission

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At the Musical Chairs Chamber Music Festival, nobody stays in the same seat for long! This unique international gathering brings together outstanding students and faculty from institutions across four continents to perform, teach, and collaborate. Ensembles shift and recombine throughout the festival, creating thrilling new musical interactions and showcasing music as a truly universal language, shared by 86 musicians on and off the stage.

Schedule of events

Concerts

May 22, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
🎥 Opening Concert: Brahms, Bartók & Dvořák
Redpath Hall | Free Admission

May 24, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Schulhoff, Britten, Sollima, Ravel & Schoenberg
Redpath Hall | Free Admission

May 25, 2026 | 12:00 p.m.
Intermezzo: Tyree, Beethoven & Reger
Tanna Schulich Hall | Free Admission

May 26, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Beethoven, Haydn & Shostakovich
Redpath Hall | Free Admission

🎥 May 28, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Arensky, Fauré & Messiaen
Redpath Hall | Free Admission

May 29, 2026 | 5:00 p.m.
Chamber Music Marathon! A Musical 5 à 7 (... à until we're done!)
Elizabeth Wirth Lobby | Free Admission with paying bar

May 30, 2026 | 10:00 a.m.
Chamber Music Marathon! A Musical Mimosa!
Elizabeth Wirth Lobby | Free Admission with paying bar

🎥 May 30, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Closing Concert: Taneyev & Ensecu
Redpath Hall | Free Admission

🎥 These event will be webcast on our YouTube channel.

Masterclasses and Lectures

May 23, 2026
2:00 p.m. | Kyoko Hashimoto, piano
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission

May 24, 2026
10:30 a.m. | Violaine Melançon, violin
2:00 p.m. | William Coleman, viola
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission

May 25, 2026
10:30 a.m. | Liliana Araújo, lecturer
2:00 p.m. | Joona Pulkkinen, cello
5:00 p.m. | Dorian Bandy, lecturer
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission

May 26, 2026
10:30 a.m. | Yan Lim, piano
12:30 p.m. | William Coleman, lecturer
2:00 p.m. | Stefan Mendl, piano
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission

May 27, 2026
10:30 a.m. | Lina Bahn, violin
2:00 p.m. | Matthew Jones, viola
Clara Lichtenstein Hall | Free Admission