Sarasota Music Festival Announces Changes to 2021 Schedule

May 19, 2021 – Sarasota

Sarasota Orchestra announces changes to the upcoming Sarasota Music Festival (SMF), which will take place over eight days in June 2021. The festival will still include the four scheduled concerts and a lecture and will showcase faculty artists and former fellows. There have been some changes to the artists and musical selections.  

Revised Sarasota Music Festival 2021 Schedule:

Concert 1 | Voices of the Violin | Saturday, June 12 | 7:30 p.m.
Angelo Xiang Yu, violin and Feng Niu, pianoMozart: Violin Sonata No. 18 in G MajorBritten: Suite for Violin and PianoBeethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, “Spring” 

Lecture | Sunday, June 13 | 4:00 p.m. “The Romantic Revolution”
Jeffrey Kahane, Festival Music Director 

Concert 2 | Majestic Cello | Wednesday, June 16 | 7:30 p.m. 
Jeffrey Kahane, piano and Clive Greensmith, celloBrahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E MinorBrahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major 

Concert 3 | Dedications | Friday, June 18 | 7:30 p.m.
Angie Zhang, pianoClara Schumann: Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann Caroline Shaw:  Gustave le Gray Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor 

Concert 4 | Calidore Quartet | Saturday, June 19 | 7:30 p.m.
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Calidore String Quartet: 
Jeffrey Myers, violin
Ryan Meehan, violin              
Jeremy Berry, viola              
Estelle Choi, cello
Schumann: Quintet in E-flat Major 
Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 6 in F Minor 

All concerts, programs and artists are still subject to change. All performances will follow safety protocols practiced by the Sarasota Orchestra this season. Registration for ticket purchases is available on www.SarasotaOrchestra.org/festival. Because seats are limited, a lottery system will be used to contact registered users for in-person concert ticket purchases. An SMF Streaming Pass is available for purchase separately from in-person concert tickets. The Streaming Pass includes access to all five Sarasota Music Festival events and is offered as a single subscription with a purchase price of $40. Streaming access will be available for 30 days beginning June 24.