Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival
28th Summer Concert Season
August 1 – 16, 2025
View the 2025 Season Brochure here.
New Ears on Tango
August 1 Friday, 7:30pm
August 2 Saturday, 5:30pm
The first half of the concert features the Latin Grammy Award-winning Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet, one of the world’s most compelling tango ensembles. The quartet’s fervent and virtuosic musical style gracefully combines elements from Argentine tango, European classical music, and American jazz, bringing something new and exciting to the form while retaining the lushness and beauty of the genre.
Projected photographs by Erin Patrice O’Brien.
Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet: Nicolas Danielson, Javier Sanchez, Jun Cho, Pedro Giraudo
OICMF guest artists join the quartet for the second half of the concert:
Chee-Yun, Aloysia Friedmann, Valentin Radutiu
Tango Afterparty!
August 2 Saturday, 9:00pm
A relaxed late-night event with the Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet in the Black Box of Orcas Center
Orcas~trations: Candlelight Classics
August 5 Tuesday, 7:30pm
6:30pm Pre-Concert Talk: Navigating the music world as a young artist
August 6 Wednesday, 5:30pm
4:30pm Pre-Concert Talk: Navigating the music world as a young artist
| Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto for two violins in A minor, RV 522 “L’estro armonico” |
| Georg Philipp Telemann | Quartet in A minor for oboe, violin, viola, and keyboard |
| Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto for two cellos in G minor, RV 531 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051, for two violas, three cellos, and continuo |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29 “Storm” |
Emilia Carter, Nathan Chan, Chee-Yun, Nanki Chugh, Nicolas Danielson, Jasper de Boor, Aloysia Friedmann, Pedro Giraudo, Christine Lee, Eric Liu, Jon Kimura Parker, Anne Pinkerton, Valentin Radutiu
Rose of the San Juans
August 8 Friday, 7:30pm
6:30pm Pre-Concert Talk: What inspires your compositions? with John Wineglass
August 9 Saturday, 5:30pm
4:30pm Pre-Concert Talk: What inspires your compositions? with John Wineglass
| Joaquín Turina | Scène Andalouse, Op. 7, for viola, piano, and string quartet |
| Ennio Morricone Henri Vieuxtemps | Theme from Cinema Paradiso Souvenir d’Amérique, Yankee Doodle, Op. 17 |
| John Wineglass | Orcas Island: The Rose of the San Juan Islands for piano trio (2024) Northwest Première |
| Franz Schubert | String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 |
Nathan Chan, Zachary DePue, Chelsea de Souza, Aloysia Friedmann, Miró Quartet, Jon Kimura Parker, Valentin Radutiu, John Wineglass
Chamber Music on Lopez Island
August 11 Monday, 3:00pm
| Joaquín Turina | Scène Andalouse, Op. 7, for viola, piano, and string quartet |
| Ennio Morricone Henri Vieuxtemps | Theme from Cinema Paradiso Souvenir d’Amérique, Yankee Doodle, Op. 17 |
| Franz Schubert | String Quintet in C Major, Allegro ma non troppo |
| Jessie Montgomery | Duo for violin and cello (2011) |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 |
Ani Aznavoorian, Chee-Yun, Zachary DePue, Chelsea de Souza, Aloysia Friedmann, Miró Quartet, Jon Kimura Parker, Valentin Radutiu
Music and Motion
August 12 Tuesday, 7:30pm
Pre-Concert Talk 6:30pm: How does one program a chamber music festival?
August 13 Wednesday, 5:30pm
Pre-Concert Talk 4:30pm: How does one program a chamber music festival?
| John Adams | Hallelujah Junction for two pianos |
| Claude Debussy | String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 |
| Jessie Montgomery | Duo for violin and cello (2011) |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 |
Ani Aznavoorian, Chee-Yun, Zachary DePue, Chelsea de Souza, Miró Quartet, Jon Kimura Parker
Furioso!
August 15 Friday, 7:30pm
August 16 Saturday, 5:30pm
| Joseph Haydn | Piano Trio in E Major, Hob. XV:28 |
| Alberto Ginastera | String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26 (1958) |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Prelude for two cellos and piano |
| Gabriel Fauré | Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 |
Ani Aznavoorian, Chee-Yun, Zachary DePue, Aloysia Friedmann, Miró Quartet, Jon Kimura Parker, Valentin Radutiu
2025 Special Performances
Hamlet Concerts August 3 Sunday
for residents of Olga at 10am, West Sound at 1pm, and Deer Harbor at 4pm
Children’s Concerts
August 9 Saturday, 1:00pm – Outdoors at Orcas Center
August 11 Monday, 12:00pm – Lopez Center Pavilion
Symba and the Lobster, an interactive storytelling experience
created and performed by violinist Nanki Chugh
with oboist Anne Pinkerton and narrator Sophie Parker
Open Rehearsal for Seniors
August 15 Friday, 1:00pm – Orcas Center
