Chamberfest

Starting their Canadian tour, cellists Bryan Cheng and Leonard Disselhorst opened Chamberfest’s concert series at Dominion-Chambers.

Chamberfest is coming back to Ottawa later this month, filling churches, museums, and galleries with sounds of violin, piano, cello, orchestra, and more from July 18-27.

See the best photos from Week 2 of Ottawa Chamberfest, selected by Curtis Perry.

Scroll through the gallery for some of the best photos from one week of Chamberfest 2023.

From July 20 to August 3, Ottawa Chamberfest returns to bring a diverse and exciting lineup of chamber music to Ottawa, organized into six streams: Signature Series, Marina Kun Series, Chamberfringe Series, Midday Matinées, Beechwood Series, and New Music Now.

The immersive art experience King of Chlorophyll: Imago opens this season of Chamberfest, and will take place at the Just Food Community Farm, where visitors can listen to music while spendinfg time on the farm.

Headlining the evening at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre was the world-renowned Danish String Quartet, who also hosted an afterparty at Club SAW.

Wednesday was the second-last day of Chamberfest 2022, but the festival wasn’t winding down slowly. Day 14 had big acts in Cheng² Duo, Hinrich Alpers’ second Beethoven set, Kaitlyn Raitz’s Cello Party, and some of the region’s best emerging talent performing the Rising Stars slot. Follow @apt613 for more sights and sounds of Chamberfest 2022. 

To celebrate the August holiday, Chamberfest packed Monday with an astounding array of concerts, celebrating both the old and the brand-new. Drew Jurecka and Rebekah Wolkstein returned for an intimate concert tailored to neurodivergent folks, while the Midday Matinée saw Chamberfest-favourite Hinrich Alpers perform a selection of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. But the centrepiece of Day […]

Day 13 of Chamberfest, in photos.

Day 11 at Chamberfest, in photos.

See photos from Day 10 of Chamberfest, as our coverage continues.

Day 9 of Chamberfest was one of the strongest days yet. Gryphon Trio, Nordic Voices, Raphael Weinroth-Browne, and the Cris Derksen Quartet headlined.

On Thursday at Chamberfest, we saw Montreal’s Quatuor Andara at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, pianist Meagan Milatz at the Steinway Piano Galleries, and Toronto’s world-renowned Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.

Day 7 of Chamberfest saw a chamber masterclass with Quatour Danel and Quatour Andara, and then a double-bill of Simon Trpĉeski & Friends.