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Cleveland Chamber Music Society opens 77th season on September 9

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by Daniel Hathaway

Cleveland’s oldest Chamber Music Series will ring in its 77th season on Wednesday, September 9 at 7:30 pm in Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art with a program featuring a trio of prominent Northeastern Ohio musicians.

Cleveland Orchestra concertmaster Joel Link and principal horn Nathaniel Silberschlag will join pianist Dawoon Chung for Johannes Brahms’ Trio for Piano, Violin, and Horn in E-flat, Op. 40.

Earlier in the evening, Link and Chung will play Gabriel Fauré’s Sonata in A, Op. 13, and Silberschlag and Chung will put horn and piano together for excerpts from Reinhold Glière’s Four Romances, op. 35.

Link was appointed to the Orchestra in July 2025, while retaining his position as first violinist of the Dover Quartet and as a faculty member of the Curtis Institute of Music and Northwestern University. [Read more…]

Tony DeSare brings ‘Cole Porter: Let’s Misbehave’ to Blossom

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by Mike Telin

When you think of contributors to the Great American Songbook, one of the first composers that comes to mind is Cole Porter. With some 800 to 1,000 songs to his name, Porter’s music found success on Broadway as well as in Hollywood films.

On Sunday, August 23 at 7:00 pm at Blossom Music Center, vocalist and pianist Tony DeSare will join The Cleveland Orchestra with his show “Cole Porter: Let’s Misbehave.” Under the direction of conductor Steven Reineke, the cast includes jazz vocalist and trombonist Aubrey Logan, and dancer, singer, and choreographer John Manzari. Tickets are available online. 

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Pianist Nelson Goerner to make Cleveland Orchestra debut

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by Mike Telin

Over the course of his career, Argentine pianist Nelson Goerner has performed with an impressive list of ensembles including the Orchestre de Paris, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mariinsky Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and the Helsinki Philharmonic.

On Saturday, August 22, at 7:00 pm, Goerner will add The Cleveland Orchestra to that list when he performs Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G at Blossom Music Center. Under the direction of guest conductor Antonello Manacorda, the program also includes Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun & Nocturnes and Ravel’s Suite from Mother Goose. Tickets are available online.

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CIPC for Young Artists: Senior Division First Prize winner Chenxu Han

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Chenxu Han, age 17 (China) — First Prize Senior Division

ClevelandClassical.com: What’s your favorite moment in Cleveland been?

Chenxu Han: I think my favorite moment, maybe it’s in the competition because I think the important thing is just never it’s a competition. We can know the friends and we can meet lots of people from all over the world. This is really wonderful experience. We practice together every day. We of course, compete every day, and we talk every day. We eat every day. This is really wonderful. I can learn a lot. I can meet lots of people from the world. And meet some new friends.

CC.com: You’re all living in the same building.

CH: Yeah. It’s really wonderful.

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CIPC for Young Artists: Junior Division First Prize winner Ryan Huang

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Ryan Huang, age 15 (Canada/United States) — First Prize Junior Division and Audience Prize

ClevelandClassical.com: Thank you for taking the time to talk, and congratulations on the win and the audience prize. How did it feel when you realized that you had won?

Ryan Huang: When I heard the second place’s name announced I knew I had won and I couldn’t believe it. I was very surprised. Not because I didn’t think I played well, it’s because everybody here is just very talented, and I have such incredible peers as musicians, so it’s a very happy surprise to have won. To have my name be called as the first prize was a feeling of delight.

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CIPC for Young Artists: Rising Star First Prize winner Wilson Liu

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Wilson Liu, age 12 (United States) —  First Prize, Rising Star Division, Classical Prize, and Romantic Prize

ClevelandClassical.com: Congratulations — fantastic playing.

Wilson Liu: Thank you.

CC.com: You’ve been in many competitions: How did you deal with your nerves? Do you get nervous? You didn’t look like it.

WL: I get nervous, but I also get excited at the same time. And I think I can deal with that nervousness, but I still do different techniques to help me reduce that nervousness. Like, I power pose sometimes in front of the mirror to make me feel big and more confident. I had a class with Jo from Mindful Opus who taught me these techniques and I’ve been trying to use them. And they’re pretty good, actually. [Demonstrates] You can do this like a starfish, and you could also do this like a boss, you know?

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CIPC for Young Artists Senior Division: Guillermo Hernández Barrocal & Yurim Kim

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Guillermo Hernández Barrocal (left), age 18 (Spain) —  Second Prize Senior Division

Yurim Kim (right), age 17 (South Korea) —  Third Prize Senior Division & Audience Prize

ClevelandClassical.com: Congratulations to you both.

Both: Thank you. Thank you very much.

CC.com: It was a pleasure to hear both of you. How did you deal with nerves throughout the competition? (They spar over who should go first.)

Guillermo Hernández Barrocal: Well, first of all, I’m very focused on practicing. So if you’re focused and you have clear goals, you know what you’re doing, it makes things easier We also had a wonderful atmosphere at Hazel — the dorm. We were all living together. We were having meals together, sharing music, learning from one another. We have 24-hour cabins with pianos we can play whenever we want. Then we can talk, we can relax. I like to take very long walks. Helps me think.

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CIPC for Young Artists Junior Division: Jueon Lee & Yixin Shen

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Jueon Lee (left), age 14 (South Korea) — Second Prize Junior Division and the 20th & 21st Century Prize

Yixin Shen (right), age 15 (China)  — Third Prize Junior Division

ClevelandClassical.com: From the beginning of the competition to the final round, how did you deal with your nerves?

Jueon Lee: I felt very nervous before going to the stage. I just tried to enjoy the music. It was also a very meaningful experience because there were so many great and helpful activities for me during the competition.

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Cooper International Competition for Violin returns for 2026

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by Mike Telin

We all know the names of the superstar violinists who regularly grace the stages of the world’s famous concert halls. But what they have in common is that they were all once young musicians honing their skills in hopes of having a career that would lead them to those renowned venues.

Beginning on Thursday, August 6 and continuing through Monday, August 10, you can hear eighteen superstars in the making when the Cooper International Competition presents the 2026 edition for violin. All sessions will be held in Warner Concert Hall at the Oberlin Conservatory and are free and open to the public. The competition will also be streamed live on oberlin.edu and The Violin Channel. Click here for a complete schedule and here to view the participants.

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CIPC for Young Artists: hear the future now

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by Mike Telin

We all know the names of the superstar pianists who regularly grace the stages of the world’s famous concert halls. But what they have in common is that they were all once young musicians honing their skills in hopes of having a career that would lead them to those renowned venues.

Beginning on Friday, July 24 and continuing through Saturday, August 1, you can hear thirteen superstars in the making when Piano Cleveland presents the 2026 edition of Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists. All sessions will be held at the Cleveland Institute of Music. To view a list of contestants, jury members, the complete schedule, and to purchase tickets, click here.

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