Opening Night with Jeremy Denk (August 1st)

Features a 6:15 pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1's Lisa Bergman

*Please note that concerts on August 3 and 9 will take place at Maier Hall at Peninsula College. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.musiconthestrait.com/

Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58 (chamber version) (1807) 

Charles Ives | Piano Sonata No 2 “Concord” (1909-15)  

Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Trio in D major, Op 70 No 1 “Ghost” (1808)  

​For Opening Night on August 1, pianist Jeremy Denk returns for the fifth time, presenting Beethoven's "Ghost" Trio, the rare chamber version of his Fourth Piano Concerto, and American Charles Ives' "Concord" Sonata. Check out Jeremy's article from The New Yorker, titled Flight of the Concord. 

Jeremy Denk, piano 

Stefan Jackiw, violin 

James Garlick, violin 

David Auerbach, viola 

Efe Baltacıgil, cello 

Festival Finale: Joyce Yang and Friends (August 10th)

Features a 6:15 pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1's Lisa Bergman

*Please note that concerts on August 3 and 9 will take place at Maier Hall at Peninsula College. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.musiconthestrait.com/

Sergei Rachmaninov | Preludes for Solo Piano TBA 

Judd Greenstein | K’Zohar Harakia for Viola and Cello (2020) 

Paul Wiancko | Closed Universe for Solo Cello, Piano Quartet & Glockenspiel (2016) 

Antonin Dvořák | Piano Trio in E minor, Op 90 ‘Dumky’ (1891) 

Our 2024 summer finale features pianist Joyce Yang, silver medalist at the Van Cliburn Piano Competition in 2005, when she was only 19! Joyce will perform solo Preludes by Rachmaninov and Dvorak's rollicking "Dumky" Piano Trio. Efe Baltacıgil returns for 2024 composer-in-residence Paul Wiancko's inventive new work for solo cello, piano quartet, and glockenspiel: Closed Universe. 

Joyce Yang, piano 

James Garlick, violin 

Ayane Kozasa, viola 

Paul Wiancko, cello, glockenspiel  

Efe Baltacıgil, cello