Chelsea Music Festival presents Jazz Doubleheader

Chelsea Music Festival celebrates its 15th season with nine evenings of concerts, conversation, and tastings with musicians, visual artists, chefs from June 21-29, 2024 — festival tickets are on sale now! This summer Festival, led by Artistic Directors Melinda Lee Masur and Ken-David Masur presents “Connecting the Dots,” which traces how music and art allow us to touch what seems intangible, repair what seems broken, and reimagine our interconnectedness with one another. The Festival will focus on the restorative powers of the arts as we examine ways that music and art both calm and reinvigorate the brain and nervous system. We will also explore together various neurological challenges and changes we can encounter in ourselves and our loved ones. For more information and ticketing, visit https://www.chelseamusicfestival.org/2024/connectingthedots.

Join us for two major performances in one night—featuring the Adam Birnbaum Trio and Cardume Trio. Ticket purchase grants access to both sets with cocktail-style seating. https://www.chelseamusicfestival.org/2024/connectingthedots/events/birnbaum-the-bach-preludes-the-cardume-trio.

Acclaimed Pianist Adam Birnbaum is joined by percussionist Keito Ogawa (Snarky Puppy) and bassist Matt Clohesy (Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society) to perform their 2023 critically-acclaimed release, “Preludes,” based on 12 preludes from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. Join us for this unforgettable performance, which will envelop the musicians within the album artwork created by Cécile McLorin Salvant.

And to ring out the night, Cardume Trio, will perform a set improvised live to visuals displayed on the immersive LED-wrapped stage of Genesis House!  The Cardume Trio is made up of world-class percussionists Rogério Boccato (Orquestra Jazz Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo), Keita Ogawa (Snarky Puppy), and Brazilian bassist Cleber Almeida.

Visuals created by Eric Bowers (Eye Fisher Studios) and Aetherpoint.

8pm cocktail intermission provided by Genesis House.

FEATURING
Adam Birnbaum Trio
Piano | Adam Birnbaum 
Percussion | Keita Ogawa 
Bass | Matt Clohesy 

Cardume Trio
Percussion | Rogerio Boccato, Keita Ogawa, Cleber Almeida

*Program subject to change

Chelsea Music Festival is a proud partner of Steinway Pianos.

ABOUT THE CHELSEA MUSIC FESTIVAL

Chelsea Music Festival celebrates great music by convening world-leading musicians & artists in the performing, culinary, and visual arts for an international audience. The Festival invites artists, composers, and performers to collaborate in pursuit of new perspectives in artistic expression. Inspired by its Chelsea roots, the Festival reflects the creativity of one of New York City's most dynamic neighborhoods. Programs span musical genres ranging from classical to contemporary to jazz with a special emphasis on Festival commissions by composers whose works are not in the traditional western canon. In addition, the Festival hosts an online library of recordings so music enthusiasts, artists, and students alike can explore unique interpretations of classical, jazz, and contemporary works via high-quality videos of world-class performances. Since 2010, the Festival has established itself as a critically-acclaimed, accessible and interactive gateway to chamber music in non-traditional concert spaces such as art galleries, public squares, schools, and churches. Programming includes concerts, lectures, exhibitions, family events, and free outreach performances. In 2020, the Festival inaugurated its Online Encores and Online Originals YouTube series; Online Encores presents highlights from Festival archives while Online Originals presents new performances and recordings. We are proud to give emerging voices, particularly those of women and people of color, a stage and are working to build an audience and intimate community to support a new generation of musicians, composers, and artists. The Chelsea Music Festival Artistic Directors are Melinda Lee Masur and Ken-David Masur.