Chelsea Music Festival - NYC
Chelsea Music Festival celebrates great music by convening world-leading musicians and artists in the performing, culinary, and visual arts for an international audience. The Festival invites artists, composers, and performers to collaborate in pursuit of a new perspectives in artistic expression.
The Festival reflects the creativity of New York City's dynamic Chelsea neighborhood. 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.
Since 2010, the Chelsea Music Festival has been led by Co-Artistic Directors Melinda (of the Lee Trio) & Ken-David Masur (conductor at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra). In 2020, the Chelsea Music Festival inaugurated its Online Encores and Online Originals YouTube series; Online Encores presents highlights from our Festival archives while Online Originals presents new and never-before-seen performances and recordings.
Historia Sancti Magni by Hermann of Reichenau - tenor leiken, Douglas A.A. Balliett keyboard & organ
Meet the Artists: The Brothers Balliett - Friday June 27 2025 7pm ET at DiMenna Center NYC
Introducing There's More To Tell: Swiss Trails Ahead - 2025 Chelsea Music Festival - June 20-28 2025
Amazonas (2019) by pianist & composer Aldo Lopez-Gavilan -Genesis House -Chelsea Music Festival 2023
Remy Le Boeuf - Vignettes - No. 20 (2023) - Caleb Hudson trumpet - Chelsea Music Festival
Jessica Mays - Bee in the Hollow IV. (2020) - Robert Fleitz piano
Linda Leimane - Via Imperiale (2021) - Robert Fleitz piano - Chelsea Music Festival
Nicky Sohn - A Night at Birdland - III. Blue Bird (2024 World Premiere) - WindSync
Ania Vu - Here, Alive - Daniel Gutmann baritone, Maximilian Kromer piano
Francis Poulenc - Sextuor - I. Allegro vivace - WindSync wind quintet and Andrea Lam piano
Smetana - Piano Trio No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 15 - III. Finale Presto - Max Tan, Angela Lee, Andrea Lam
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel - String Quartet in E Flat Major - III. Romanze - Harlem Quartet
Clara Schumann arr. for string quartet by Miho Saegusa - Die stille Lotosblume - Aizuri Quartet
Arcangelo Corelli arr Caleb Hudson -Sonata in E Minor Op 5 No 8 - II Allemanda. Allegro
Kenny Wheeler (arr. John Patitucci / Renee Rosnes) - Everybody's Song But My Own
John Patitucci - Chick Monk - John Patitucci bass, Renee Rosnes piano - Chelsea Music Festival
J.S. Bach - Prelude in D Major - arr. Adam Birnbaum piano, Keita Ogawa percussion, Matt Clohesy bass
Cardume - Deep Sea Jungle - percussion Rogério Boccato, Keita Ogawa, Cleber Almeida - Genesis House
Helen Sung -Lavender Waxbill- Catherine Boyack, John Ellis, Vicente Archer, Donald Edwards, DJ Logic
Nicky Sohn - A Night at Birdland IV. Yardbird Suite (2024 World Premiere) - WindSync
Tebogo Monnakgotla - Wooden Bodies (2018) (2024 US Premiere) - Aizuri Quartet - Genesis House NYC
Jacob Beranek - Co Bůh? Člověk? (What is God? Man?) (2024 World Premiere) - Marisa Karchin
Ania Vu - Coś (2024 World Premiere) - Chelsea Music Festival co-commission w/ Zohn Collective
Connecting the Dots Playlists Intro - Co-Artistic Directors Melinda Lee Masur & Ken-David Masur
15 Years of Chelsea Music Festival in NYC - save the dates (June-20-28, 2025) for next season!
Arcangelo Corelli arr. Caleb Hudson - Sonata in E Minor Op. 5 No. 8 - IV. Giga. Allegro
Nicky Sohn - A Night at Birdland - II. Carvin’ the Bird (2024 World Premiere) - WindSync
Ania Vu - Tik-Tak (2019) - Chelsea Music Festival co-commission with Zohn Collective - NYC
Nicky Sohn - A Night at Birdland - I. Ornithology (2024 World Premiere) - WindSync
Dvořák - III. When thy sweet glances on me fall, Cypresses, B. 152 (1887) - Verona Quartet