27th Annual Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival through 9/19

The 27th Annual Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival welcomes acclaimed musicians from around the world for a series of classical music concerts. This year’s theme, The Concert of Europe and the Sounds of America, unites seemingly disparate shows through a search for spaces and voices we can all call our own. Combining creative excellence, emotional connection, and intellectual curiosity, individual concerts explore themes of resistance, natural beauty, visual art, and Romanticism. Celebrated works by Ludwig van Beethoven are featured throughout the two-week festival, alongside arrangements from various accomplished composers across history. Prices, times, and locations vary. cvillechambermusic.org

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