Violin Channel & Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center To Host Online Festival [WATCH LIVE]

The virtual event will take over The Violin Channel's homepage, Facebook and Instagram pages on September 8th and 9th

The Violin Channel and New York's Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will host a 2-day online festival “Celebrating 50 Years of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center."

The virtual event will take over The Violin Channel's homepage, Facebook and Instagram pages on September 8th and 9th.

The online celebration will feature 8 full-length concerts, masterclasses, and lectures from the CMS archive, and will include introductions from CMS Co-Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han.

It will be followed on the 10th of September with the global premiere of the new documentary film: 'Transcending: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Celebrates 50 Years.'

The 53-minute film will stream live on The Violin Channel's Facebook at 7:00pm (EDT) and will be introduced by stage and screen actor Annette Bening.

VIOLIN CHANNEL FESTIVAL 'CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER' SCHEDULE:

TUESDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER, 2020

10:00 AM (EDT) - VC “Celebrating 50 years of CMS” Presents: ‘Bach, Kreisler, Schubert’

12:00 PM (EDT) - VC “Celebrating 50 years of CMS” Festival - ‘Inside Chamber Music’ Lecture with Bruce Adolphe

2:00 PM (EDT) - VC “Celebrating 50 years of CMS” Presents: ‘Haydn, Hubay, Sarasate & Korngold’

4:00 PM (EDT) - VC “Celebrating 50 years of CMS” Presents: ‘Schubert, Sorensen & Enescu’

5:00 PM (EDT) -  VC “Celebrating 50 years of CMS” Festival - ‘VC Ask Me Anything’ with VC Artist Paul Huang & Danbi Um 

6:00 PM (EDT) - VC “Celebrating 50 years of CMS” Festival - Violin Masterclass with Cho Liang-Lin

8:00 PM (EDT) - VC “Celebrating 50 years of CMS” Presents: ‘Beethoven, Bottesini & Suk’

WEDNESDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER, 2020

10:00 AM (EDT) - VC “Celebrating 50 years of CMS” Presents: ‘Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Schumann & Dvorak’

12:00 PM (EDT) - VC “Celebrating 50 years of CMS” Festival - ‘Meet the Music: Leaping Leopold’

2:00 PM (EDT) - VC “Celebrating 50 years of CMS” Presents: ‘Burleigh, Bartok, Chausson & Brahms’

4:00 PM (EDT) - VC “Celebrating 50 years of CMS” Festival - Violin Masterclass With Daniel Hope

6:00 PM (EDT) - VC “Celebrating 50 years of CMS” Presents: ‘Rota, Babadjanian & Schoenberg’

8:00 PM (EDT) - VC “Celebrating 50 years of CMS” Presents: ‘Weber, Kodaly, Faure & Mendelssohn’