List of chamber music festivals


The following is an incomplete list of chamber music festivals, which encapsulates music festivals focused on chamber music. Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or any small chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers, with one performer to a part. From its earliest beginnings in the Medieval period to the present, chamber music has been a reflection of the changes in the technology and the society that produced it.

Related lists and categories

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Festivals

Festival nameLocationYearsNotes
Anchorage Chamber Music FestivalAnchorage, Alaska; United States2013–present
Appalachian Chamber Music FestivalHarpers Ferry, West Virginia; United States2021–present
Atlantic Music FestivalWaterville, Maine; United States2009–present
Australian Festival of Chamber MusicTownsville; Australia1991–present
Bangalow Music FestivalBangalow; Australia2002–present
Bridgehampton Chamber Music FestivalBridgehampton, New York; United States1984–present
Chamber Music NorthwestPortland, Oregon; United States1971–present
Charlottesville Chamber Music FestivalCharlottesville, Virginia; United States2000–present
Delft Chamber Music FestivalDelft, Netherlands1997–present
East Neuk FestivalFife, Scotland; United Kingdom2004–present
Emerald Coast Chamber Music FestivalNiceville, Florida; United States2020–present
GAIA Chamber Music FestivalSwitzerland2006–present
Great Lakes Chamber Music FestivalSouthfield, Michigan; United States1994–present
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music FestivalHighlands, North Carolina; United States1981–present
InterHarmony International Music FestivalGermany/Italy1997–present
International Chamber Music Festival of CervoCervo, Italy1964–present
International Chamber Music Festival PlovdivPlovdiv, Bulgaria1964–present
International Chamber Music Festival UtrechtUtrecht, Netherlands2003–present
Kimito Island Music FestivalKimito; Finland1999–present
Kingston Chamber Music FestivalKingston, Rhode Island; United States1989–present
Kneisel HallBlue Hill, Maine; United States1951–present
Komorniki Festival of Organ and Chamber MusicKomorniki; Poland2006–present
Kuhmo Chamber Music FestivalKuhmo; Finland1970–present
La Jolla Music Society SummerFestLa Jolla, California; United States1986–present
La MusicaSarasota, Florida; United States1987–present
Lockenhaus Chamber Music FestivalBurgenland, Austria1981–present
Madison Chamber Music FestivalMadison, Georgia; United States2002–present
Marlboro Music School and FestivalMarlboro, Vermont; United States1951–present
Michigan City Chamber Music FestivalMichigan City, Indiana; United States2001–present
Missouri Chamber Music FestivalSt. Louis, Missouri; United States2010–present
Music from Angel FireNew Mexico; United States1983–present
Music@MenloAtherton, California; United States2002–present
Music Mountain Summer Chamber Music FestivalFalls Village, Connecticut; United States1930–present
Mendelssohn on Mull FestivalScotland; United Kingdom1988–present
Newport ClassicalNewport, Rhode Island; United States1969–present
Norfolk Chamber Music FestivalNorfolk, Connecticut; United States1880s–present
Olympic Music FestivalQuilcene, Washington; United States1984–present
Omnipresent Music FestivalNew York, New York; United States2021–present
Orcas Island Chamber Music FestivalEastsound, Washington; United States1998–present
Orfeo Music FestivalVipiteno; Italy2002–present
Orvieto MusicaOrvieto; Italy1993–present
Ottawa ChamberfestOttawa; Canada1994–present
Park City International Music FestivalPark City, Utah; United States1984–present
Portland Chamber Music FestivalPortland, Oregon; United States1994–present
Quadra Island Festival of Chamber MusicQuathiaski Cove, Canada2011–present
Ravinia Steans Music InstituteHighland Park, Illinois; United States1988–present
Rome Chamber Music FestivalRome; Italy2004–present
Rosamunde FestivalWinnipeg; Canada2011–present
Santa Fe Chamber Music FestivalSanta Fe, New Mexico; United States1972–present
SpannungenHeimbach; Germany1998–present
Taos School of MusicTaos, New Mexico; United States1960s–present
Tuckamore FestivalSt. John's, Newfoundland; Canada2001–present
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalWest Cork; Ireland1996–present
Yellow BarnPutney, Vermont; United States1969–present-
Zephyr International Chamber Music FestivalPiemonte; Italy2003–present-
Concepción; Chile2025–present