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announcing our 2009 FESTIVAL
AUGUST 11, 14, 18, 21
BORDERS. CONFLICT. MUSIC.

Join us in our 15th season as we experience music’s unique power to explore, echo and transcend adversity.

Every year since 1995 the Salt Bay Chamberfest in Damariscotta, Maine has brought some of the finest musicians in the world to a small barn on the grounds of the former Round Top Center for the Arts. Musicians from all over the world come to Damariscotta to join Artistic Director and cellist, Wilhelmina Smith. The result is two weeks of exhilarating chamber music.

This year’s festival will focus on how music born in regions of conflict defines and often celebrates our common humanity. Our concerts explore the music of ninteenth-century Western Europe, Eastern Europe during the Iron Curtain era, America in the sixties, and the Middle East currently. We are excited to introduce new performers to audiences in Damariscotta, including pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn, the Lockwood-Sheronick duo, and Israeli composer Tamar Muskal, as well as welcoming back our outstanding regular SBC musicians including violinists Jennifer Koh and Soovin Kim, pianist Benjamin Hochman, clarinetist Burt Hara, and the Brentano String Quartet.

We hope you will join us for our 2009 festival, which will take place on August 11, 14, 18, 21, 2009. For more information, join our e-mail list by clicking here. For all other inquires, please e-mail us directly at saltbaychamberfest@yahoo.com.

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