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The Montreal Chamber Music Festival's unrivalled passion for excellence in performance brings together a collection of some of the world's finest musicians. Not to be missed in 2009 is the final performance in Canada of one of the greatest string quartets ever, the Guarneri Quartet.

Canadian artists sparkle like jewels throughout the Festival and read like a who's who in classical music: Anton Kuerti, Lara St. John, André Laplante, to name just a few. Discover the amazing prize winning Afiara String Quartet in their first Montreal appearance since winning international competitions in Munich and New York.

Delight in a musical voyage through evenings such as Parisienne Romance, Souvenir de Florence, Soirée à Vienne. Discover virtuoso transcriptions at A Night at the Opera or immerse yourself in a six hour marathon celebrating the magic of Mendelssohn.

Discover what millions of listeners across Canada and the United States have come to appreciate through broadcasts of the Montreal Chamber Music Festival concerts via Radio-Canada, CBC and over 250 National Public Radio stations. The Montreal Chamber Music Festival is the premiere event of its kind in Canada and one of the finest in the world!



These shows will take place in the beautiful
St. James United Church
463 Ste-Catherine St. West
at 8 pm. except the Mendelssohn Marathon
which begins at 6 pm.


* Programming and artists subject to change

May 7st
Celebrate Montreal
The stars of Le Conservatoire
André Laplante
Quatuor Claudel-Canimex

May 9th
Parisian Romance
Chausson, Fauré, and Ravel
Nathalie Paulin
David Jalbert
Quatuor Claudel-Canimex

May 13th
Master of the Keyboard
Anton Kuerti

May 14th  
Violin colours
Lara St-John and Anton Kuerti

May 16th  
Evening in Vienna
Mozart
Anton Kuerti, Jonathan Crow,
and Denis Brott

May 20th
Virtuoso Night at the Opera
Puccini, Verdi and Gershwin
Paul Merkelo, Dion Mazerolle,
and Rachel Barton Pine

May 21st
All-Star Klezmer Band
Socalled and friends

May 23rd
Souvenir of Florence
Puccini, Rossini and Tchaikovsky
Rachel Barton Pine
Afiara String Quartet

May 27th
Incomparable
Guarneri Quartet
Last Concert in Canada

May 28th
Well Tempered Bach
Ivo Janssen

May 30th
Marathon Mendelssohn
Six hours of Mendelssohn for the price of
one ticket.
Afiara String Quartet
Rachel Barton Pine and Ivo Janssen

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