2022 Festival Musicians
Timothy Summers, violin & viola
Co-Artistic Director, Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival • Violinist, Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) • Co-Artistic Director of MCO’s ‘Future Presence’ VR project • Former second violinist, Orpheus String Quartet • Violin faculty, Universität der Künste, Berlin Photo by Geoffroy Schied |
Gregory Beyer, percussion
Director of Percussion Studies, Northern Illinois University • Artistic Director, Arcomusical • Member of the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition’s Grossman Ensemble • Fulbright Scholar Photo by Miranda Longoria Photography |
James Ehnes, violin
Soloist with the New York Philharmonic, MET Orchestra and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig • Artistic Director, Seattle Chamber Music Society • Co-Founder, Ehnes Quartet • Two Grammy awards and 11 Junos • Released complete Beethoven sonatas with Andrew Armstrong • Artist of the Year, Gramophone Awards 2021 Photo by B. Ealovega |
Alex Fortes, violin
Member and frequent principal player with A Far Cry, the Knights, Quodlibet Ensemble, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s/St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble • Guest with Henschell, Attacca, Dalí, Momenta quartets • Performed on A Far Cry’s 2014 and 2018 Grammy-nominated albums • Arranged Bach, Dvorak and early music for Simone Dinnerstein, the Prague Philharmonia and the Aizuri Quartet |
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Soloist with the Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra • Chamber musician with the Boston Chamber Music Society and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center • Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipient • Two-time Grammy nominee Photo by Dario Acosta |
Eric Lamb, flute
Performed with the Boulez Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and Cleveland Orchestra • Former core member of International Contemporary Ensemble • Premiered more than 200 works in the last decade • Teaches flute and chamber music at the Friedrich Gulda School of Music, Vienna Photo by Maria Frodl |