This year's Festival is dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Tessa G. Ader
A remarkable philanthropist and Festival friend whose generosity and spirit continue to shape our community.
A remarkable philanthropist and Festival friend whose generosity and spirit continue to shape our community.
World-class musicians perform engaging chamber music in and around Charlottesville during two weeks of captivating concerts that explore the influence of revolutionary thought in this 250th anniversary year of our nation. Music by American composers and chamber renditions of three of Beethoven's moving symphonies will play a central role throughout this year's Festival.
Check it out!
Check it out!
Thank You to our 2026 Sponsors and Partners!
Anonymous, in celebration of the life of Carolee Copeland and her love of chamber music
Virginia Cenedella
Charles and Janet Cheeseman
Robert and Janis Chevalier
Eastwood Farm and Winery
Terry E. Grant
Hazy Mountain Vineyards and Brewery
Jan Peskin, in loving memory of Henry Peskin
The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
The Maurice Amado Foundation
The Paramount Theater
Gregory Saathoff and his family, in loving memory of Andrea Saathoff
Vault Virginia
Vesta Lee Gordon Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Charlottesville premier of Kian Ravaei's piece: Ruth Bell, in memory of Malcolm Bell, III
Outreach and Educational Initiatives Sponsor: The Bama Works Fund of the Dave Matthews Band at CACF
Media sponsors: C-ville Weekly, Charlottesville Tomorrow, Radio IQ/WVTF and WTJU
Virginia Cenedella
Charles and Janet Cheeseman
Robert and Janis Chevalier
Eastwood Farm and Winery
Terry E. Grant
Hazy Mountain Vineyards and Brewery
Jan Peskin, in loving memory of Henry Peskin
The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
The Maurice Amado Foundation
The Paramount Theater
Gregory Saathoff and his family, in loving memory of Andrea Saathoff
Vault Virginia
Vesta Lee Gordon Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Charlottesville premier of Kian Ravaei's piece: Ruth Bell, in memory of Malcolm Bell, III
Outreach and Educational Initiatives Sponsor: The Bama Works Fund of the Dave Matthews Band at CACF
Media sponsors: C-ville Weekly, Charlottesville Tomorrow, Radio IQ/WVTF and WTJU
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If you find value in the transformative power of music, we hope you will donate to the Foundation that makes the Festival possible. Your generosity helps keep ticket prices modest and accessible, and makes educational and outreach programs for area schoolchildren possible. With your support, Charlottesville’s own Virginia Chamber Music Foundation can bring virtuosic international and US musicians together in exciting collaborations, creating an annual chamber music festival of quality and substance that is attracting increasing attention nationally and abroad.
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All those who give $50 or more between May 18, 2026 and next Spring, as well as 2026 Festival subscribers will receive access to our 2027 Festival presale.
Listening Room
The Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival's LISTENING ROOM houses select performances from our September 2020 Festival and the three “Mini-Festivals” which we were able to commission, thanks to the generosity of our patrons.
Photos by Janet Moore-Coll