Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival

Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival Creative programming and extraordinary, internationally-known artists are a signature of our Festival. Don't miss this one!

The world’s greatest music, internationally-known performers, intimate settings, cool mountains, fine art and dining, theatre, golf, shopping – join us for an unforgettable summer at the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival We kick off early in May this year with Martinis and Mozart @ Wolfgang's on May 19th. We also offer our popular annual Picnic Concert at the Zachary-Tolbert House in Cash

iers on June 26th to whet your appetite for more to come, with the Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet, and you can hear them again at Town Square in Highlands on July 6th. The season proper begins in June this year, on June 28th, with an all-star cast led by violinist William Preucil performing Mozart, Brahms and Mendelssohn. We take a break over the July 4th weekend, but pick up again July 12th with the ever-popular Eroica Trio. In addition to their own program, they also perform "Eroica Plus" with guest friends. "The Magic Flute" welcomes flutist Anthony Reiss from Germany to the Festival for his debut on July 19/20, as well as Belgian clarinetist Roeland Hendrikx joining us for the first time. The Vega String Quartet will be back for late Beethoven and Schubert, and the dynamic young Parker Quartet, recent winners of the Grammy Award for Chamber Music, come to the Festival for the first time, playing Mozart, Shostakovich and Beethoven. Have some fun July 28/29 with the latest incarnation of our "Jazz Meets Classics" series, this time, presenting "The Joy of Sax" with Dwight Andrews, Leo Saguiguit, Gary Motley and newcomer pianist Elena Cholakova trading turns with classical and jazz selections for sax and piano. I will take a solo turn, giving a solo piano recital for the first time at the Festival on July 26/27 with music of Chopin, Beethoven, and Gershwin. Whenever we are able to present the Festival Chamber Orchestra, the concerts are always a major highlight of the season - and so our final Gala Concert (and wonderful Dinner after!) on Sunday, August 11th will feature the Orchestra in our first-ever performance of Bach's great Concerto for Oboe and Violin. We are delighted to welcome back Eugene Izotov, principal oboe from the Chicago Symphony, and feature the Festival debut of the brilliant young concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony, David Coucheron. He will join violist Yinzi Kong for Mozart's perfect Sinfonia Concertante to close the season. These are only some of the highlights of our 32nd season – and of course, we offer Festival Feasts, numerous free concerts, and additional Festival events- make your plans NOW to join us in Highlands and Cashiers this summer for another unforgettable Festival! William Ransom, Artistic Director

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Phone: 828-526-9060
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Pianist Anton Nel with Artistic Director William Ransom after a glorious Beethoven 4th Concerto with the Vega Quartet on...
08/11/2026

Pianist Anton Nel with Artistic Director William Ransom after a glorious Beethoven 4th Concerto with the Vega Quartet on our Gershon-Cohn Final Gala of the 45th anniversary season- what an incredible season!

Our final Gershon-Cohn Gala of the 45th anniversary season was a smashing success with stars Anton Nel & Abigel Kralik j...
08/10/2026

Our final Gershon-Cohn Gala of the 45th anniversary season was a smashing success with stars Anton Nel & Abigel Kralik joining the Festival Chamber Orchestra for a sold-out extravaganza!

Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival 🎻Since 1982, the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival has presented summe...
08/06/2026

Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival 🎻

Since 1982, the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival has presented summer concerts in Highlands and Cashiers, bringing distinguished musicians and thoughtfully chosen repertoire to the plateau.

Now in its 45th season, the Festival continues with Week Five. The Atlanta Chamber Players celebrate their 50th anniversary on August 1 in Highlands and August 2 in Cashiers. The Borromeo String Quartet follows on August 3 in Highlands and August 4 in Cashiers. All performances begin at 5pm.

See the Week Five repertoire and ticket information at h-cmusicfestival.org.

08/03/2026
There are wonderful surprises every week @ the Festival! The distinguished Borromeo Quartet make their debut Monday and ...
08/03/2026

There are wonderful surprises every week @ the Festival! The distinguished Borromeo Quartet make their debut Monday and Tuesday!

Our 5th Week features the Atlanta Chamber Players celebrating their amazing 50th anniversary season and the distinguishe...
07/29/2026

Our 5th Week features the Atlanta Chamber Players celebrating their amazing 50th anniversary season and the distinguished Borromeo String Quartet making their Festival debut!

EVERYONE is coming to the Festival’s Gershon/Cohn Gala Final Concert & Dinner Party August 9! Get your tickets now!
07/25/2026

EVERYONE is coming to the Festival’s Gershon/Cohn Gala Final Concert & Dinner Party August 9! Get your tickets now!

SOLO STARS & SIZZLING SEXTETS this weekend! Grammy & Juno Award winners, Juilliard School faculty, Ehnes and Vega Quarte...
07/22/2026

SOLO STARS & SIZZLING SEXTETS this weekend! Grammy & Juno Award winners, Juilliard School faculty, Ehnes and Vega Quartet members- it's going to be aMAZing! Zuill Bailey & James Kim, cello; Amy Moretti & Kate Ransom, violin; Paul Neubauer & Yinzi Kong, viola. Tickets here: http://www.h-cmusicfestival.org/tickets.html

Thrilling Brahms, Mendelssohn & more @ the Festival this weekend with Chee-Yun, Bruce Heim, the Formosa & Erinys Quartet...
07/22/2026

Thrilling Brahms, Mendelssohn & more @ the Festival this weekend with Chee-Yun, Bruce Heim, the Formosa & Erinys Quartets! Much more to come!

Week 3 welcomes Festival favorite violinist Chee-Yun, and the BATTLE OF THE BANDS with TWO brilliant Quartets, the Eriny...
07/15/2026

Week 3 welcomes Festival favorite violinist Chee-Yun, and the BATTLE OF THE BANDS with TWO brilliant Quartets, the Erinys and the Formosa! Don't miss a note!

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