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Newport, RI – The Newport Music Festival announces the complete seventeen-concert schedule for its 53rd season, from July 4 to 20. All concerts will be held outdoors at historic mansions and venues in Newport, Rhode Island including The Breakers, Bellevue House, Castle Hill Inn, The Chanler at Cliff Walk, King Park, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, Norman Bird Sanctuary, and Rough Point.
This is the first festival programmed by new Executive Director Gillian Friedman Fox, who came to Newport in January from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra where she was Director of Contemporary and SOLUNA Programs. Fox says, “Our programming for 2021 celebrates the diversity of expression and artistic interpretation within classical music. This season represents a significant inflection point for the Newport Music Festival as we embrace the genre of classical music as a living artform and invite audiences of all backgrounds to experience the magic of chamber musi
Newport Music Festival announces summer 2021 schedule
The season launches July 4 with a slate of 17 performances from GRAMMY-nominated artists in classical music
By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated April 15, 2021, 3:26 p.m.
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Gillian Friedman Fox, the new executive director of the Newport Music Festival announced the 17 outdoor concerts for the Festival s 53rd season, and her debut.Nathan Lutz
NEWPORT, R.I. â In her season debut as the iconic Newport Music Festivalâs new executive director, Gillian Friedman Fox announced the festivalâs 53rd schedule of rich, genre-defying shows across 17 outdoor concerts in July.
Opening night, on July 4, will feature GRAMMY-nominated, Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry in a program celebrating a diverse array of voices in classical music, with works from Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George; Jessie Montgomery; Arvo Pärt; and Teresa Carreño.