Natalia Gutman, Yuri Bashmet Headline June Chamber Music Festival; Concerts in Historic Hudson Valley NY Castle Resort

Natalia Gutman, Yuri Bashmet Headline June Chamber Music Festival; Concerts in Historic Hudson Valley NY Castle Resort

NEW PALTZ, N.Y., April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Classics on the Mountain Chamber Music Festival offers summer night concerts and the glory of June at Mohonk Mountain House in New York's Hudson Valley June 20-24. Varied evening concerts include Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Schumann, Grieg, Brahms, Paganini, Bartok, Handel, and US premiere of Igor Raykhelson's "Small Symphony for Strings."

Legendary cellist Natalia Gutman, world-renowned violist Yuri Bashmet, composer/pianist Igor Raykhelson perform in residence with full chamber orchestra: the Moscow Soloists, violinist Sviatoslav Moroz, soprano Olga Dyachkovskaya and jazz saxophone virtuoso Igor Butman. http://www.classicsonthemountain.com/

"Classics on the Mountain provides music from the world's finest concert halls in an intimate setting with spectacular Hudson Valley views," said Festival Director Sherri Brittain.

Guests can stay for the full Festival or one night, or come for one magical dinner/concert evening.

"Yuri Bashmet's artistry inspires many composers to write for him, myself included," said Artistic Director Raykhelson whose "Adagio for Viola and String Orchestra" premiered to critical acclaim at Carnegie Hall in 2003.

"Natalia Gutman thrills audiences as soloist with the world's finest orchestras," said Raykhelson. "We're so fortunate to have her in residence."

Saturday night's gala concert features Igor Butman in Raykhelson's stunning "Jazz Suite" which had its US premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center with Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists in February. Guests mingle with artists at a reception following the concert.

"To be so close to musicians of this caliber is a rare audience experience," Brittain said.

Mohonk Mountain House, http://www.mohonk.com/, is a 19th century castle resort surrounded by thousands of acres of forest, trails and views in the Shawangunks.

Gutman's chamber music partners include Martha Argerich and Sviatoslav Richter. She works with distinguished conductors including Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado, Mstislav Rostropovich and Kurt Masur.

Bashmet has appeared with Berlin and London Philharmonics, Boston and Chicago Symphonies, Gidon Kremer and the Borodin Quartet. The Vienna Philharmonic featured him at Mozart's 250th Birthday Celebration in January.

Butman performed and/or recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Randy Brecker, Pat Metheny, Grover Washington Jr. and Lionel Hampton.

Tickets: 914-466-5284, classicsonthemountain@yahoo.com
Brochure: http://www.classicsonthemountain.com/

COTM is made possible by Interlink Metals. RTVI Television, BCE Radio, NRS Newspapers, Margo Travel cosponsor.

Source: Classics on the Mountain Chamber Music Festival

CONTACT: Julie McQuain and John Carney, both of JMPR Associates,
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Web site: http://www.classicsonthemountain.com/
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