The rich tapestry of AFCM performances at the Leo Rich stage and our extensive community engagement initiatives stand as a... The post Annual Fund Campaign and Annual Report 2024 appeared first on Arizona Friends of Chamber Music ..read more

AFCM Strategic Plan 2024-2026 Released In 2023 Arizona Friends of Chamber Music undertook a strategic planning process, as the previous... The post AFCM Strategic Plan 2024-2026 Released appeared first on Arizona Friends of Chamber Music ..read more

Upcoming Classical Music Concerts in Tucson: A Community Resource At the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music (AFCM), we are committed... The post Upcoming Classical Music Concerts in Tucson: A Community Resource appeared first on Arizona Friends of Chamber Music ..read more

This article appeared in the Tucson Daily Star on June 1, 2024 by Cathalena E. Burch Tucson.com Tucson Desert Song... The post Piece by world famous composer to be premiered in Tucson by world famous violinist appeared first on Arizona Friends of Chamber Music ..read more

The rich tapestry of AFCM performances at the Leo Rich stage and our extensive community engagement initiatives stand as a... The post Annual Fund Campaign and Annual Report 2023 appeared first on Arizona Friends of Chamber Music ..read more

This article appeared in the Tucson Daily Star on October 18, 2023 by Cathalena E. Burch Tucson.com Tucson cellist Peter... The post Tucson chamber music champion Jean-Paul Bierny dies at 85 appeared first on Arizona Friends of Chamber Music ..read more

This article appeared in the Tucson Daily Star on June 1, 2024by Cathalena E. Burch Tucson.com Tucson Desert Song Festival landed one of the world’s preeminent composers to write a piece for one of the world’s most famous violinists. Next April, violinist Joshua Bell and his soprano wife Larisa Martinez will perform the world premiere of John Corigliano‘s new song cycle, co-commissioned by the song festival and Arizona Friends of Chamber Music. The story of how Tucson landed two of classical music’s biggest names on the same stage, thousands of miles from the country’s ..read more

The rich tapestry of AFCM performances at the Leo Rich stage and our extensive community engagement initiatives stand as a testament to our unwavering commitment to bringing the world’s finest chamber music to Tucson and Arizona. The 2022–2023 season served as a robust foundation for the ongoing celebrations marking AFCM’s 75th season! The inspiring roster of donors featured in this report provides a clear understanding of how and why AFCM thrives. It is you—our dedicated audience members and generous donors—who breathe life into AFCM, infusing it with artistic vibrancy in its 75th season. You ..read more

This article appeared in the Tucson Daily Star on October 18, 2023by Cathalena E. Burch Tucson.com Tucson cellist Peter Rejto threw out the idea of a winter chamber music festival as a way to make conversation with the man who sat near him on a Chicago-bound plane. From the start, he could see Jean-Paul Bierny’s wheels turning. Six months later, Bierny, president of the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, and Rejto, who was newly hired to teach at the University of Arizona School of Music back in 1988, were planning the inaugural Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival. “When Jean-Paul de ..read more

This article appeared in the Tucson Sentinel on January 24, 2023 World-renowned string quartet to perform Arizona Friends of Chamber Music concert Weds. evening Xavier Omar Otero Special to TucsonSentinel.com In perfect unison with the theme of home — a spiritual place of belonging that one instinctively returns to time and again — the emotional impact of its absence and the human capacity for renewal, Takács Quartet cellist and founding member András Fejér reflects on his past and recent work, ahead of a concert in Tucson on Wednesday evening. András Fejér was born in 1955 into a musical ..read more