The 77th Festival welcomes Grammy-winning musician and composer Rhiannon Giddens as Music Director. Programs touch on Giddens’ interests across musical boundaries, from opera and baroque music to Black traditions in American roots music, from the classical traditions of music from China and Persia to the influence of non-Western music on American contemporary music.
Festival Artistic Direction: Ara Guzelimian
Festival Conductors: Steven Schick
Festival Artists: Shawn Conley, bass; Karen Ouzounian, cello; Justin Robinson, fiddle; Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh; Seckou Keita, kora; Cheryse McLeod Lewis, mezzo-soprano; Francesco Turrisi, multi-instrumentalist; Steven Schick, percussion; Gloria Cheng, Leonard Hayes, piano; Wu Man, pipa; Limmie Pulliam, tenor; Mario Gotoh, viola; Rodney Prada, viola da gamba; Mazz Swift, Michi Wiancko, violin; Rhiannon Giddens, vocals/instrumentalist
Featured Groups: Attacca Quartet, red fish blue fish
