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2021-2022 Opening Night: Chamber Music Society's Return to Alice Tully Hall

October 29, 2021
Wu Han, Richard Lin, Matthew Lipman, Arnaud Sussmann, Nicholas Canellakis, and Blake Hinson performing at Alice Tully Hall on Opening Night Photo: Cherylynn Tsushima

On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center celebrated the opening of its 52nd season in New York, after 19 months away from Alice Tully Hall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The extraordinary evening included a dinner for members of the Board, Global Council, major donors, and special guests, concert, and a post-concert reception with the Artists.

The evening showcased the virtuosity of CMS artists in works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Schubert, as well as in a rarely heard gem by Johann Nepomuk Hummel.

This performance featured the first Alice Tully Hall CMS performance for Bowers Program violinist Richard Lin. Richard shared his excitement in a note in the program:

In 2019, Wu Han and David Finckel brought several CMS artists to my homeland Taiwan and gave two spectacular performances. I had never been more emotionally touched by any live chamber music concert before. It was a life changing experience for me and so it was extra meaningful when I was later accepted into The Bowers Program, allowing me to give my debut with CMS.


The performance also featured pianists Wu Han, and Wu Qian, violinist Arnaud Sussmann performing on violin and viola, violist Matthew Lipman, cellist Nicholas Canellakis, and bassist Blake Hinson.

READ DAVID FINCKEL'S REFLECTIONS ON RETURNING TO THE STAGE →

 

Co-Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han with Executive Director Suzanne Davidson, announcing the return of live Chamber Music to Alice Tully Hall
Photo: Cherylyn Tsushima

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Richard Lin, Matthew Lipman, Wu Qian, Blake Hinson, and Nicholas Canellakis strike the last chord of the Hummel
Photo: Cherylynn Tsushima

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