Summer 2026
https://www.paf-ct.org/performance-arts

All concerts are on Wednesdays and begin at 6:30pm. Admission is free.

Concert I: June 24 - Polish String Trio
Veronika Schreiber, violin
Jaroslaw Lis, viola
Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello
F. Schubert - String Trio in B flat Major, D. 581
L. van Beethoven - Trio Op. 9 No. 2

Concert II: July 8 - Voices from Far Away
Mary Bonhag, soprano
Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello
Michael Sitton, piano
J. Tavener – Akhmatova Songs
F. Chopin - Largo from Cello Sonata, Op. 65
C. Debussy - Ariettes oubliées, CD 63
J. Brahms – 2 Gesänge, Op. 91
L. Bernstein - Dream with me

Concert III: July 15 - Slavic Chamber Music

Jaroslaw Lis, Gary Capozziello, violins
Geoffrey Archambeau, viola
Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello
Corbin Beisner, piano
J. Zarębski – Piano Quintet Op. 34
A. Dvořák – Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81

Concert IV: July 22 - Masters Arranging Masters
Jiayan Sun & Yang Liu, piano
Maurice Ravel - Ma mère l’Oye, 5 pièces enfantines (Mother Goose)
Alfred Grünfeld - Soirée de Vienne
Franz Liszt - Réminscences de Don Juan
Johann Sebastian Bach - Chorale Transcriptions for Piano Duet (arr. György Kurtág)
Franz Liszt - Mephisto Waltz no. 1, “Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke”
G. W. Marks - Souvenir de la Russie - Transcriptions en forme de fantaisies attributed to Johannes Brahms

Concert V: July 29 - Confrontations with Fate
Evie Chen, violin
David Kovać, viola
Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello
Katherine Benson, piano

W. A. Mozart – Piano Quartet in E flat major, K. 493
J. Brahms – Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60