Join us for the season opening of the 2026 Arazzo Music Festival with an afternoon performance of Cinematic Landscapes: Echoes of the Silver Screen. This program for cello and piano celebrates the music of film and the stories it tells, led by cellist and Arazzo’s artistic director Samuel DeCaprio alongside pianist Joanne Chang.

The program features the sweeping Frank Bridge Cello Sonata and the bold, rhythmic energy of Astor Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango. The afternoon also explores works by Dmitri Shostakovich and the legendary Ennio Morricone, alongside cinematic favorites by Dario Marianelli and music from the iconic films of Steven Spielberg. From dramatic themes to soaring melodies, these "cinematic landscapes" bring the magic of the silver screen to the concert stage.

We are so grateful to partner with the Mansfield Community School of the Arts to present this concert!

Free with required reservation via Mansfieldcc.com or stop by the Community Center to sign up. Please contact info@arazzofestival.org with any questions.

Performers: Samuel DeCaprio, cello; Joanne Chang, piano

The Arazzo Music Festival is proud to present the 2026 Irma Vallecillo Visiting Artist Recital, featuring acclaimed pianist Chaeyoung Park. In this program, Park explores the dramatic tension between structural mastery and vivid, rhythmic movement, charting a course from the intellectual rigor of the German classics to the evocative colors of the French and Spanish traditions.

The first half of the recital focuses on Beethoven’s innovative Op. 31 sonatas. These works capture a composer at a crossroads, trading traditional forms for a "new path" of musical expression. Park navigates this transition by balancing sharp, subversive wit with the restless, atmospheric "storm" of the “Tempest” Sonata, a centerpiece of 19th-century piano literature. The program then travels through the folk-inspired landscapes of the Iberian Peninsula before ascending into the spiritual and the spectacular. The afternoon concludes with the intoxicating, swirling energy of Ravel’s La Valse, a decadent and virtuosic finale that brings this journey of contrast to a thrilling close.

Arazzo is honored to partner with Duncaster Senior Living to present this concert!

If not a resident at Duncaster, please email info@arazzofestival.org to RSVP and receive more information on guest parking.

Performer: Chaeyoung Park, piano — 2026 Irma Vallecillo Visiting Artist

The Arazzo Music Festival is thrilled to announce a new community partnership with the historic Union Baptist Church in Mystic, CT. This performance marks the first collaboration between our organizations, bringing a world-class chamber music experience to one of the region’s most beautiful and resonant landmarks.

"Love, Fire, and Fantasy" explores the depth of human emotion through a journey of dramatic contrasts. The evening begins with the iconic melodies of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite for viola and piano, capturing the longing and theatricality of Shakespeare’s tragedy. The energy then ignites with Jonathan Dove’s Piano Quintet, a contemporary masterpiece known for its propulsive, "fiery" rhythms and shimmering, glass-like textures.

The concert reaches its peak with Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44. As the work that pioneered the piano quintet as we know it today, it remains a pillar of the repertoire—balancing heroic grandeur with the intimate, soulful lyricism characteristic of the Romantic era. Join us for this inaugural event as we celebrate the power of music and the beginning of a vibrant new partnership in the heart of Mystic.

We are so grateful to partner with Union Baptist Church to present this concert!

Please contact info@arazzofestival.org with any questions.

Performers: Ariel Horowitz, violin; Rebecca Racusin, violin; Devin Moore, viola; Samuel DeCaprio, cello; Min Young Kang, piano

The Arazzo Music Festival returns to The Wadsworth for its fifth anniversary season finale, presented in the majestic Morgan Great Hall. This exhilarating evening of chamber music features the award-winning Callisto Quartet in a program titled "Roots Reimagined," which explores the transformative power of heritage and innovation.

What does it mean to inherit a tradition and then reshape it? Roots Reimagined examines how three composers, across centuries and cultures, transform the string quartet into a medium profoundly greater than what they received. Each work on this program draws deeply from its foundational roots while boldly redefining what those roots can become. The journey begins with Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5. In this early masterpiece, Beethoven honors the classical models passed down from Haydn and Mozart, yet he begins to stretch their emotional and structural limits, dashing the expectations of the time and pushing the genre toward a new frontier.

The exploration of heritage continues with Reena Esmail’s Ragamala, a powerful bridge between cultures. Esmail weaves the intricate, soul-stirring melodies of Hindustani classical music into the traditional fabric of the Western string quartet, creating a vibrant and unique musical tapestry. The program reaches its peak with Edvard Grieg’s String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27. Grieg takes the Romantic quartet and infuses it with the turbulent, emotionally thrilling rhythms and colors of Norwegian folk music, resulting in a work of immense drama and national identity that redefined the Scandinavian sound.

Admission is free with registration required. Tickets will be available HERE.

Presented with support from Robert Connell and Michelle Duffy, with additional support provided by the Saunders Foundation Endowment for Music and the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation Fund at The Wadsworth.