EarRelevant Staff | 26 Aug 2025
FORT WORTH, Texas— The Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth launches its 2025–26 season next month with the first of eight Saturday afternoon concerts at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Titled “Subtle Connections Across the World,” the programs link international ensembles and returning favorites with new collaborations, pairing Brahms and Dvořák with contemporary voices such as Pierre Jalbert and Arvo Pärt.
The season opens September 13 with pianist Hyeyeon Park and artistic director Gary Levinson leading a CMSFW ensemble in a program of chamber works that expand traditional sonorities: Brahms’s Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano, Alan Shulman’s jazzy Rendezvous for clarinet and string quartet, and Dohnányi’s rarely heard Sextet in C Major.
On October 11, the Hermitage Piano Trio returns to Fort Worth with a program exploring the interplay between Russian and Spanish idioms. Based in the United States, the ensemble has earned multiple Grammy Award nominations and international recognition. Their program includes Glinka’s impassioned Trio Pathétique, Albéniz’s Granada, de Falla’s Seven Popular Spanish Songs, Turina’s Piano Trio No. 2, and Mariano Perelló’s Tres Impresiones.
Fan favorite Louis Lortie joins the CMSFW Ensemble on November 8 for two late-Romantic piano trios by Fauré and Saint-Saëns, the latter a rarely performed gem. In his CMSFW debut, violinist Asi Matathias joins Levinson, violist Michael Klotz, and cellist Inbal Segev for Dvořák’s beloved Piano Quintet in A Major.
The new year continues January 10 with pianist Orion Weiss performing alongside Levinson, Klotz, cellist Clive Greensmith, and bassist Eugene Levinson in Dvořák’s Piano Quartet No. 2 and Louise Farrenc’s Piano Quintet No. 1, spotlighting the 19th-century French composer’s growing recognition in chamber repertoire.
On February 28, the Berlin-based Leonkoro String Quartet makes its CMSFW debut. The quartet’s name, meaning “lionheart” in Esperanto, comes from Astrid Lindgren’s tale of loyalty and courage. Their program pairs Mendelssohn’s youthful String Quartet in A Minor with 20th-century works by Henriëtte Bosmans, Erwin Schulhoff, and Webern’s Langsamer Satz.
March 21 brings the Dover Quartet and clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois in a program that combines Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet with Bacewicz’s String Quartet No. 4 and a new commissioned work by Pierre Jalbert, Equilibrium, written for clarinet and string quartet. The commission, shared among several chamber societies nationwide, will receive its first Metroplex performance.
The Atrium String Quartet celebrates its 25th anniversary April 18 with the program from its inaugural 2000 concert: Mozart’s String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421, Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 7, and Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 3. A CMSFW favorite, the ensemble is praised for its dynamism and charisma, and now resides in Berlin.
The season closes May 9 with Fort Worth’s own Vadym Kholodenko, the 2013 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist. Known for his range of repertoire and poetic style, Kholodenko will collaborate with guest artists in a program featuring Pärt’s meditative Fratres, Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet, and Tchaikovsky’s epic Piano Trio in A Minor.
Each concert begins at 2 p.m., preceded by a pre-concert conversation at 1:15 p.m. at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Tickets and more information are available through the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth at cmsfw.org. ■
Here’s a rundown of the complete season:
Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth 2025-26 Concert Series:
- Saturday, September 13, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St
Hyeyeon Park, piano; Gary Levinson, violin; Jen Betz, violin; Dmitry Kustanovich, viola; Julian Schwarz, cello; Bernhard Scully, horn; Jonathan Gunn, clarinet
Johannes BRAHMS: Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano, Op. 40
Alan SHULMAN: Rendezvous for Clarinet and String Quartet
Ernst von DOHNÁNYI: Sextet in C Major, Op. 37 - Saturday, October 11, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Hermitage Piano Trio
Mikhail GLINKA: Trio Pathéique in D Minor (1828)
Isaac ALBÉNIZ: “Granada” from Suite española, Op. 47
Manuel de FALLA: Siete canciones populares españolas (Seven Popular Spanish Songs)
Joaquin TURINA: Piano Trio No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 76
Mariano PERELLÓ: Tres Impresiones (1922) - Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Louis Lortie, piano; Asi Matathias, violin; Gary Levinson, violin; Michael Klotz, viola; Inbal Segev, cello
Gabriel FAURÉ: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 120
Camille SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Trio No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18
Antonín DVOŘÁK: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81 - Saturday, January 10, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Orion Weiss, piano; Gary Levinson, violin; Michael Klotz, viola; Clive Greensmith, cello; Eugene Levinson, bass.
Antonín DVOŘÁK: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87
Louise FARRENC: Piano Quintet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 30 - Saturday, February 28, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Leonkoro String Quartet
Henriëtte BOSMANS: String Quartet (1927)
Erwin SCHULHOFF: Five Pieces for String Quartet
Anton WEBERN: Langsamer Satz
Felix MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13 - Saturday, March 21, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Dover String Quartet with Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet
Grażyna BACEWICZ: String Quartet No. 4
Pierre JALBERT: Equilibrium for Clarinet and String Quartet
Wolfgang Amadé MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581 - Saturday, April 18, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Atrium String Quartet
(25th anniversary of Atrium String Quartet)
Wolfgang Amadéus MOZART: String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 108
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Minor, Op. 30 - Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Vadym Kholodenko and Friends (artists TBA)
Arvo PÄRT: Fratres for Strings and Percussion
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
EXTERNAL LINKS:
- Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth: cmsfw.org
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