Join us for scintillating performances from our inaugural OCMF Studio given by ensembles taking part in the masterclasses this year led by Quatuor Ébène, Reto Bieri, Priya Mitchell and Dirk Mommertz. This concert will include a performance of Britten’s String Quartet No. 1 by the Animato Quartet.

OCMF Studio

Oxford Chamber Music Studio is launching its debut this year within the unique atmosphere of the festival. Running from the 23-25 September, it is an exciting opportunity for masterclasses with our artists. World-renowned clarinettist Reto Bieri, pianist Dirk Mommertz from the iconic Fauré Piano Quartett, Quatour Ébène and artistic director Priya Mitchell will join the faculty and be mentors for the participants. There will be an opportunity to attend the masterclasses, with details to be announced on the OCMF website.

Every year the Oxford Chamber Music Festival brings together some of the most exciting classical musicians in Europe to live and play together for a week. Creative sparks fly as the musicians change musical partners and master the widest variety of sound-worlds.

This year’s festival celebrates the infinite variety of music from the British Isles, across four centuries and four nations: from Celtic folk influences to English pastoral; from Renaissance fantasy to Radiohead; from the internationally-celebrated Vaughan Williams, Elgar and Britten to hidden treasures and exciting finds by composers you may not even have heard of – yet!