Outstanding chamber music across NYC
Explore our 20th Anniversary Season
manhattan 10/1
Harlem Quartet
Harlem Quartet makes their 5BMF debut in an imaginative program that looks both forward and back, featuring works by Beethoven, Wynton Marsalis, William Grant Still, William Bolcom, and others.
brooklyn 11/1
Filament + Alice Teyssier
Rescheduled from 5BMF’s 2025-26 season
Early music trio Filament Baroque and soprano/flautist Alice Teyssier present a vibrant program celebrating female composers.
Manhattan 12/12
Lorelei Ensemble
Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble Lorelei returns to 5BMF with works by Kareem Roustom, Elena Ruehr, Christina George, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Courtney Bryan, and Andrew Smith.
Brooklyn 2/6 • Staten Island 2/7
New Amsterdam String Band
The Juilliard-formed New Amsterdam String Band explores baroque instruments, period practice, and the evolution of folk music in their program “Music from the Same World: Old & New.”
Queens 3/14 • Bronx 3/18 • Staten Island 3/20 • Brooklyn 3/23 • Manhattan 3/24
OSL Five Borough Tour
5BMF and Orchestra of St. Luke’s second annual tour of free concerts in all five boroughs, this time celebrating the music and influences of Cuban musician Paquito D’Rivera.
Bronx 4/17 • Brooklyn 4/25
Duo Rengel & Alom with Juan Diego Villalobos
Drawing on the vibrant musical traditions of Cuba and Venezuela, Duo Rengel & Alom combine improvisation with works by Stravinsky, Eleanor Alberga, and Poulenc.
Manhattan 5/22
Katarina String Quartet + Jessica Meyer
Five movements, five musicians, five boroughs: Celebrate 5BMF’s 20th anniversary with the world premiere of a new work by Jessica Meyer, performed by the Katarina String Quartet and our own Leah Hollingsworth.
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