This year the Festival celebrates the world of Robert Schumann, juxtaposing the composer’s own compositions with chamber works by composers he idolized and championed.

FESTIVAL EVENTS 2017

• Saturday July 15: Festival Founders' Circle Private Concert
• Sunday July 16: Opening Concert: “Deserving of a Laurel Crown” (with KDFC's Rik Malone)
• Saturday July 22: “Hats Off, Gentlemen—A Genius!”
• Sunday July 23: “Fair Queen of My Heart”
• Saturday July 29: “The Grandeur of the Noblest Things”
• Sunday July 30: Morning Concert: “Only Genius Entirely Understands Genius”
• Sunday July 30: Conversations with Kate: Schumann—“The Composer as Journalist” Lecture & Lunch
• Sunday July 30: Festival Finale: “The Age of Bravura”