The following is an incomplete list of chamber music festivals, which encapsulates music festivals focused on chamber music. Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or any small chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers, with one performer to a part. From its earliest beginnings in the Medieval period to the present, chamber music has been a reflection of the changes in the technology and the society that produced it.Estelle Ruth Jorgensen, The Art of Teaching Music (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008): 153–54. (cloth); (pbk).
Festivals
+ Festival name Location Years Notes Addicott Summer Chamber Music FestivalSouth Bend, Indiana; United States2025–presentAnchorage Chamber Music FestivalAnchorage, Alaska; United States2013–presentAppalachian Chamber Music Festival Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; United States 2021–present Atlantic Music Festival Waterville, Maine; United States 2009–present Australian Festival of Chamber Music Townsville; Australia 1991–present Bangalow Music Festival Bangalow; Australia 2002–present Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Bridgehampton, New York; United States 1984–present Chamber Music Northwest Portland, Oregon; United States 1971–present Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival Charlottesville, Virginia; United States 2000–present Delft Chamber Music Festival Delft, Netherlands 1997–present East Neuk Festival Fife, Scotland; United Kingdom 2004–present Emerald Coast Chamber Music Festival Niceville, Florida; United States 2020–present GAIA Chamber Music Festival Switzerland 2006–present Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival Southfield, Michigan; United States 1994–present Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival Highlands, North Carolina; United States 1981–present InterHarmony International Music Festival Germany/Italy 1997–present International Chamber Music Festival of Cervo Cervo, Italy 1964–present International Chamber Music Festival Plovdiv Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1964–present International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht Utrecht, Netherlands 2003–present Intonations -Chamber Music Festival BerlinBerlin, Germany2012-presentIntonations 2026 will take place from the 11th to the 14th of June at the KühlhausBerlin. There will be five concerts, with artistic director Elena Bashkirova joined by Martha Argerich, François Leleux, Emmanuel Pahud, Karl-Heinz Steffens, Dorothea Röschmann, Astrig Siranossian, Nabil Shehata, and more.Kimito Island Music Festival Kimito; Finland 1999–present Kingston Chamber Music Festival Kingston, Rhode Island; United States 1989–present Kneisel HallBlue Hill, Maine; United States1951–presentKomorniki Festival of Organ and Chamber Music Komorniki; Poland 2006–present Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival Kuhmo; Finland 1970–present La Jolla Music Society SummerFestLa Jolla, California; United States1986–presentLa Musica Sarasota, Florida; United States 1987–present Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival Burgenland, Austria 1981–present Madison Chamber Music Festival Madison, Georgia; United States 2002–present Marlboro Music School and FestivalMarlboro, Vermont; United States1951–presentMichigan City Chamber Music FestivalMichigan City, Indiana; United States2001–presentMissouri Chamber Music Festival St. Louis, Missouri; United States 2010–present Music from Angel FireNew Mexico; United States1983–presentMusic@Menlo Atherton, California; United States 2002–present Music Mountain Summer Chamber Music Festival Falls Village, Connecticut; United States 1930–present Mendelssohn on Mull Festival Scotland; United Kingdom 1988–present Newport Classical Newport, Rhode Island; United States 1969–present Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Norfolk, Connecticut; United States 1880s–present Olympic Music Festival Quilcene, Washington; United States 1984–present Omnipresent Music Festival New York, New York; United States 2021–present Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Eastsound, Washington; United States 1998–present Orfeo Music Festival Vipiteno; Italy 2002–present Orvieto Musica Orvieto; Italy 1993–present Ottawa Chamberfest Ottawa; Canada 1994–present Park City International Music FestivalPark City, Utah; United States1984–presentPortland Chamber Music Festival Portland, Oregon; United States 1994–present Quadra Island Festival of Chamber Music Quathiaski Cove, Canada 2011–present Ravinia Steans Music InstituteHighland Park, Illinois; United States1988–presentRome Chamber Music Festival Rome; Italy 2004–present Rosamunde Festival Winnipeg; Canada 2011–present Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Santa Fe, New Mexico; United States 1972–present Spannungen Heimbach; Germany 1998–present Taos School of MusicTaos, New Mexico; United States1960s–presentTuckamore Festival St. John's, Newfoundland; Canada 2001–present West Cork Chamber Music Festival West Cork; Ireland 1996–present Yellow BarnPutney, Vermont; United States1969–presentZephyr International Chamber Music FestivalPiemonte; Italy2003–presentFestival Internacional de Música de Cámara de Concepción (FimcCo)Concepción; Chile2025–present
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Related lists and categories The following lists have some or total overlap: List of classical music festivals List of maritime music festivals
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