What We Believe
The Belvedere Series’ mission is to provide extraordinary chamber music experiences for new audiences and devoted music-lovers in Richmond, Virginia.
We present musical and educational experiences in intimate settings that facilitate unique opportunities for artistic and social engagement, and the establishment of meaningful relationships between artists, audiences, and the broader community.
What is Chamber Music?
Chamber repertoire offers musicians the opportunity to innovate and interpret music based on their own expertise and personality. In a chamber event, performers spin out music in their own way--this means that any chamber event is the only one of its kind. Imagine being able to watch a world-class painter bring a piece of art to life in real time. Or consider the thrill of attending a master chef's gourmet session, where exquisite flavors are crafted and then savored as they unfold. Think of the exclusivity of a dress rehearsal at the ballet or opera, where the raw passion of the performance is felt up-close and personal. This is akin to what guests experience at a Belvedere event.
These are unique events in time, space, and history: Haydn, the father of the string quartet, becomes something new when four musicians play his work in real time after spending hours together in rehearsal together, laughing, feeling, working, and interacting very intensely with the music itself.
To walk into a Series concert is to walk into a professionally- curated aesthetic experience, filled with a full range of human emotion and otherworldly awareness. To be a Belvedere guest is to experience aesthetics and the sensory in a new way.