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Artist Interviews 2024

Click on the text or images below to read each short informal backstage Q&A between the Festival’s artistic director Elizabeth Blumenstock and a selection of 44th Festival Season artists:

Clifton Massey, Countertenor - Festival Finale, June 23, 2024

Clifton Massey, Countertenor

Corey Jamason, harpsichord and chamber organ - Festival Opener, June 16, 2024

Corey Jamason, harpsichord

Kathryn Adduci, Baroque trumpet - Festival Finale, June 23, 2024

Kathryn Adduci Trumpeter - Headshot. Photo: Philharmonic Baroque

Ian Pritchard, harpsichord & organ (interviewed in 2023)

Pritchard & ensemble - photo c. Gary Payne BMF CdM 2018

Michael Kaufman, cello (interviewed in 2023)

Stephen Schultz, flute (interviewed in 2023)

Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano (interviewed in 2023)

Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano

Ramón Negrón Pérez, Viola (Interviewed in 2022)

Ramón Negrón Pérez

Nicholas Burns Countertenor (2022: Finale - A Handel Gala)

Nicholas Burns countertenor. Tam Lan Truong Photography

Matthew Dirst Organ & Harpsichord (2022: Featured Recital - Follies & Fantasies)

Matthew Dirst Harpsichord & Organ

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