Public concerts offered as part of annual Chamber Music Institute

The annual Chamber Music Institute at the University of Maine will feature three public concerts Aug. 6–7 — a performance by New York Philharmonic violinist Jin Suk Yu, and two student performances.

Yu, the former concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra, will perform with classical pianist Maxim Pakhamov and the Chamber Music Institute Orchestra.

Tickets for the Yu concert, 7 p.m. Aug. 6 in Minsky Recital Hall are $20, $10 for students and senior citizens, and are available for purchase at the door. The Chamber Music Institute finale concerts at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Aug. 7 in Minsky Recital Hall are free.

For more information or to request a disability accommodation, call 581.4703.

The Chamber Music Institute, July 26–Aug. 7, is a music camp for students of all ages, led by artistic directors Akiko Hirose Silver, a Connecticut-based violinist; and UMaine professor and violinist/violist Anatole Wieck.

More information about the Chamber Music Institute is online. Institute organizers collaborated with UMaine Conference Services to plan the event.