Festival Finale: Harlem Quartet and Friends 🎵

Don’t miss the finale of the 57th Newport Classical Music Festival, featuring GRAMMY® Award-winning Harlem Quartet alongside Newport Classical’s Resident Festival Artists in an exhilarating evening of string octets. Known for bringing “a new attitude to classical music” (Cincinnati Enquirer), Harlem Quartet brings its signature dynamic energy to The Breakers for a performance steeped in innovation and collaboration. With a program dynamically anchored by Shostakovich and Mendelssohn, this finale promises to be a bold and exciting send-off to the 2026 Festival.

When: Sunday, July 19th at 8:00 PM

Location: The Breakers, 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport

Ilmar Gavilán, violin
Amy Schroeder, violin
Jaime Amador, viola
Felix Umansky, cello

Program
FANNY MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in E-flat Major, H. 277
I. Adagio ma non troppo
II. Allegretto
III. Romanze
IV. Allegro molto vivace
GUIDO LÓPEZ GAVILAN Cuarteto en Guaguancó
INTERMISSION
SHOSTAKOVICH Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
I. Prelude. Adagio
II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo
IV. Presto

*Program subject to change