Musicians from Marlboro
Bringing the intimacy and vitality of Marlboro’s summer program to the national stage
For six decades, Musicians from Marlboro tours have offered audiences throughout North America and beyond a glimpse into the magic that happens each summer in Vermont. Each Marlboro tour program is curated by Co-Artistic Directors Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss from among the most exceptional collaborations from previous summers. Unlike typical touring ensembles, these groups are formed through Marlboro’s unique intergenerational approach, pairing world-renowned mentors with exceptional younger professionals. The results offer audiences the chance to discover seldom-heard masterworks and enjoy fresh, spirited interpretations of chamber music favorites, all born from weeks of immersive rehearsal and shared musical life at Marlboro.
Since its inception in 1965, the touring program has served as a vital springboard for many of today’s most distinguished solo and chamber music artists. The list includes Jonathan Biss, Yefim Bronfman, Jennifer Koh, Hilary Hahn, Jeremy Denk, Richard Goode, Leila Josefowicz, Murray Perahia, Sir András Schiff, and Peter Serkin, among others. It has also been a platform for artists who subsequently formed or joined such noted ensembles as the Beaux Arts, Eroica, and Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trios, and Brentano, Emerson, Guarneri, Juilliard, Orion, St. Lawrence, and Tokyo String Quartets.
Musicians from Marlboro currently presents annual concert series in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Greenwich (CT), Brattleboro (VT), and Washington, D.C., with additional performances throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Booking & Inquiries: For information about engaging a Musicians from Marlboro ensemble, please contact Miles Cohen, Artistic Administrator, at [email protected].
Musicians from Marlboro: 2026/27 Season
We invite you to experience the vitality and intimacy of Marlboro music-making in a city near you. Each of the three annual tours spotlights exceptional young professional musicians, together with seasoned artists, in varied chamber-music programs that are built around a work performed in a previous summer that Co-Artistic Directors Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss and their colleagues felt was exceptional and should be shared with a wider audience.
Follow the links below to explore individual concert dates, venues, artists, and repertoire for each tour.
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Group One: Oct/Nov 2026
October 22–November 1, 2026
Learn more: Group One: Oct/Nov 2026The season’s first touring program spotlights music by two former Marlboro composers in residence, Brett Dean and Kaija Saariaho, and Mozart’s beloved Clarinet Quintet, performed by senior violinist Alex Redington, clarinetist Jonathan Leibovitz, and three outstanding emerging string players.
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Group Two: March 2027
March 13–21, 2027
Learn more: Group Two: March 2027Led by senior violinist Joseph Lin, this season’s second tour program features a first half of music for strings and voice by former Marlboro resident composers Earl Kim and Kaija Saariaho and concludes with Brahms’s rich and symphonically textured String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2.
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Group Three: May 2027
May 2–8, 2027
Learn more: Group Three: May 2027Former Doric Quartet violist Hélène Clément and JACK Quartet cellist Jay Campbell lead a sextet of exceptional Marlboro string players in this tour program that surveys different musical styles and trends from the 20th century, including works by Strauss, Schoenberg, Kurtág, and Bartók.
Livestreams
View a selection of Marlboro tour performances from recent seasons below and our YouTube channel.
“What, exactly, are they putting in the water at the Marlboro Music Festival? Not only is the virtuosity of ‘Musicians from Marlboro’….consistently jaw-dropping, but the freshness, rich imagination and sheer vitality of their playing is enough to make even the most jaded concertgoer edge to the front of his seat.”
— Washington Post
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Tour History
Musicians from Marlboro tours have a complete record of more than 50 years of Marlboro tours, searchable by composer, artist, or work.
Tour Participants
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