Press
Rockport Music is proud to have its concerts and events regularly featured by a wide range of media outlets. Below you will find a sampling of press clippings from a variety of newspapers, magazines and blogs.
The Opening Of the Shalin Liu Performance Center
Taking a New Concert Hall Out for a Spin or Two
The New York Times, June 13, 2010
Rockport Music welcomes season in striking new home by the sea
The Boston Globe, June 12, 2010
Summery Sounds of a New Hall Opening
The New York Times, June 11, 2010
Building a space for sound: Acoustician lends his ears to Rockport’s new music hall
The Boston Globe, June 6, 2010
2023
Marc-Andre Hamelin & Balourdet Quartet
The Boston Musical Intelligencer, June 25, 2023
Escher Quartet
Artsfuse, June 2023
Festival Opening Night
The Boston Globe, June 12, 2023
2022
With Christian Tetzlaff, a journey through inner worlds of Bach
The Boston Globe, December 5, 2022
Deep Bach with Angela Hewitt
Boston Musical Intelligencer, November 20, 2022
Boston’s New England Fall Classical Music Guide
WBUR ARTery, September 15, 2022
Kirill Gerstein Rocks
Boston Musical Intelligencer, July 9, 2022
A Young Quartet, A Witty Pianist, & Music that made Tolstoy weep
The Boston Globe, June 27, 2022
Fiddle Virtuoso Darol Anger & Mr. Sun has long been bright spot
The Boston Globe, May 13, 2022
Rockport Music and Shalin Liu Performance Center
CBS New England Living, May 1, 2022
2021
5 Takeaways for readers favorite local music venues
Globe Magazine, October 1, 2021
The Elegence of Lu in Liu
Boston Musical Intelligencer, August 8, 2021
Get back to where we once belonged: Live performances return…
MetroWest Daily News, July 2, 2021
Gabrielian and Shiffman shine at the Shalin Liu
Boston Musical Intelligencer, July 12, 2021
Dover and Li open prospering Rockport Festival
Boston Musical Intelligencer, July 10, 2021
Rockport Chamber Music Festival celebrates 40
Gloucester Times, July 9, 2021
Ten ways to fill your summer with classical music
The Boston Globe, May 21, 2021
New England Classical Music starts return to normal performances
Cape Ann Beacon, March 28, 2021
2020
A virtual Christmas Celtic Sojourn
Boston Globe, November 28, 2020
Classical Music gives online a try this fall
Gatehouse Media, October 5, 2020
2019
Rockport rocked by Israeli and Venetians
Boston Musical Intelligencer, July 18, 2019
Just Go For it, An Adventurous Quartet Always in the Moment
The Boston Globe, June 19, 2019
Seasoned and Shining Classics at RCMF
Boston Musical Intelligencer, June 17, 2019
Christian McBride & Tip City—Mastery and Joy
The Artsfuse, June 9, 2019
RCMF Variety, Tradition and Pizzazz
Boston Musical Intelligencer, June 7, 2019
Cape Ann-A Charming Alternative
USA Today, June 2019
11 Classical Music Events to get to this Summer
WBUR The ARTery, May 24, 2019
Peeking at the Creative Process-RCMF
Gloucester Times, March 7, 2019
2018
Danish Quartet brings American tour to a close at Shalin Liu
Wicked Local, November 15, 2018
From Beethoven to beer and beyond with the Danish Quartet
The Boston Globe, November 7, 2018
Rockport Chamber Music Festival Has It All
American Record Guide, November 2018
Kurt Elling at the Shalin Liu Performance Center
Artsfuse, August 15, 2018
Festival hosts concert for autistic children, families
Gloucester Times, July 15, 2018
Dover Quartet joins mentor Barry Shiffman for final weekend of Rockport Chamber Music Festival
Wicked Local, July 10, 2018
Music from the shadows, being heard anew
The Boston Globe, July 1, 2018
Kafka Encaged, Writing to his Father
The Boston Globe, June 18, 2018
At Rockport, ushering in a new chapter with Tchaikovsky, Golijov, and high spirits
The Boston Globe, June 17, 2018
“A Spirited Arrival at Rockport Music”
The Boston Globe, May 24, 2018
“Chamber Fest Rocks on Anew”
The Boston Musical Intelligencer, May 11, 2018
Rockport’s Philanthropic Force
Northshore Magazine, April 2018
Older
Music Man, Rockport Music’s new artistic director Barry Shiffman
Northshore Magazine, October 2017
Taking a bow at Rockport, after 22 transformative years
Boston Globe, May 2017
Kids Rock–Experience Music to your ears at the Shalin Liu Performance Center
Northshore Magazine, April 2017
Brooklyn Rider Rivets attention at Rockport
Boston Globe, January 2017
Another Marsalis brings jazz to Rockport
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Gloucester Daily Times, August 15, 2016
Top 5 Summer Jazz Festivals Across the Northeast
The Huffington Post, July 12, 2016
George Li Brings Sumptuous Bravura
The Boston Musical Intelligencer, June 27, 2016
Yo-Yo Ma Opens Rockport Festival
The Boston Globe
HISTORIC PRESS/QUOTES
ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL (1982-1996)
Highlights of press quotes collected and provided by Karl Lauby, widower of Founder Lila Deis
The full press record from the early years of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival with Karl Lauby’s commentary, click here.
5.27.82: The Boston Globe Critic’s Tip by Richard Dyer
“…newest of New England’s summer music festivals, RCMF… The concept is intriguing, the performers expert, the city beautiful…worth investigating.”
6.7.83: The Boston Globe Review by Michael Kimmelman
“…spirited and practiced ensemble playing produced fine and sometimes outstanding performances…”
6.9.83: Christian Science Monitor
“…one of those modest events that reward summer travelers…a harbinger of profuse music festival to come…RCMF holds alluring promise.”
6.10.85: The Boston Globe Review by Arthur Hepner
Headline: Rockport Chamber Festival Provide a Feast
“…high performance standards amid pleasing surroundings …Deis and Beavon, endowed with rich, colorful voices, performed with wonderful agility and excellent insights…capacity audience loved every bit of it.”
6.24.86: The Boston Globe Review by Nancy Miller
Headline: Rockport Chamber Fest at Its Best
“Behind its bubbly title, this turned out to be one of the most satisfying concerts of chamber music in some time. It had all the right ingredients…superb, committed and highly musical performances and a setting that…seemed hard to beat…”
6.14.87: The Boston Globe Review by Arthur Hepner
Headline: Eclectic evening at Rockport Festival
“…the eclecticism that has characterized these concerts from the beginning has attracted a steadily growing audience, and the gamble my turn out to be a sound one.”
6.19.89: The Boston Herald Review by Josiah Fisk
Headline: Manhattan String sizzles at Rockport
“…While success has expanded the season from two weeks to four, the character is largely unchanged… the converted barn at RAA continues to prove hospitable both visually and acoustically; the admirable policy of mixing old and new music, and established and obscure remains in effect…”
PHOTO CREDIT: Jon Tadiello