Support Chamberfest with our lavish Silent Auction!
Pique your interest and treat yourself to life’s finest offerings while supporting Ottawa Chamberfest! EXCLUSIVE ITEMS AND EXPERIENCES IN OUR SILENT AUCTION ! Try your luck as you bid on a wide array of exclusive items and experiences at our online Silent...
Chamberfest 2024 Photo Gallery
All photos by Curtis...
Our 30th Anniversary Commission
Song of the Quaking Aspens Kevin Lau's brand new work takes its name from a species of tree called Populus Tremuloides (also known as the ‘Quaking Aspen’), which grows in large colonies all over North America. Remarkably, the individual trees in these forest-like...
Chamberfest 50/50
Ottawa Chamberfest is excited to announce an online 50/50 fundraiser - grab your tickets now! Final amounts will depend on the number of entrants. The 50/50 Raffle winner receives a cash prize of 50% of the gross ticket sales. One (1) winner will be chosen on August...
Chamberfringe 2024
Our late-night Chamberfringe concerts cross genres and art form. Offering everything from lively Arabic jazz to Middle Eastern-Metal fusion, Indigenous beats, and ambient chamber-electronica to Yiddish folk song, or a full-on Ukrainian-Celtic-Arab mashup, there’s...
Pianists at the Summer Festival
Pianists and keyboards will be present in many lights at the festival this summer. Taking centre stage, with Angela Hewitt, with Marc-André Hamelin and Charles Richard-Hamelin, with Nicole Presentey and John Dapaah. In an equal partnership, as with Silvie Cheng...
Vocalists at the Summer Festival
Vocalists have a strong presence at our summer festival, and we have many opportunities for you to listen! Here are some select events at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, but we have more vocal programming in our Chamberfringe and community events. Mezzo soprano...
30th Anniversary Memories
Here are some wonderful memories from artists performing this year at Chamberfest! Cellist Rachel Mercer is Principal Cello of the NAC Orchestra in Ottawa, member of Ironwood Quartet, and Co-Artistic Director of the “5 at the First” Chamber Music Series in Hamilton....
Gabriela Montero: Radio-Canada International
Beloved Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero sat down with Radio-Canada International reporter Paloma Martínez Méndez to talk about her week-long "mini-residency" in Ottawa. Ottawans have a unique opportunity to appreciate Gabriela Montero’s playing in two different...
Chamberfest is facing a major cash crunch — and we’re not alone
Recently, Peter Hum of The Ottawa Citizen did a deep dive into the funding crunch facing arts groups in Ottawa (and across the province). He conducted a long interview with our own Mhiran Faraday and Carissa Klopoushak regarding the challenges we face. Here is an...