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DESCRIPTION:Jun 20-27\, 2026\nWhat’s more enticing than a festival in you
 r own backyard? On a weekend in June 2010\, after scarcely two months of p
 reparation\, the conductor Ken-David Masur (son of Kurt) and his wife the 
 pianist Melinda Lee Masur launched just such as festival: three chamber pr
 ograms at the Chelsea Art Museum at Eleventh Avenue and West 22nd Street\,
  with an emphasis on Robert Schumann on his 200th birthday. For good measu
 re\, they also included usual suspects like Bach\, Mozart\, and Schubert\,
  as well as a quartet of living composers. The program for their 2011 Fran
 z Liszt celebration carried an endorsement from the lifelong superstar vio
 linist Anne-Sophie Mutter\, no less. When the museum closed its doors late
 r that year\, the Masurs began branching out to galleries\, showrooms\, an
 d other unconventional spaces. Their themes grew more inventive\, too. “
 Gravity 250\,” anybody? (That one was in honor of Sir Isaac Newton and h
 is likely apocryphal Eureka moment with an apple in 1666). This year’s t
 heme is “Every Story Counts”—a riff on “Every Vote Counts\,” con
 ceived as a salute to democracy on the eve of America’s 250th birthday. 
 The concerts—jazz as well as classical—are spread over a week. Novelty
  seekers should note the world premiere of William Susan’s Clouds and Fl
 ames as well as a remarkable 17 New York premieres. From the start\, the M
 asurs have given the visual and culinary arts a fresh downtown platform in
  Chelsea\, too. Their motto\, in fact\, is HEAR – TASTE – SEE\, and ye
 s\, the echo isn’t lost on us. So\, expect not only great music but lots
  to look at and plenty of choice eats and sips.
LOCATION:Various Venues
SUMMARY:2026 Chelsea Music Festival: Every Story Counts
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