A summer partnership between the Kent State University Hugh A. Glauser School of Music, The Cleveland Orchestra and Blossom Music Center.
Every year, the Kent Blossom Music Festival brings together 45 young artists from around the globe with principal members of The Cleveland Orchestra and other major artists for five weeks of intensive chamber music study and performance at the professional level.
Since its founding in 1968 by George Szell and Louis Lane, more than 2,200 such young artists ... view more »
A summer partnership between the Kent State University Hugh A. Glauser School of Music, The Cleveland Orchestra and Blossom Music Center.
Every year, the Kent Blossom Music Festival brings together 45 young artists from around the globe with principal members of The Cleveland Orchestra and other major artists for five weeks of intensive chamber music study and performance at the professional level.
Since its founding in 1968 by George Szell and Louis Lane, more than 2,200 such young artists and world-class professionals have shared the nationally recognized Kent Blossom experience. Blossom enjoys a significant position of enriching the international music field. The program has propelled hundreds of remarkable young musicians into the ranks of major orchestras, opera companies and conservatory facilities throughout the United State and around the globe.
Twenty former Kent Blossom Music Festival students are members of The Cleveland Orchestra. Known career placements include 157 chairs in U.S. and international orchestras, 14 chamber ensembles and on more than 52 U.S. and foreign music faculties. Affiliations include the Atlanta (17), Baltimore (3), Berlin Philharmonic (1), Boston (3), Chicago (2), Cleveland (20), Israel Philharmonic (1), London Symphony (1), Los Angeles Philharmonic (3), Metropolitan Opera (5), Minnesota (6), New York Philharmonic (5), Philadelphia (2), Pittsburgh (3), Toronto (4), orchestras, the Emerson (1), Grancino (1), Miami (1), Fine Arts, Borromeo (1), Fye Street (1), LaCatrina (3), Arriana (1), Euclid (2) string quartets and the Boehm Woodwind Quintet (1).
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