Chelsea Music Festival - NYC

Chelsea Music Festival celebrates great music by convening world-leading musicians and artists in the performing, culinary, and visual arts for an international audience. The Festival invites artists, composers, and performers to collaborate in pursuit of a new perspectives in artistic expression.
The Festival reflects the creativity of New York City's dynamic Chelsea neighborhood. Programs span musical genres ranging from classical to contemporary to jazz with a special emphasis on Festival commissions by composers whose works are not in the traditional western canon. 
Since 2010, the Chelsea Music Festival has been led by Co-Artistic Directors Melinda (of the Lee Trio) & Ken-David Masur (conductor at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra). In 2020, the Chelsea Music Festival inaugurated its Online Encores and Online Originals YouTube series; Online Encores presents highlights from our Festival archives while Online Originals presents new and never-before-seen performances and recordings.