Ode to Joy Festival at The Hartt School
Sat, Sep 19
|Lincoln Theater
4 days of glorious chamber music, including a rare 4-hand piece by Richard Strauss and a famous one from Johan Strauss Sr. Frederic Chiu and Florence Millet
Time & Location
Sep 19, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Lincoln Theater, 200 Bloomfield Ave, West Hartford, CT 06117, USA
About the event
The Hartt School will host the Ode to Joy Festival, featuring performances by the Lions Gate Trio, alongside Hartt students, faculty, alumni, and guest artists. This year’s Ode to Joy Festival, Nights in Vienna, will be held Sept. 17–20, with performances in Lincoln Theater.
This year focuses on the abundance of music that has originated from Vienna. Over the past 300 years, Vienna has emerged as the wellspring for sparkling Classicism, swirling Romantic waltzes, and even daring new currents of pitch systems.
The Lions Tate Trio is the internationally-acclaimed resident chamber ensemble at Hartt. The Trio is comprised of Katie Lansdale, violin; Darrett Adkins, cello; and Florence Millet, piano. From Sept. 17–20, the Lions Gate Trio will be joined by 100 Hartt School students, faculty, and alumni and guest artists in a celebration of Viennese chamber and vocal music. Now in its 12th season, the Festival features works by Beethoven, Berg, Brahms, Eisler, Haydn,…