SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA AND PHENOTYPIC RECORDINGS CONFIRM TWO-ALBUM SERIES LIVE FROM SPOLETO 2025: CHAMBER MUSIC

RECORDED LIVE DURING THE 2025 FESTIVAL SEASON

PART OF MULTI-PROJECT PARTNERSHIP WITH APPLE MUSIC CLASSICAL

FIRST SINGLE AVAILABLE TODAY—EXCLUSIVELY ON APPLE MUSIC CLASSICAL

February 27, 2026—Spoleto Festival USA and Phenotypic Recordings confirm Live from Spoleto 2025: Chamber Music, a two-album release capturing the Festival’s Bank of America Chamber Music series performances from the 2025 season, presented as part of its exclusive multi-project partnership with Apple Music Classical. The first release, Live from Spoleto 2025: Chamber Music, Vol. 1, will arrive digitally on Friday, April 3 via Phenotypic Recordings—presave/preorder HERE. A second album, Live from Spoleto 2025: Chamber Music, Vol. 2 “Vivaldi Meets Vahdat,” follows on Friday, May 8, completing the two-part series.

The project launches today with an Apple Music Classical exclusive release of Terry Riley’s G Song, performed by Alexi Kenney and Geneva Lewis (violins), Ayane Kozasa (viola) and Paul Wiancko (cello)—listen/share HERE. The single will be available on all digital service providers on Friday, March 27, followed by the full release of Chamber Music, Vol. 1 on Friday, April 3.

At the album’s center, G Song offers a minimalist, meditative pause through Terry Riley’s signature blend of repetition and improvisatory grace. Its patterns slowly shift as the players shape the piece through deep listening, creating a sense of time that feels flexible and alive rather than fixed.

Recorded live during Spoleto Festival USA’s concentrated 17-day run in Charleston, South Carolina, Live from Spoleto 2025: Chamber Music brings listeners inside the historic Dock Street Theatre, capturing performances as they happen in real time, shaped by proximity, trust, and musicians listening closely to one another. That spirit shapes the album, which moves fluidly across styles and traditions; take the opening, Dinuk Wijeratne’s Love Triangle, a volatile, open-ended work in which jazz impulses and South Asian inflections push against classical form. Elsewhere, familiar works are reshaped by the conditions of live performance: Borodin’s Nocturne from his String Quartet No. 2 in D major unfolds as a shared moment of repose, while Pedro Iturralde’s Pequeña Czarda brings an earthy, improvisatory edge through Steven Banks’ saxophone.

Live from Spoleto 2025: Chamber Music, Vol. 2 “Vivaldi Meets Vahdat” expands the sense of dialogue across time and culture. The album interweaves songs by Iranian vocalist and 2025 Spoleto Festival USA, Suzan D. Boyd Composer-in-Residence Mahsa Vahdat with movements from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, turning the program into a single, continuous arc rather than a set of contrasts. Persian song and Baroque concerto speak directly to one another, reframing both traditions through sustained listening and shared space.

“Spoleto is about adventure and excitement—about how different art forms can collide with each other to create something new,” said Spoleto Festival USA General Director and CEO Dr. Mena Mark Hanna. “Chamber music is one of the Festival’s core artistic pillars, and these recordings reflect the same spirit of curiosity, daring, and immediacy that defines Spoleto Festival USA as a whole.”

Curated by Paul Wiancko (the Charles E. and Andrea L. Volpe Director of Chamber Music, the two albums are guided by an interest in music that feels alive in performance. “I look for the energy of improvisation in everything,” said Wiancko. “Music played with such deep understanding that it feels newly invented each time.”

Taken together, the two Live from Spoleto 2025: Chamber Music albums offer a vivid portrait of the Festival’s chamber music series in full flight, capturing not only performances, but the spirit of a festival where music is made in the moment: alive, unfiltered, and shared.

The new album series comes following Spoleto’s confirmation of the first release in the Apple Music Classical partnership, Live from Spoleto 2025: Orchestra, set for release Friday, March 13—presave/preorder HERE.

ABOUT SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA

Spoleto Festival USA was founded in 1977 by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti, who sought to create an American counterpart to the annual Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, which he had founded in 1958. Spoleto Festival USA is internationally recognized as America’s premier performing arts festival. For 17 days and nights each spring, Spoleto Festival USA fills Charleston, South Carolina’s historic theaters, churches, and outdoor spaces with performances in opera; theater; dance; and chamber, symphonic, choral, and jazz music. With General Director & CEO, Dr. Mena Mark Hanna at its helm, the 2026 season takes place from May 22 to June 7 in various locations throughout Charleston. Spoleto Festival USA is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. For more information, visit spoletousa.org.

ABOUT PHENOTYPIC RECORDINGS

Phenotypic Recordings brings to light new music by world-class musicians and innovative composers, with a focus on music that highlights the most important issues facing the world today. Artists include Kronos Quartet, Osvaldo Golijov, Kenji Bunch, Modern Violin Ensemble (MoVE), W4RP and more. As another way of amplifying artistic voices, Phenotypic Recordings donates revenue from streaming and downloads to support humanitarian causes identified by the artists making the music. For more information on the label and artists visit phenotypicrecordings.com.

ABOUT APPLE MUSIC CLASSICAL

Apple Music Classical is the world’s leading classical music app. Launched in March 2023, Apple Music Classical makes it easier to find any recording in the world’s largest classical music catalog of over 6 million tracks with fully optimized search built specifically for classical, while offering the highest audio quality available. With high-resolution lossless and immersive Spatial Audio, listeners can experience classical favorites in a whole new way. Expertly curated playlists and insightful composer biographies as well as the addition of over 50,000 booklets featuring in-depth liner notes, translations, plus the only global classical music chart and more, make Apple Music Classical the best place for classical music lovers. Apple Music subscribers can enjoy Apple Music Classical at no additional cost.

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TRACKLIST
LIVE FROM SPOLETO 2025: CHAMBER MUSIC, VOL. 1

1. Dinuk Wijeratne — Love Triangle
Geneva Lewis, violin · Jay Campbell, cello · Soyeon Kate Lee, piano

2. Dan Trueman & Monica Mugan — Ricercar (arr. Owls)
Alexi Kenney, violin · Ayane Kozasa, viola · Gabriel Cabezas, cello · Paul Wiancko, cello

3. Pedro Iturralde — Pequeña Czarda for Saxophone and Piano
Steven Banks, saxophone · Soyeon Kate Lee, piano

4. Alexander Borodin — Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 in D major
David McCarroll, violin · Melissa White, violin · Celia Hatton, viola · Paul Wiancko, cello

5. Terry Riley — G Song
Alexi Kenney, violin · Geneva Lewis, violin · Ayane Kozasa, viola · Paul Wiancko, cello

6. Dobrinka Tabakova — Moreni for Clarinet, String Quartet, and Piano
Todd Palmer, clarinet · Geneva Lewis, violin · Melissa White, violin · Celia Hatton, viola · Jay Campbell, cello · Todd Palmer, clarinet · Pedja Mužijević, piano

7. Mahsa Vahdat — Improvisation
Mahsa Vahdat, voice · Daniel Chong, violin · Daniel Phillips, violin · Geneva Lewis, violin · Livia Sohn, violin · Jessica Bodner, viola · Ayane Kozasa, viola · Raman Ramakrishnan, cello · Paul Wiancko, cello · Anthony Manzo, bass · Pedja Mužijević, piano

8. Caroline Shaw — “Other Song”
Steven Banks, saxophone + ensemble

TRACKLIST
LIVE FROM SPOLETO 2025: CHAMBER MUSIC, VOL. 2
“VIVALDI MEETS VAHDAT”

1. Mahsa Vahdat — A Thousand Birds Will Chant Your Song
Mahsa Vahdat, voice · Jessica Bodner, viola · Ayane Kozasa, viola · Raman Ramakrishnan, cello · Paul Wiancko, cello · Anthony Manzo, bass · Pedja Mužijević, piano

2. Antonio Vivaldi — The Four Seasons “Summer” – Presto in G minor
Daniel Chong, violin · Daniel Phillips, violin · Geneva Lewis, violin · Livia Sohn, violin Jessica Bodner, viola · Ayane Kozasa, viola · Raman Ramakrishnan, cello · Paul Wiancko, cello · Anthony Manzo, bass · Pedja Mužijević, piano

3. Mahsa Vahdat — Dialogue With the Beloved
Mahsa Vahdat, voice · Daniel Chong, violin · Daniel Phillips, violin · Geneva Lewis, violin · Livia Sohn, violin · Jessica Bodner, viola · Ayane Kozasa, viola · Raman Ramakrishnan, cello · Paul Wiancko, cello · Anthony Manzo, bass · Pedja Mužijević, piano

4. Antonio Vivaldi — The Four Seasons “Autumn”
– Adagio molto in D minor
Pedja Mužijević, piano · Daniel Chong, violin · Geneva Lewis, violin · Daniel Phillips, violin · Livia Sohn, violin · Jessica Bodner, viola · Ayane Kozasa, viola · Raman Ramakrishnan, cello · Paul Wiancko, cello · Anthony Manzo, bass

5. Mahsa Vahdat — Vaya Vaya
Mahsa Vahdat, voice · Daniel Chong, violin · Daniel Phillips, violin · Geneva Lewis, violin · Livia Sohn, violin · Jessica Bodner, viola · Ayane Kozasa, viola · Raman Ramakrishnan, cello · Paul Wiancko, cello

6. Antonio Vivaldi — The Four Seasons “Winter”
– Allegro non molto in F minor
Livia Sohn, violin · Daniel Chong, violin · Geneva Lewis, violin · Daniel Phillips, violin · Livia Sohn, violin · Jessica Bodner, viola · Ayane Kozasa, viola · Raman Ramakrishnan, cello · Paul Wiancko, cello · Anthony Manzo, bass · Pedja Mužijević, piano

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