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Today, Spoleto Festival USA shares a single from their new collection Live from Spoleto 2025: Chamber Music, Vol. 2 “Vivaldi Meets Vahdat,” the second installment in a two-album collection capturing performances from the Festival’s Bank of America Chamber Music series. Mahsa Vahdat’s “Dialogue With the Beloved” is available on all platforms today via Phenotypic Recordings—listen/share HERE.

Internationally recognized as America’s premier performing arts festival, Spoleto Festival USA is a long-standing incubator for ambitious, genre-shaping work across opera, orchestral and chamber music. The first installment, Live from Spoleto 2025: Chamber Music, Vol. 1, was released April 3—listen/share HERE.

As part of their exclusive multi-project partnership with Apple Music Classical, “Dialogue With the Beloved” first arrived April 10 as an Apple Music Classical exclusive — the full second volume of Live from Spoleto 2025: Chamber Music will land next Friday, May 8. [Please find a private link for your listening only HERE.]

Structured as an intimate exchange between voice and instruments, “Dialogue With the Beloved” emphasizes clarity of text and sustained melodic phrasing. The ensemble provides a supportive, transparent framework that underscores the song’s contemplative character. The track is performed by 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) and Pedja Mužijević (piano).

“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.” Live from Spoleto 2025: Orchestra, Spoleto’s first collection of the year, was released March 13—listen/share HERE.

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