Musicians from across world to come to Marion for musicfest

Jun 21, 2024

MARION — Musicians from across the world will be performing at Buzzards Bay Musicfest, a free five-day concert at Tabor Academy in Marion.

The 26th iteration of the musicfest will be Wednesday, July 10 to Sunday, July 14. Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. from Wednesday to Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

The musicfest’s musicians “perform in the finest concert halls, opera houses and ballet theaters while continuing to collaborate with world-class artists that make their experiences unique and profound,” a press release said.

“From the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to the recording studios of Hollywood, the biographies of these players are remarkable and will astound you with their accomplishments and musical pedigree,” the press release said.

The co-founder of the Buzzards Bay Musicfest is concertmaster, artistic director and violinist Charles Stegeman. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music —accepted at the age of 14 — and the Juilliard School, according to a Buzzards Bay Musicfest press release.

“Stegeman has performed for approximately five million people on four continents in a performance career that spans five decades, averaging approximately 70 concerts a year for the last 50 years, performing concerts nationally and internationally as soloist, concertmaster, and chamber musician, and is internationally sought after as a teacher and master clinician,” the release said.

The musicfest will also feature guest conductor Antony Walker, the music director of the Pittsburgh Opera and artistic director of the Washington Concert Opera. Walker is also the founding artistic director and conductor emeritus of the award-winning Pinchgut Opera in Sydney.

“Since making his debut in Sydney, Australia in 1992, Maestro Walker has conducted over 100 operas, as well as large scale choral orchestra/symphonic works with companies and orchestras in Australia, the U.S., Asia, the UK, and Europe,” A Buzzards Bay Musicfest press release said.