[1] Through a series of rehearsals, workshops, and masterclasses, all musicians prepare, together, for a set of concerts, open to the public and free of charge, aimed at bringing chamber music to audiences that would have otherwise limited access to it.
[3] Founded by American violist and artistic director Jennifer Stumm, the festival held its first edition in the city of São Bento do Sapucaí, in January 2015.
[4] Invited soloists for the first edition included Cristian Budu, Joseph Conyers, Giovanni Gnocchi, Esther Hoppe and Alexandra Soumm.
Concerts were held in São Bento do Sapucaí and Campos do Jordão and included works by Thomas Adès, Anton Arensky, Marcos Balter, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johannes Brahms, Osvaldo Golijov, Gioachino Rossini, Franz Schubert, Bright Sheng, Dmitri Shostakovich, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Heitor Villa-Lobos.
[9] Partnerships were formed with Cultura Artistica and the Minerva Kunststiftung, and fundraisers were held in São Paulo and London to keep operations financially viable.