Thank you for making the inaugural festival a resounding success!  Read what Rich Copley of the Herald-Leader had to say about opening night here: http://www.kentucky.com/music/story/153131.html http://copiousnotes.typepad.com/weblog/2007/08/chamber-music-f.html .

The UBS Chamber Music Festival of Lexington announces its schedule for August 27-31, 2008. The brilliant Lexington-born violinist Nathan Cole, a member of the first violin section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, will serve again as Artistic Director of the festival. Cole is well-known to Lexington audiences through his appearances with the Lexington Philharmonic and the Chamber Music Society of Central Kentucky. The Festival's musical ensemble which gathered for the outstanding and successful inaugural performances in August 2007 will return this summer. Musicians include Cole's wife, violinist Akiko Tarumoto, who is also a member of the Chicago Symphony. In addition to Cole and Tarumoto, the Festival again will feature three other outstanding musicians: violist Burchard Tang, a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra; prizewinning cellist Priscilla Lee; and internationally acclaimed pianist Alessio Bax. Plans call for performances on Friday night, August 29 and Saturday night, August 30, followed by an informal family concert Sunday afternoon, August 31, again this year. A unique feature of the 2008 festival will be the world premiere of a piano quintet by composer-in-residence Daniel Davis. The quintet will receive its first performance on Saturday, August 30. Davis, who is 26, was named Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Young Composer of the Year in 2006 and was a Marshall Fellow of the British Government. He currently holds the Regent Fellowship in Composition at the University of Michigan.