For three decades, Cactus Pear Music Festival has brought world-class chamber music to San Antonio—cultivating a deep love for the art form through accessible performances, imaginative programming, and meaningful educational initiatives. Founded in 1997 by Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio, CPMF has grown into a vibrant cultural presence, sustained by a devoted audience and a shared belief that great music should be available to all.
As we celebrate our 30th anniversary season, we look forward with The Infinite Horizon—a season devoted to transformation, renewal, and boundless possibility. Across two weeks, each program explores moments of change: beginnings and endings, tradition and reinvention, loss and transcendence, elegance and exuberance.
A program of renewal and fresh beginnings:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major, K. 449
Aram Khachaturian — Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Ernest Bloch — Piano Quintet No. 1
Mozart’s luminous concerto—presented here in its intimate chamber form—marks a new chapter in his creative life. Khachaturian’s vibrant trio blends folk influence with rhythmic vitality, full of color and energy. Bloch’s powerful quintet, written in the aftermath of World War I, wrestles with turmoil while reaching toward renewal. Together, these works trace a path from clarity and invention through intensity to hard-won rebirth.
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