Puddingstone has announced the program for its second annual Summer Music Festival, which will run June 21-27 at the Casino Theatre on Freebody Street.
Following last year’s sold-out inaugural festival, which spread performances across the Redwood Library, Rough Point and the Colony House, the 2026 edition consolidates programming at a single venue with five concerts spanning solo, chamber and vocal music.
The lineup includes Grammy-winning pianist Zaccai Curtis and Grammy-winning cellist Arlen Hlusko, Eastman School of Music faculty members Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers, returning festival artists Angela Kim on piano, Andrea Segar on violin and Rafael Popper-Keizer on cello, the family-friendly Rubin Brothers and what organizers described as a new generation of young talent.
The festival opens June 21 at 7:30 p.m. with “Schubertiade,” featuring Hlusko, Kim, pianist and Puddingstone founder Clemens Teufel, and baritone Erik Tofte performing solo and chamber works by Franz Schubert.
On June 23 at 7:30 p.m., Curtis brings his Grammy-winning ensemble for “Cubop Lives!,” an evening of bebop and Afro-Cuban jazz.
“Night of Suites” follows June 25 at 7:30 p.m., with Segar, Popper-Keizer, Kronos Quartet violinist Gabriela Diaz and St. Louis Symphony cellist Bjorn Ranheim performing works by Debussy, Coleridge-Taylor, de Falla and Schoenberg.
The Rubin Brothers will lead a family-oriented show June 26 at 4:30 p.m., described by organizers as an interactive program designed for younger audiences but open to all ages.
The festival closes June 27 at 6:30 p.m. with “Piano Extravaganza,” featuring Lomazov and Rackers in a program of works showcasing the piano.
Puddingstone, founded by Newport-based German pianist Teufel, has built its programming around what organizers describe as a 19th-century-style salon approach, often combining music with other art forms. The name refers to a conglomerate rock — Hanging Rock in Middletown is composed of puddingstone — and is meant to symbolize the fusion of artistic disciplines.
The Casino Theatre is located at 9 Freebody St. Tickets and full program details are available at puddingstonemusic.org/music-festival.
