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Kingston Chamber Music Festival brings classics to URI

Musical compositions from artists such as Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky and Mozart will fill the halls of the University of Rhode Island�s Fine Arts Center for two weeks beginning July 18 at the 24th Kingston Chamber Music Festival.

The series of concerts will feature music from across the globe and various historical periods performed by musicians hailing from as far away as Turkey and as near as Kingston.

Among the highlights will be the performance by Jennifer Koh, a violinist from New York who won the 1995 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow...

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