1:00 PM | MASTERCLASS: LCCMF YOUNG ARTISTS with Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt

The 2026 LCCMF Young Artists Quartet continues their musical exploration during this masterclass with one of the finest violists of her generation. 

3:00 PM | INSIDE PITCH with David Serkin Ludwig: Musical Inheritance

LCCMF Composer-in-Residence David Serkin Ludwig traces his lineage through major musical artists who emigrated to the United States. His great-grandfather, the eminent German violinist and composer Adolf Busch, left Europe in protest of rising fascism. He took his entire family, including son-in-law pianist Rudolf Serkin, who would become one of the leading musical voices of the late 20th century. 

In this very personal Inside Pitch, Ludwig shares the history, music, and (unofficial) stories of his forebears, and the narrative of their journey to the United States, as they brought a musical inheritance with them that would permanently transform the cultural life of their new home.