Since its inception in 1969, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has played a role unmatched in its field. Dedicated to serving the art of chamber music, CMS presents chamber music of every instrumentation, style, and historical period in its extensive concert season in New York, its national tours, its many recordings and national radio broadcasts, its broad commissioning program, and its multi-faceted educational programs. Demonstrating the belief that the future of chamber music lies in engaging and expanding the audience, CMS has created programs to bring the art of chamber music to audiences from a wide range of backgrounds, ages, and levels of musical knowledge. The artistic core of CMS is a multi-generational, dynamic repertory company of expert chamber musicians who form an evolving musical community. As part of that community, the CMS Two program discovers and weaves into the artistic fabric a select number of highly gifted young artists - individuals and ensembles - who embody the great performance traditions of the past while setting new standards for the future.

CMS brings a number of established and emerging artists to the Gardner Museum each year for chamber music concerts. This spring, they perform works by Prokofiev, Beethoven and Brahms at the museum on Sunday, February 3.