Weekend Concert Series
Romuald Grimbert-Barré, violin Tommy Mesa, cello, Albert Cano Smit, piano
Sunday
February 1, 2026
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Calderwood Hall
Violinist Romuald Grimbert-Barré comes from a family of very talented French/Caribbean musicians. He has built this program of chamber music especially for the Gardner Museum, joined by two equally talented colleagues, the Spanish/Dutch pianist Albert Smit and Tommy Mesa, the Cuban-American cellist who won the 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grant on the heels of winning the 2023 Sphinx Competition. These are three terrific musicians to look out for.
Photo credits: Laurent Bugnet, Tommy Mesa, Shervin Lainez,
Works
Clara Schumann 3 romances for violin and piano (1853)
Johannes Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101 (1886)
Claude Debussy Sonata for cello and piano, L. 135 (1915)
Lili Boulanger D'un soir triste (1918)
Jessie Montgomery Duo for violin and cello (2015)
Program subject to change.
Artists
Romuald Grimbert-Barré, violin
Tommy Mesa, cello
Albert Cano Smit, piano
Seating Sections and Rates
Performance Level and First Balcony:
Members $65, Adults $85, Seniors $75, Students & Children ages 5–17 $20
Second Balcony:
Members $50, Adults $65, Seniors $55, Students & Children 5-17 $20
Third Balcony:
Members $40, Adults $50, Seniors $45, Students & Children ages 5–17 $20
Member Concert Ticket Presale
November 19-25
Beginning on Wednesday, November 19 at 10 am, members and patrons enjoy exclusive, early access and member savings on ticket purchases to 2026 Winter/Spring Weekend Concert Series.
Member Concert Ticket Presale runs through Tuesday, November 25 before they become available to the public on Wednesday, November 26 at 10 AM. Once presale begins, log in to your online account, call the Box Office at 617 278 5156, the membership office at 617 566 5643 or visit the Admissions Desk to purchase concert tickets. Please note: The Box Office is open Wednesday through Monday from 10 am to 4 pm. The Admissions desk will open early, at 10 am, on Wednesday, November 19.
Tickets
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Music at the Gardner is supported by Nora McNeely Hurley / Manitou Fund. The Museum thanks its generous concert donors: The Coogan Concert in memory of Peter Weston Coogan; Fitzpatrick Family Concert; James Lawrence Memorial Concert; Alford P. Rudnick Memorial Concert; David Scudder in memory of his wife, Marie Louise Scudder; Wendy Shattuck Young Artist Concert; and Willona Sinclair Memorial Concert. The piano is dedicated as the Alex d’Arbeloff Steinway. The harpsichord was generously donated by Dr. Robert Barstow in memory of Marion Huse, and its care is endowed in memory of Dr. Barstow by The Barstow Fund. Music at the Gardner is also supported in part by Barbara and Amos Hostetter, Nicie and Jay Panetta, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which is supported by the state of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
