La Musica is a chamber music

Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...

 festival located in Sarasota, Florida

Sarasota, Florida

Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. It is south of the Tampa Bay Area and north of Fort Myers...

. Concerts are performed annually throughout the month of April at the Sarasota Opera House

Sarasota Opera House

The Sarasota Opera House is an historic theater, now opera house, located at 61 North Pineapple Avenue in Sarasota, Florida. The vision of a local man, A. B...

. Founded in 1987 by Artistic Directors Bruno Giuranna

Bruno Giuranna

Bruno Giuranna is an Italian violist.According to Giuranna's website:"Bruno Giuranna, born in Milan, completed his musical studies at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome receiving his diploma in violin and viola...

 (violist) and Derek Han (pianist), the festival draws many of the world's finest performers. Past and present performers include violinist Isabelle Faust, violist Cynthia Phelps

Cynthia Phelps

Cynthia Phelps is an American violist whose versatile career involves work as a chamber musician, solo artist, and orchestral musician. Phelps is currently the Principal Violist of the New York Philharmonic, a position to which she was appointed in 1992...

, clarinetist David Shifrin

David Shifrin

David Shifrin is an American classical clarinetist.-Performances:He has performed clarinet concertos with many major orchestras around the world....

, cellist Ronald Thomas

Ronald Thomas (cellist)

Ronald Thomas is an American cellist known for his work as a soloist and chamber musician. Thomas has made guest appearances with some of the world's finest orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony...

, and pianist Wu Han

Wu Han (Pianist)

Wu Han is a Chinese-American pianist, and influential figure in the classical music world. Leading an unusually multifaceted career, she has risen to international prominence through her wide-ranging activities as a concert performer, recording artist, educator, arts administrator, and cultural...

to name just a few.