Festival Focus

June 30, 2025       Read

• Let the Music Begin! Summer Season Opens July 2
• Alan Fletcher Reflects on 20 Years of Excellence
• Jazz, American Music, and the Rachmaninoff Songbook
• Spano Renews Commitment to the AMFS
• Fletcher: Music at the Heart of it
• 2025 Season: Transcendent

August 12, 2024       Read

• Opera Returns to the Wheeler with Mozart's Figaro
• A Monumental Conclusion to 75th Anniversary Season
• McDuffie Reminisces on a Decades-Long Aspen Dream
• A Look Back at the 75th Anniversary Season in Photos

August 5, 2024       Read

• Bach's Mass in B Minor Promises ‘A Spiritual Experience’
• Giving Voice to Untold Legacies of Powerful Black Women
• Bronfman Embodies Spirit of Beethoven
• A Viola Evening and Two Young Stars in Recital

July 29, 2024       Read

• Dorothy DeLay: Celebrating a Legacy of Mentorship
• Gil Shaham, James Conlon Shine in Chamber Symphony
• Alumni Spotlight: Conductor Roderick Cox
• Boundary-Defying Sharon Isbin Plays Jewels of Guitar Rep

July 22, 2024       Read

• Jennifer Koh and Missy Mazzoli
• Free Community Mariachi Celebration Returns July 24
• Shaham, Anthony, and Friends - An Aspen Reunion
• Percussion Ensemble Plays Zappa

July 15, 2024       Read

• Collaboration Brings Fiddler on the Roof to the Tent Stage
• Hansel and Gretel: A (Literally) Delicious Opera
• Alumni Spotlight: Leonard Slatkin, 60 Years Later
• A Palooza of Pianos: A Game of Musical Chairs

July 8, 2024       Read

• Starry Alumni Return for Unforgettable Performances
• Tao Celebrates Centennial of Rhapsody in Blue 
• Media Partnership with medici.tv Reignited for Anniversary 
• AMFS Engages Valley Youth with Free Family Concert

July 1, 2024       Read

• McGegan Returns, Slobodeniouk Debuts
• Weilerstein Gives Bach a Twist with FRAGMENTS I and II
• Celebrating a Comedic Composer's Aspen Roots
• Partnership with Carnegie Hall+ Brings Bernstein's Classic Young People's Concert to the Wheeler
• Fragments: Spontaneous Enjoyment of Music

June 24, 2024       Read

• Festival's 75th Anniversary: A Love Story
• Matthew Aucoin: Music for New Bodies 
• Multi-Hyphenate Chris Thile Demands ATTENTION!
• Trifonov to Perform with Long-Time Teacher Babayan
• Superstar Renée Fleming Premieres Three American Songs