Festival Focus

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2024

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

 

2023

June 26, 2023        Read

  • 53 Days of Music Start June 29
  • Tour de Force, Rite of Spring, on Opening Sunday
  • Malofeev, Martínez Return for Harris Recitals
  • Free Livestreams Return; New Tiered Ticket Prices

 

July 3, 2023        Read

  • Anton Nel Celebrates 25 Years in Aspen
  • Phylicia Rashad to Star in Terrence McNally's Master Class
  • Schubert, Mendelssohn for Friday's Chamber Symphony
  • Barnatan's Fascinating Take on Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances

 

July 10, 2023        Read

  • Grand Musical Spectacle with Hadelich, The Ring
  • Fresh Artistry at Annual Baroque Evening with McGegan
  • Beethoven's "Emperor" with Osorio and Spano
  • Student Spotlight: Daniel Gurevich

 

July 17, 2023        Read

  • Opera Program Brings Pachett's Bel Canto to Life
  • JAS, AMFS Collaborate to Bring Big Bass to the Stage
  • Free Family Event Designed with Kids in Mind

 

July 24, 2023        Read

  • Spano, O'Connor Bring Mahler's Third to Aspen
  • Free Community Mariachi Celebration Returns July 26
  • Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Misha and Cipa Dichter, in Recital
  • Conlon's Recital Brings Music of Jewish Composers to Light

 

July 31, 2023        Read

  • McDonald Sings Broadway; Sondheim, Porter, Gershwin
  • Gil Shaham, Steven Banks Return for Weekend Concerts
  • Appalachian Springs and More in Two American Evenings
  • John Luther Adams Brings World Premier to Aspen

 

August 7, 2023        Read

  • Music by the Women of Chicago's Black Renaissance
  • Guitarist Sharon Isbin Joins Pacifica Quartet for Recital
  • British "Rock Star" Saxophonist Gillam in Aspen Debut
  • Robertson Conducts French Romantics, Delay Winner

 

August 14, 2023        Read

  • Emerson String Quartet Plays Harris Hall One Last Time
  • Tenor Matthew Polenzani Stars in Mozart's Idomeneo
  • Haydn's Creation to Close 2023 Festival Season
  • Măcelaru, Bronfman, McDuffie Join Forces for Final ACS
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