Aspen Music Festival and School 2026 Winter Music Recitals Announced

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2026 Winter Music Recital Series

Ghosts and Echoes: Junction Trio with Tao, Jackiw, Campbell
Tuesday, February 17

Repertoire
     CAGE from Six Melodies for Violin and Piano
     BEETHOVEN, JOHN ZORN Piano Trio in D major, op. 70, no. 1, "Ghost”
     CAGE from Six Melodies for Violin and Piano
     SCHUBERT Piano Trio in B-flat major, D. 898, op. 99

Celebrate the start of the Winter Music Recital Series with a trio known for its fearless imagination and expressive depth. AMFS alumni Stefan Jackiw, violin, and Conrad Tao, piano, with cellist Jay Campbell present an inventive program connecting centuries of imagination. Hear Cage’s ethereal Six Melodies, Beethoven’s beloved “Ghost” Trio with John Zorn’s Ghosts nestled within it, and Schubert’s profound Trio in B-flat major. A winter evening of artistry, curiosity, and connection.

Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata with Benjamin Grosvenor
Wednesday, March 4

Repertoire
     BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2, "Moonlight"
     R. SCHUMANN Fantasy in C major, op. 17
     SKRYABIN Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, op. 19, "Sonata-Fantasy"
     RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit

Hailed for his “astounding technical gifts and the poetic instinct to back them up” (The New York Times), pianist Benjamin Grosvenor brings his expressive artistry to a program anchored by Beethoven’s shimmering “Moonlight” Sonata. This evening of passion and imagination also includes Schumann’s Fantasy in C major, Scriabin’s Sonata-Fantasy, and Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy—works that illuminate the piano’s most dreamlike landscapes.

Augustin Hadelich and Francesco Piemontesi in Recital
Tuesday, March 17

Repertoire
     GRIGNY/FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI Récit du chant de l’hymne précédent, from Pange, lingua, gloriosi Corporis mysterium
     DEBUSSY Violin Sonata in G minor
     RAMEAU/FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI Concert No. 2 in G major "La Boucon," from Pièces de Clavecin en Concert
     POULENC Violin Sonata
     GYÖRGY KURTÁG Three Pieces for Violin and Piano, op. 14e
     FRANCK Violin Sonata in A major, M. 8

Aspen favorite Augustin Hadelich returns for a rare winter appearance, joined by acclaimed pianist Francesco Piemontesi in his AMFS debut, for the grand finale of the Winter Music Recital Series. Praised by The New York Times for his “gorgeous tone, poignant intensity, and brilliant technique,” Hadelich brings his signature warmth and expressive depth to a program of Debussy, Rameau, Poulenc, and more, in a richly expressive conclusion to Aspen’s winter season.

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ABOUT THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL

The AMFS is the United States’ premier classical music festival, in normal years presenting more than 400 musical events during its eight-week summer season in Aspen. The organization draws top classical musicians from around the world to this Colorado mountain retreat for an unparalleled combination of performances and music education. Many events are free. 

About 400 music students from 40 U.S. states and 40 countries come during a normal summer to play in four orchestras, sing, conduct, compose and study with 200 renowned artist-faculty members. Students represent the field’s best talent; many have already begun their professional careers, and others are on the cusp.

Renowned alumni include violinists Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Cho-Liang Lin, Robert McDuffie, Midori, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Gil Shaham; pianists Ingrid Fliter, Orli Shaham, Conrad Tao, Yuja Wang, Wu Han and Joyce Yang; conductors Marin Alsop, James Conlon, James Levine, Leonard Slatkin and Joshua Weilerstein; composers William Bolcom, Philip Glass, David Lang, Augusta Read Thomas, Bright Sheng and Joan Tower; vocalists Jamie Barton, Sasha Cooke, Renée Fleming, Dawn Upshaw and Tamara Wilson; cellists Lynn Harrell and Alisa Weilerstein; guitarist Sharon Isbin; performer Peter Schickele; and bassist Edgar Meyer. Learn more at aspenmusicfestival.com.

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