https://coloradomusicfestival.org Summer Classical Music Festival Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:31:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-CMF_ID_RGB_MarkSquare-32x32.jpg https://coloradomusicfestival.org 32 32 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/himari-plays-sibelius-tchaikovsky-5-2/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:30:00 +0000 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=387965 The 2026 Festival opens with a once-in-a-generation violinist: Himari, a 14-year-old phenomenon who has already collected substantial awards and recognition, performs Sibelius’s Concerto for Violin, full of Nordic snow and moody skies. Just as Sibelius invokes his native Finland, Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fifth Symphony is infused with Russian colors. Composer Carter Pann also unveils a brand new piece of music to celebrate the start of the Festival season.

The post Himari Plays Sibelius + Tchaikovsky 5 first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> The 2026 Festival opens with a once-in-a-generation violinist: Himari, a 14-year-old phenomenon who has already collected substantial awards and recognition, performs Sibelius’s Concerto for Violin, full of Nordic snow and moody skies. Just as Sibelius invokes his native Finland, Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fifth Symphony is infused with Russian colors. Composer Carter Pann also unveils a brand new piece of music to celebrate the start of the Festival season.

The post Himari Plays Sibelius + Tchaikovsky 5 first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/himari-plays-sibelius-tchaikovsky-5/ Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:30:00 +0000 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=387969 The 2026 Festival opens with a once-in-a-generation violinist: Himari, a 14-year-old phenomenon who has already collected substantial awards and recognition, performs Sibelius’s Concerto for Violin, full of Nordic snow and moody skies. Just as Sibelius invokes his native Finland, Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fifth Symphony is infused with Russian colors. Composer Carter Pann also unveils a brand new piece of music to celebrate the start of the Festival season.

The post Himari Plays Sibelius + Tchaikovsky 5 first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> The 2026 Festival opens with a once-in-a-generation violinist: Himari, a 14-year-old phenomenon who has already collected substantial awards and recognition, performs Sibelius’s Concerto for Violin, full of Nordic snow and moody skies. Just as Sibelius invokes his native Finland, Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fifth Symphony is infused with Russian colors. Composer Carter Pann also unveils a brand new piece of music to celebrate the start of the Festival season.

The post Himari Plays Sibelius + Tchaikovsky 5 first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/free-family-concert/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=387971 Bring your littlest listeners to our annual Free Family Concert! We are pleased to offer this concert in Spanish and English, and at no charge, so gather the whole family to enjoy classical and popular favorites. Ideal for music lovers aged five and under. Join us after the concert for a free Family Lawn Fair featuring food trucks, live music performances, and more, in partnership with the Colorado Chautauqua Association.

The post Free Family Concert first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> Bring your littlest listeners to our annual Free Family Concert! We are pleased to offer this concert in Spanish and English, and at no charge, so gather the whole family to enjoy classical and popular favorites. Ideal for music lovers aged five and under. Join us after the concert for a free Family Lawn Fair featuring food trucks, live music performances, and more, in partnership with the Colorado Chautauqua Association.

The post Free Family Concert first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/canadian-brass/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:30:00 +0000 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=387972 The 2026 Robert Mann Chamber Music Series opens with “one of the most popular brass ensembles in the world” (Washington Post), the Juno Award-winning quintet Canadian Brass. With a discography of over 130 albums and an extensive worldwide touring schedule, Canadian Brass is a pioneer in bringing brass music to audiences through their trademark humor, charismatic stage presence, and sparkling musicianship.

The post Canadian Brass first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> The 2026 Robert Mann Chamber Music Series opens with “one of the most popular brass ensembles in the world” (Washington Post), the Juno Award-winning quintet Canadian Brass. With a discography of over 130 albums and an extensive worldwide touring schedule, Canadian Brass is a pioneer in bringing brass music to audiences through their trademark humor, charismatic stage presence, and sparkling musicianship.

The post Canadian Brass first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/yuja-wang-west-side-story-2/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:30:00 +0000 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=387998 “Pianist Yuja Wang is a dazzler,” claims Cleveland Classical. “She has a way of dressing, of taking the stage, and of bowing that bespeaks confidence and star quality.” In her Festival debut, Wang plays Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Piano Concerto, a spectacular rainbow of sound. Music Director Peter Oundjian leads Bernstein’s vibrant Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, as well as short works from Prokofiev and Saint-Saëns.

The post Yuja Wang + West Side Story first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> “Pianist Yuja Wang is a dazzler,” claims Cleveland Classical. “She has a way of dressing, of taking the stage, and of bowing that bespeaks confidence and star quality.” In her Festival debut, Wang plays Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Piano Concerto, a spectacular rainbow of sound. Music Director Peter Oundjian leads Bernstein’s vibrant Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, as well as short works from Prokofiev and Saint-Saëns.

The post Yuja Wang + West Side Story first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/yuja-wang-west-side-story/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:30:00 +0000 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=388001 “Pianist Yuja Wang is a dazzler,” claims Cleveland Classical. “She has a way of dressing, of taking the stage, and of bowing that bespeaks confidence and star quality.” In her Festival debut, Wang plays Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Piano Concerto, a spectacular rainbow of sound. Music Director Peter Oundjian leads Bernstein’s vibrant Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, as well as short works from Prokofiev and Saint-Saëns.

The post Yuja Wang + West Side Story first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> “Pianist Yuja Wang is a dazzler,” claims Cleveland Classical. “She has a way of dressing, of taking the stage, and of bowing that bespeaks confidence and star quality.” In her Festival debut, Wang plays Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Piano Concerto, a spectacular rainbow of sound. Music Director Peter Oundjian leads Bernstein’s vibrant Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, as well as short works from Prokofiev and Saint-Saëns.

The post Yuja Wang + West Side Story first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/bachs-brandenburg-concertos/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:30:00 +0000 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=388002 Former Colorado Symphony Music Director Jeffrey Kahane returns to the Festival stage to lead all six of Bach’s celebrated Brandenburg Concertos with the help of trumpeter Maximilian Morel. Possibly the most revered of all Baroque music, this complete set of Bach’s masterpieces should be on every music-lover’s bucket list.

The post Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> Former Colorado Symphony Music Director Jeffrey Kahane returns to the Festival stage to lead all six of Bach’s celebrated Brandenburg Concertos with the help of trumpeter Maximilian Morel. Possibly the most revered of all Baroque music, this complete set of Bach’s masterpieces should be on every music-lover’s bucket list.

The post Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/tchaikovskys-souvenir-de-florence/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:30:00 +0000 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=388005 The Robert Mann Chamber Music Series continues with a world premiere by “astonishingly innovative” composer James Stephenson (Musical America); while he writes deftly “in all walks of the musical landscape,” his new quartet features trumpet and strings. Following intermission, Tchaikovsky remembers Italy — by way of Russia, of course — in an irresistible sextet for strings, his final contribution to chamber music.

The post Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> The Robert Mann Chamber Music Series continues with a world premiere by “astonishingly innovative” composer James Stephenson (Musical America); while he writes deftly “in all walks of the musical landscape,” his new quartet features trumpet and strings. Following intermission, Tchaikovsky remembers Italy — by way of Russia, of course — in an irresistible sextet for strings, his final contribution to chamber music.

The post Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/all-american-copland-gershwin-more-2/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:30:00 +0000 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=388009 Six-time Grammy-winning conductor and Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin joins the Festival for a program celebrating the distinctive American sound. This spotlight on American composers begins with Aaron Copland’s Rodeo with its iconic “Hoedown,” followed by a chaconne from John Corigliano’s romantic score for the film The Red Violin. After the break: Ron Nelson’s paean to the South’s Savannah River, a haunting adagio by “unmistakably American-sounding” Cindy McTee (Washington Post), and finally George Gershwin’s jazzy symphonic poem An American in Paris.

The post All American: Copland, Gershwin, & More first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> Six-time Grammy-winning conductor and Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin joins the Festival for a program celebrating the distinctive American sound. This spotlight on American composers begins with Aaron Copland’s Rodeo with its iconic “Hoedown,” followed by a chaconne from John Corigliano’s romantic score for the film The Red Violin. After the break: Ron Nelson’s paean to the South’s Savannah River, a haunting adagio by “unmistakably American-sounding” Cindy McTee (Washington Post), and finally George Gershwin’s jazzy symphonic poem An American in Paris.

The post All American: Copland, Gershwin, & More first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/conduct-yourself/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=388111 Get insights about conducting from Maestro Leonard Slatkin in a hands-on workshop onstage at Chautauqua Auditorium.

The post Conduct Yourself first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> Get insights about conducting from Maestro Leonard Slatkin in a hands-on workshop onstage at Chautauqua Auditorium.

The post Conduct Yourself first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/all-american-copland-gershwin-more/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:30:00 +0000 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=388012 Six-time Grammy-winning conductor and Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin joins the Festival for a program celebrating the distinctive American sound. This spotlight on American composers begins with Aaron Copland’s Rodeo with its iconic “Hoedown,” followed by a chaconne from John Corigliano’s romantic score for the film The Red Violin. After the break: Ron Nelson’s paean to the South’s Savannah River, a haunting adagio by “unmistakably American-sounding” Cindy McTee (Washington Post), and finally George Gershwin’s jazzy symphonic poem An American in Paris.

The post All American: Copland, Gershwin, & More first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> Six-time Grammy-winning conductor and Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin joins the Festival for a program celebrating the distinctive American sound. This spotlight on American composers begins with Aaron Copland’s Rodeo with its iconic “Hoedown,” followed by a chaconne from John Corigliano’s romantic score for the film The Red Violin. After the break: Ron Nelson’s paean to the South’s Savannah River, a haunting adagio by “unmistakably American-sounding” Cindy McTee (Washington Post), and finally George Gershwin’s jazzy symphonic poem An American in Paris.

The post All American: Copland, Gershwin, & More first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> https://coloradomusicfestival.org/concert/mozart-haffner-night-music-more/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:30:00 +0000 https://coloradomusicfestival.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=388013 Music Director Peter Oundjian begins this all-Mozart marvel with a mysterious serenade for winds, which broods before turning suddenly buoyant. At the keyboard for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 is Tony Siqi Yun, a nuanced performer who plays with “every note personalized” (Musical America). Closing this revel of Mozart’s genius is his Haffner Symphony, a staggering work of energy and invention.

The post Mozart: Haffner, Night Music, & More first appeared on Colorado Music Festival.]]> Music Director Peter Oundjian begins this all-Mozart marvel with a mysterious serenade for winds, which broods before turning suddenly buoyant. At the keyboard for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 is Tony Siqi Yun, a nuanced performer who plays with “every note personalized” (Musical America). Closing this revel of Mozart’s genius is his Haffner Symphony, a staggering work of energy and invention.

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