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Featured Events

July 08recital

A Recital by Leonidas Kavakos violin and Enrico Pace piano

Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos returns to Aspen alongside pianist Enrico Pace

July 09recital

A Recital by Alisa Weilerstein cello and Inon Barnatan piano

Frequent Aspen performers together again!

July 10orchestral

Chamber Symphony: Beethoven, Mozart, Handel

Searching for an uplifting musical experience? Look no further.

July 11chamber music

Chamber Music

Always a joyful and creative 75 minutes of music-making.

July 11recital

Time Traveler Suite with Inon Barnatan piano

Let Inon Barnatan take you on a journey through musical time and space!

July 12orchestral

Festival Orchestra: Weilerstein Plays Dvořák

AMFS alum Alisa Weilerstein and her husband Rafael Payare headlines our Week 2 Sunday performance!

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    Video Screens at the Tent (Weeks 7 and 8)

    A professional team will capture close-up images, coordinated with the music, highlighting the performers’ faces and fingers, interactions between performers, and dramatic moments in the music.
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    The AMFS Names Meghan Umber as Munroe President and CEO

    She follows the transformational leadership of Alan Fletcher, who after 21 years will transition to the position of president emeritus.
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    Hottest Selling Events!

    Emanuel Ax Plays Mozart
    Yuja Wang and People of Earth
    Yuja Wang Plays Barber
    Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
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    NEW! Pre-Order a Gourmet Sunday Picnic Basket

    Make your picnic a breeze with a gourmet picnic basket prepared by West End Social. Orders must be in on Saturdays by 3 pm
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One of the World's Best Training Programs for Emerging Artists

Each summer, nearly 500 young artists come to Aspen to play in four orchestras, sing, conduct, compose, and study with more than 100 artist-faculty members who come from the orchestras of Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas, the Metropolitan Opera, and the leading conservatories and music schools. In a unique construct, they are both students and colleagues of their highly accomplished teachers and perform side by side with them all summer long.

Alumni of Aspen program include violinists Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Midori, Gil Shaham, and Robert McDuffie; pianists Joyce Yang, Orli Shaham, Conrad Tao, Yuja Wang, and Wu Han; conductors Marin Alsop, James Conlon, Leonard Slatkin and Joshua Weilerstein; composers William Bolcom, Philip Glass, David Lang, Augusta Read Thomas, Bright Sheng and Joan Tower; vocalists Isabel Leonard, Jamie Barton, Sasha Cooke, Danielle de Niese, Renée Fleming, Dawn Upshaw and Tamara Wilson; cellist Alisa Weilerstein; guitarist Sharon Isbin; bassist Edgar Meyer; and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.


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