AMFS OFFERS FURLOUGHED FEDERAL WORKERS A FREE PAIR OF TICKETS TO ANY SINGLE WINTER MUSIC SERIES RECITAL

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Kristin Cleveland
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 23, 2019

AMFS OFFERS FURLOUGHED FEDERAL WORKERS A FREE PAIR OF TICKETS
TO ANY SINGLE WINTER MUSIC SERIES RECITAL

Winter Music Series begins January 29; contact the AMFS Box Office at 970 925 9042

ASPEN, COLORADO—The Aspen Music Festival and School is offering to federal workers who have been furloughed without pay a free pair of tickets to their choice of one of three recitals in the 2019 Winter Music Recital Series.

The Aspen Music Festival and School’s annual Winter Music Series begins January 29 and features four internationally acclaimed artists: pianist Yefim Bronfman on Tuesday, January 29; violinist Jennifer Koh and pianist Shai Wosner on Thursday, February 7; and pianist Marc-André Hamelin on Thursday, February 28. All three recitals take place at 6:30 p.m. in Harris Concert Hall.

Furloughed federal workers affected by the government shutdown can obtain a free pair of tickets to their choice of one of the three recitals by calling the Harris Concert Hall Box Office at 970 925 9042. Winter box office hours are noon to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Yefim Bronfman is known internationally for his commanding technique, power and exceptional lyrical gifts. The New York Times describes him as “a pianist with comprehensive skills who can seemingly play anything.” Born in Tashkent in the Soviet Union, Bronfman immigrated to Israel with his family in 1973, where he studied with pianist Arie Vardi, head of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University (and an artist-faculty member at the AMFS). Bronfman became an American citizen in 1989 and in 1991 was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize. He will present a program of Schumann, Debussy and Schubert in Aspen.

Described by the LA Times as “a prodigious builder of musical bridges…with projects meant to connect people, disciplines and eras,” violinist Jennifer Koh returns to Aspen with collaborator and pianist Shai Wosner to present Bridge to Beethoven, a project pairing Beethoven’s violin sonatas with new and recent works inspired by them to explore the composer’s impact and significance. Koh is recognized for her intense, commanding performances, dazzling virtuosity and technical assurance, and a quest for the new and unusual. Wosner is a favorite with audiences and critics alike because of his exceptional artistry, musical integrity, and creative insight. The duo will perform Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas No. 8 and 7, together with Andrew Norman’s Bridging I–III.

Marc-André Hamelin is known worldwide for his consummate musicianship and brilliant technique in the great works of the established repertoire, as well as for his intrepid exploration of the rarities of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. The New York Times has described the Grammy-nominated pianist as “an ideal interpreter,” possessing “preternatural clarity and control, qualities that in him don’t preclude sensitivity and even poetry.” He was a distinguished member of the jury of the 15th Van Cliburn Competition in 2017. Hamelin will present a program of works by J. S. Bach/Busoni, Schumann, Alexis Weissenberg, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Chopin.

Regular tickets for the 2019 Winter Music Series are still available at the price of $55 ($5 for children eighteen and younger). Buy all three Winter Music recitals for just $140—a savings of $25. Regular-priced tickets can be purchased online at www.aspenmusicfestival.com or by calling the Box Office at 970 925 9042, noon to 4 p.m., Monday–Friday.

For more information, visit www.aspenmusicfestival.com or call 970 925 9042.

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