Aspen Music Festival and School
Aspen, CO
June 19 - August 17, 2008
June 19 - August 17, 2008
About Aspen Music Festival and School
Each summer since 1949, the world's most accomplished and promising musicians have made a pilgrimage to Aspen. They come not only to perform, but also to teach, to learn and to be renewed. This year, Music Director David Zinman leads 750 student musicians, as well as 200 guest artists and artist-faculty members through a glorious summer of camaraderie and music. This summer, Aspen abounds with CELEBRATIONS! As thunderous as a firework display, as tender as an intimate picnic in the grass, celebration is as ingrained in Aspen's fabric as the town's sun-drenched days and star-filled nights. For fifty-seven summers, music-lovers have come to Aspen to celebrate classical music, to revel in life's wonders, and generally to have a blast.
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Selected Events
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Week One, June 19 - 21 | Week
Two, June 26 - July 1 | Week Three, July 3 - 8 | Week
Four, July 10 - 15 |
Week Five, July 16 - 22 | Week Six, July 24 - 29 | Week Seven, July 31 - August 5 | Week Eight, August 7- 12 Week Nine, August 14 - 19
Week Five, July 16 - 22 | Week Six, July 24 - 29 | Week Seven, July 31 - August 5 | Week Eight, August 7- 12 Week Nine, August 14 - 19
| Week One | ||||
| Date | Time | Concert | Location | Cost |
| Thursday June 19th |
10:00 am | Piano Master Class | Harris Concert Hall | $25 |
| Thursday June 19th |
6:00 pm | An Evening with the Takacs Quartet | Benedict Music Tent | $50 |
| Friday June 20th |
9:30 am | Aspen Chamber Symphony | Benedict Music Tent | $10 |
| Friday June 20th |
12:30 am | Listener's Master Class: Early Music | Crossroads Church | FREE |
| Friday June 20th |
4:45 pm | Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music | Harris Concert Hall | $10 |
| Friday June 20th |
6:00 pm | Aspen Chamber Symphony | Benedict Music Tent | $68 |
| Saturday June 21st |
10:00 am | Opera Scenes Master Class | Wheeler Opera House | $35 |
| Saturday June 21st |
4:00 pm | Chamber Music | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Saturday June 21st |
8:00 pm | A recital by the Takacs Quartet | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Sunday June 22nd |
9:30 am | Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal | Benedict Music Tent | $15 |
| Sunday June 22nd |
3:00 pm | Prelude: Preconcert Talk | Harris Concert Hall | FREE |
| Sunday June 22nd |
4:00 pm | Aspen Festival Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $72 |
| Week Two | ||||
| Date | Time | Concert | Location | Cost |
| Monday June 23rd |
6:00 pm | Chamber Music | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Tuesday June 23rd |
8:00 pm | summerFILMS | Paepcke Auditorium | $12 |
| Tuesday June 24th |
1:00 pm | Harris Concert Hall Master Class | Harris Concert Hall | $25 |
| Tuesday June 24th |
4:00 pm | American Academy of Conducting Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | FREE |
| Tuesday June 24th |
8:00 pm | Special Event with Patti Austin and the Count Basie Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $75, $45 |
| Wednesday June 25th |
12:00 pm | High Notes | Paepcke Auditorium | FREE |
| Wednesday June 25th |
3:30 pm | Opera House Music | Private Residence to be announced | $60 |
| Wednesday June 25th |
6:00 pm | Sinfonia | Benedict Music Tent | $20 |
| Wednesday June 25th |
8:30 pm | Special Event with David Finckel, cello, and Wu Han, piano | Benedict Music Tent | $75 |
| Wednesday June 25th |
8:30 pm | Special Event with David Finckel, cello and Wu Han, piano | Harris Concert Hall | $75 |
| Thursday June 26th |
4:15 pm | Chapel Chamber Music | Aspen Chapel | FREE |
| Thursday June 26th |
6:00 pm | Aspen concert Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $20 |
| Thursday June 26th |
8:30 pm | A Recital by the Emerson String Quartet | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Friday June 27th |
9:30 am | Aspen Chamber Symphony | Dress Rehersal | $10 |
| Friday June 27th |
10:00 am | Piano Master Class | Harris Concert Hall | $25 |
| Friday June 27th |
12:00 pm | Spotlight Recital | Aspen Community Church | FREE |
| Friday June 27th |
12:30 pm | Listener's Master Class: Baroque Era | Crossroads Church | FREE |
| Friday June 27th |
4:45 pm | Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music | Harris Concert Hall | $10 |
| Friday June 27th |
6:00 pm | Aspen Chamber Symphony | Benedict Music Tent | $68 |
| Saturday June 28th |
10:00 am | Opera Scenes Master Class | Wheeler Opera House | $35 |
| Saturday June 28th |
1:00 pm | Music on the Mountain | Top of Aspen Mountain | FREE |
| Saturday June 28th |
4:00 pm | Chamber Music | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Saturday June 28th |
6:00 pm | A Recital by the Emerson String | Benedict Music Tent | $46 |
| Sunday June 29th |
9:30 pm | Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal: Volunteer Sunday | Benedict Music Tent | $15 |
| Sunday June 29th |
3:00 pm | Prelude: Preconcert Talk | Harris Concert Hall | FREE |
| Sunday June 29th |
4:00 pm | Aspen Festival Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $72 |
| Sunday June 29th |
8:00 pm | summerFILMS | Paepcke Auditorium | $12 |
| Week Three | ||||
| Date | Time | Concert | Location | Cost |
| Monday June 30th |
6:00 pm | Chamber Music | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Monday June 30th |
8:30 pm | Composition Master Class Recital | Harris Concert Hall | FREE |
| Tuesday July 1st |
1:00 pm | Harris Concert Hall Master Class | Harris Concert Hall | $25 |
| Tuesday July 1st |
4:00 pm | American Academy of Conducting Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | Free |
| Tuesday July 1st |
8:00 pm | A Recital by Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony, violins | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Wednesday July 2nd |
12:00 pm | High Notes | Wheeler Opera House | FREE |
| Wednesday July 2nd |
8:00 pm | A Recital by Orli Shaham, piano | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Thursday July 3th |
12:00 pm | Spotlight Recital | Aspen Community Church | FREE |
| Thursday July 3th |
4:15 pm | Chapel Chamber Music | Aspen Chapel | FREE |
| Thursday July 3th |
8:00 pm | A Recital by Julia Fischer, violin | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Friday July 4th |
12:30 pm | Listener's Master Class: Classical Era | Crossroads Chruch | FREE |
| Friday July 4th |
4:00 pm | Fourth of July Concert | Benedict Music Tent | FREE |
| Saturday July 5th |
9:30 am | Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal | Benedict Music Tent | $10 |
| Saturday July 5th |
10:00 am | Opera Scenes Master Class | Wheeler Opera House | $35 |
| Saturday July 5th |
1:00 pm | Music on the Mountain | Top of Aspen Mountain | FREE |
| Saturday July 5th |
3:00 am | Chamber Music | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Saturday July 5th |
5:00 am | Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music | Harris Concert Hall | $10 |
| Saturday July 5th |
6:00 pm | Aspen Chamber Symphony | Benedict Music Tent | $68 |
| Saturday July 5th |
8:30 pm | A Recital by Yevgeny Sudbin, piano | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Sunday July 6th |
9:30 am | Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal | Benedict Music Tent | $15 |
| Sunday July 6th |
3:00 am | Prelude: Preconcert Talk | Harris Concert hall | FREE |
| Sunday July 6th |
4:00 am | Aspen Festival Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $72 |
| Sunday July 6th |
8:00 am | summerFILMS: Presented in association with Aspen Film | Paepcke Auditorium | $12 |
| Week Four | ||||
| Date | Time | Concert | Location | Cost |
| Monday July 7th |
6:00 pm | Chamber Music | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Monday July 7th |
8:00 pm | summerFILMS: Presented in association with Aspen Film | Paepcke Auditorium | $12 |
| Tuesday July 8th |
9:30 am | Day of Music | Various Aspen Locations | FREE |
| Tuesday July 8th |
12:00 pm | Spotlight Recital | Aspen Community Church | FREE |
| Tuesday July 8th |
1:00 pm | Harris Concert Hall Master Class | Harris Concert Hall | FREE |
| Tuesday July 8th |
4:00 pm | Family Concert | Benedict Music Tent | FREE |
| Tuesday July 8th |
6:00 pm | Peanut Butter & Jam Session: Once Upon a Time... | harris Concert Hall | FREE |
| Tuesday July 8th |
7:00 pm | Rossini's La Cenerentola | Wheeler Opera House | $80 |
| Tuesday July 8th |
8:00 pm | A Recital by Gabriel Chodos, piano | Harris Concert Hall | FREE |
| Wednesday July 9th |
12:00 pm | High Notes | Paepcke Auditorium | FREE |
| Wednesday July 9th |
2:30 pm | Spotlight Recital | Aspen Community Church | FREE |
| Wednesday July 9th |
6:00 pm | Aspen Concert Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $20 |
| Wednesday July 9th |
8:30 pm | A Recital by the Cavani String Quartet | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Thursday July 10th |
10:00 am | Piano Master Class | Harris Concert Hall | $25 |
| Thursday July 10th |
10:30 am | Tunes and Tales | Pitkin County Library | FREE |
| Thursday July 10th |
12:00 am | Spotlight Recital | Aspen Community Church | FREE |
| Thursday July 10th |
2:00 pm | Art Song Showcase | Wheeler Opera House | FREE |
| Thursday July 10th |
4:15 pm | Chapel Chamber Music | Aspen Chapel | FREE |
| Thursday July 10th |
6:00 pm | Special Event with Joseph Kalichstein, Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, and Misha Dichter, pianos | Benedict Music Tent | $75 |
| Thursday July 10th |
7:00 pm | Rossini's La Cenerentola | Wheeler Opera House | $80 |
| Friday July 11th |
9:30 am | Sinfonia Dress Rehearsal | Benedict Music Tent | $10 |
| Friday July 11th |
10:30 am | Gotta Move! | Classroom 1 (Castle Creek Campus) | FREE |
| Friday July 11th |
12:30 pm | Listener's Master Class: Romantic Era | Crossroads Church | FREE |
| Friday July 11th |
4:45 pm | Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music | Harris Concert Hall | $10 |
| Friday July 11th |
6:00 pm | Sinfonia | Benedict Music Tent | $68 |
| Saturday July 12th |
10:00 am | Opera Scenes Master Class | Wheeler Opera House | $35 |
| Saturday July 12th |
1:00 pm | Music on the Mountain | Top of Aspen Mountain | FREE |
| Saturday July 12th |
3:00 pm | Chamber Music | harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Saturday July 12th |
6:00 pm | Special Event with David Zinman, conductor, and Emanuel Ax, piano | Benedict Music Tent | $75 |
| Sunday July 13th |
3:00 pm | Prelude: Preconcert Talk | Harris Concert Hall | FREE |
| Sunday July 13th |
4:00 pm | Aspen Festival Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $77 |
| Sunday July 13th |
7:00 pm | Rossini's La Cenerentola | Wheeler Opera House | $80 |
| Sunday July 13th |
8:00 pm | summerFILMS: Presented in association with Aspen Film | Paepcke Auditorium | $12 |
| Week Five | ||||
| Date | Time | Concert | Location | Cost |
| Monday July 14th |
6:00 pm | Chamber Music | Benedict Music Tent | $46 |
| Monday July 14th |
6:00 pm | AMGS Season Benefit: Fantasy Ball | St. Regis Resort - Aspen | $1,250, $750 |
| Monday July 14th |
8:00 pm | summerFILMS: Presented in association with Aspen Film | Paepcke Auditorium | $12 |
| Monday July 14th |
8:30 pm | Film Scoring Showcase | Harris Concert Hall | FREE |
| Tuesday July 15th |
1:00 pm | Harris Concert Hall Master Class | Harris Concert Hall | $25 |
| Tuesday July 15th |
4:00 pm | American Academy of Conducting Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | FREE |
| Tuesday July 15th |
8:00 pm | Special Event with Gil Shaham, violin, Lynn Harrell, cello, and Yefim Bronfman, piano | harris Concert Hall | $75 |
| Wednesday July 16th |
12:00 pm | High Notes | Paepcke Auditorium | FREE |
| Wednesday July 16th |
2:30 pm | Spotlight Recital | Aspen Community Church | FREE |
| Wednesday July 16th |
3:30 pm | Opera House Music | Private Residence TBA | $60 |
| Wednesday July 16th |
6:00 pm | Aspen Concert Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $20 |
| Wednesday July 16th |
8:30 pm | A Recital by Ann Shein, piano | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Thursday July 17th |
10:00apm | Piano Master Class | Harris Concert Hall | $25 |
| Thursday July 17th |
10:30 am | Tunes and Tales | Pitkin county Library | FREE |
| Thursday July 17th |
2:30 pm | Spotlight Recital | Aspen Community Church | FREE |
| Thursday July 17th |
4:15 pm | Chapel Chamber Music | Aspen Chapel | FREE |
| Thursday July 17th |
6:00 pm | An Evening with Joyce Yang, piano | Benedict Music Tent | $50 |
| Thursday July 17th |
8:30 pm | Advanced Quartet Studies Recital | Harris Concert Hall | FREE |
| Friday July 18th |
9:30 am | Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal | Benedict Music Tent | $10 |
| Friday July 18th |
12:00 pm | Spotlight Recital | Aspen Community Church | FREE |
| Friday July 18th |
12:30 pm | Listener's Master Class: THe Past Century/td> | Crossroads Church | FREE |
| Friday July 18th |
4:45 pm | Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music | Harris Concert Hall | $10 |
| Friday July 18th |
6:00 pm | Aspen Chamber Symphony | Benedict Music Tent | $75 |
| Saturday July 19th |
10:00 am | Opera Scenes Master Class | Wheeler Opera House | $35 |
| Saturday July 19th |
1:00 pm | Music on the Mountain | Top of Aspen Mountain | FREE |
| Saturday July 19th |
4:00 pm | Chamber Music | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Saturday July 19th |
8:00 pm | A Recital by the Ying Quartet | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Sunday July 20th |
9:30 am | Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehersal | Benedict Music Tent | $15 |
| Sunday July 20th |
4:00 pm | Aspen Festival Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $72 |
| Sunday July 20th |
8:00 pm | summerFILMS: Presented in association with Aspen Film | Paepcke Auditorium | $12 |
| Week Six | ||||
| Date | Time | Concert | Location | Cost |
| Tuesday July 22nd |
8:00 pm | Special event with Issac Delgado | Benedict Music Tent | $60, $30 |
| Tuesday July 22nd |
8:00 pm | A Recital by Simone Dinnerstein, piano | Harris Concert Hall | $9 |
| Wednesday July 23rd |
6:00 pm | Sinfonia | Benedict Music Tent | $20 |
| Wednesday July 23rd |
8:30 pm | A Recital by the American Brass Quintet | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Thursday July 24th |
6:00 pm | An Evening with Andreas Haefliger, piano | Benedict Music Tent | $50 |
| Thursday July 24th |
7:00 pm | Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel | Wheeler Opera House | $70 |
| Friday July 25th |
6:00 pm | Aspen Chamber Symphony | Benedict Music Tent | $68 |
| Saturday July 26th |
6:00 pm | A Recital by Christian Gerhaher, baritone | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Sunday July 27th |
4:00 pm | Aspen Festival Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $72 |
| Sunday July 27th |
7:00 pm | Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel | Wheeler Opera House | $70 |
| Week Seven | ||||
| Date | Time | Concert | Location | Cost |
| Monday July 28th |
7:00 pm | Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel | Wheeler Opera House | $70 |
| Tuesday July 29th |
4:00 pm | American Academy of Conducting Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | FREE |
| Tuesday July 29th |
8:00 pm | Percussion Ensemble | Harris Concert Hall | $30 |
| Wednesday July 30th |
6:00 pm | Aspen Concert Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $20 |
| Wednesday July 30th |
8:30 pm | A Recital by John O'Conor, piano | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Thursday July 31st |
6:00 pm | Special Event with RObert McDuffie, violin | Harris Concert Hall | $75 |
| Friday August 1st |
6:00 pm | Aspen Chamber Symphony | Benedict Music Tent | $68 |
| Saturday August 2nd |
2:00 pm | A Recital by Susan Nicholson, organ | Aspen Chapel | FREE |
| Saturday August 2nd |
8:00 pm | A Recital by Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Sunday August 3rd |
4:00 pm | Aspen Festival Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $72 |
| Week Eight | ||||
| Date | Time | Concert | Location | Cost |
| Tuesday August 5th |
4:00 pm | American Academy of Conducting Orchesta | Benedict Music Tent | FREE |
| Tuesday August 5th |
8:00 pm | A Recital by Marino Formeni, piano | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Wednesday August 6th |
8:00 pm | Special Event with the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and the Aspen Concert Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $65 |
| Thursday August 7th |
6:00 pm | An Evening with the American String Quartet | Benedict Music Tent | $50 |
| Thursday August 7th |
8:30 pm | Special Event with Vladimir Feltsman, conductor and piano, and Sinfonia | Harris Concert Hall | $75 |
| Friday August 8th |
6:00 pm | Aspen Chamber Symphony | Benedict Music Tent | $68 |
| Satuday August 9th |
8:00 pm | A Recital by the American String Quartet | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Sunday August 10th |
4:00 pm | Aspen Festival Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $72 |
| Sunday August 10th |
8:00 pm | From the Top | Harris Concert Hall | $30 |
| Week Nine | ||||
| Date | Time | Concert | Location | Cost |
| Tuesday August 13th |
4:00 pm | American Academy of Conducting Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | FREE |
| Wednesday August 13th |
6:00 pm | Aspen Concert Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $20 |
| Wednesday August 13th |
8:30 pm | Special Event with Edgar Meyer, bass, and Chris Thile, mandolin | Harris Concert Hall | $50 |
| Thursday August 14th |
6:00 pm | An Evening with Misha and Cipa Dichter, pianos | Benedict Music Tent | $50 |
| Thursday August 14th |
7:00 pm | Massenet's Cendrillon | Wheeler Opera House | $80 |
| Friday August 15th |
6:00 pm | Aspen Chamber Symphony | Benedict Music Tent | $68 |
| Saturday August 16th |
7:00 pm | Massenet's Cendrillon | Wheeler Opera House | $80 |
| Saturday August 16th |
8:00 pm | A Recital by Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano | Harris Concert Hall | $46 |
| Sunday August 17th |
4:00 pm | Aspen Festival Orchestra | Benedict Music Tent | $72 |
Ordering Tickets
Orders received within seven days of the concert will be held for pickup during regular hours and one hour prior to performance. Sorry, no refunds or exchanges. Children under three will be admitted only to children's events.| Online: | www.aspenmusicfestival.com |
| Phone: | 970.925.9042 |
| Fax: | 970.925.8077 |
| Mail: | 2 Music School Rd., Aspen, CO 81611 |
| Box Office: | Monday - Friday 12 pm - 4 pm Day of the concert 12 pm - concert intermission |
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