Kelli O’Hara’s recital on Caramoor’s opening night is a gracious, reflective, family affair

United StatesUnited States Various, Caramoor Festival [1]: Kelli O’Hara (soprano), Dan Lipton (pianist, music director), Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Rob Fisher (conductor). Venetian Theater, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah, 20.6.2025. (DS)

Greg Naughton, Kelli O’Hara and Orchestra of St Luke’s © Gabe Palacio

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Colorado Music Festival – 9 July to 9 August 2026

Colorado Music Festival’s 50th Anniversary Season (July-August 2026)

Music Director Peter Oundjian with the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra © Geremy Kornreich

There are few places where you can glimpse the yellow belly of a meadow lark and marvel at the incredible form of a natural stone arch while hiking a trail towards a National Historic Landmark that offers high caliber summer concerts. This is Boulder, Colorado – the setting of the Colorado Music Festival. Against the iconic gray rocky peaks of the Flatirons sits Chautauqua Park with its flower-covered meadows and beautiful 19th-century barn where the Festival presents internationally acclaimed artists, Pulitzer Prize winning composers, classical favorites and world premieres to dedicated audiences and newcomers, year after year.

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Australian Chamber Orchestra dazzles in a must-hear ‘Death and the Maiden’ at Carnegie Hall

United StatesUnited States Purcell, Adams, Schubert: Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti (director and violin). Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 22.4.2026. (DS)

Members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra led by Richard Tognetti (first violinist) © Stephanie Berger

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The NY Philharmonic’s eclectic approach to American modernism

United StatesUnited States ‘US at 250’ [2] – Various: Golda Schultz (soprano), Yarn/Wire (Russell Greenberg, Dustin Donahue [percussion], Laura Barger, Julia Den Boer [pianos]), New York Philharmonic / Kwamé Ryan (conductor). David Geffen Hall, New York, 9.4.2026. (DS)

Members of Yarn/Wire with conductor Kwamé Ryan and the NY Philharmonic © Fadi Kheir

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