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Aspen

The Aspen Music Festival’s triumphant final week

26/08/202625/08/2026 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival [9]: Harris Concert Hall, Klein Music Tent, Aspen. (HS)

Anton Nel in an Aspen recital © Diego Redel

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A weekend of elevated conducting caps an impressive week in Aspen

18/08/202618/08/2026 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival [8]: Harris Concert Hall, Klein Music Tent, Aspen, (HS)

Conductor Delyana Lazarova and pianist Alexander Malofeev after Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.4 © Blake Nelson

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Violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Akira Eguchi deliver a Beethoven sonata cycle for the ages in Aspen

12/08/202612/08/2026 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2026 [7]: Gil Shaham (violin), Akira Eguchi (piano). Harris Concert Hall, Aspen. (HS)

Violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Akira Eguchi in Aspen © Diego Redel

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Stunning singing from opera stars and a South African cellist in Aspen

12/08/202611/08/2026 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2026 [6]: Harris Concert Hall, Klein Music Tent, Aspen. (HS)

Saxophonist Steven Banks and composer Joan Tower after Love Returns © Blake Nelson

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Pianists Yuja Wang and Jean-Yves Thibaudet steal the spotlight in Aspen as the opera Hildegard soars

04/08/202604/08/2026 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2026 [5]: Harris Concert Hall, Klein Music Tent, Aspen Meadows Grounds, Aspen. (HS)

Pianist Yuja Wang after her extraordinary encore in Aspen © Blake Nelson

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Ups and downs with Mozart, but Trifonov prevails in early-20th-century gems in Aspen

29/07/202628/07/2026 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2026 [4]: Wheeler Opera House, Harris Concert Hall, Klein Music Tent, Aspen. (HS)

Pianist Daniil Trifonov plays Glazunov’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the Aspen Festival Orchestra © Diego Redel

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Violinist Augustin Hadelich and the world premiere of an Aucoin symphony top the week in Aspen

23/07/202623/07/2026 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2026 [3]: Klein Music Tent, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen. (HS)

Violinist Augustin Hadelich in a solo recital © Diego Redel

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Weilerstein’s Dvořák Cello Concerto tops off an outstanding Aspen Music Festival week

15/07/202614/07/2026 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2026 [2]: Aspen, Colorado. (HS)

Inon Barnatan conducts his ‘Time-Traveler’s Suite’ © Diego Redel

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  • All Betts are off in the farcical twists and turns of an entertaining The Other Side of Murder (10/11/2026) __________________________________
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