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What’s classical music? All of this, says the Aspen Music Festival

16/08/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [12]: Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)

One of the groups of wind instruments for John Luther Adams’s An Atlas of Deep Time © Diego Redel

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Gil Shaham scores with Jonathan Leshnoff’s emotionally resonant new sonata in Aspen

14/08/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [11]: Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)

Pianist Michelle Cann plays music of the Chicago Black Renaissance © Diego Redel

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Virtuosity from Steven Banks and Gil Shaham in a thoughtful Aspen Music Festival weekend

09/08/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [10]: Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall, Meadows Campus, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)

Saxophonist Steve Banks and conductor Xian Zhang in Billy Childs’s Saxophone Concerto © Diego Redel

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Audra McDonald wows with show tunes at Aspen – and there was plenty of other notable singing this week

05/08/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [9]: Harris Hall, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)

Audra McDonald © Allison Michael Orenstein

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Pianist Lim delivers sensational Rachmaninoff and Mahler Three climbs the mountain in Aspen

02/08/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [8]: Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)

Robert Spano conducts Mahler’s Symphony No.3 © Blake Nelson

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At Aspen: Bavouzet played Ravel with style and the orchestra excelled in unforgettable movie music

01/08/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [7]: Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. [HS]

Maurice Cohn conducts violinist Charlotte Rose Marckx playing the Schindler’s List theme © Diego Redel

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Singing raises the quality in a busy Aspen weekend of contemporary opera, new music and Mahler

27/08/202325/07/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [6]: Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. [HS]

Baritone Angel M. Vargas holds a gun on soprano Katherine Henry in Bellido’s Bel Canto © Blake Nelson

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Augustin Hadelich playing alone makes jaws drop at Aspen

27/08/202321/07/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States  Aspen Music Festival 2023 [5]: Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. [HS]

Augustin Hadelich © Diego Redel

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