Aspen Music Festival and School
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The Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS) has been an annual international classical music festival in Aspen , Colorado since 1949 .
In addition to the design of special concert programs by top international musicians, the foundation of the festival is the promotion of young musicians through music courses and workshops. The Aspen Music Festival and School offers 12 training programs for young musicians: from orchestral programs to opera coaching to classical guitar.
The main season lasts about 8 weeks and takes place every summer. But there are also some events in the winter season. In addition to the classical program, there are also isolated jazz events . The organization of the festival is currently headed by President and CEO Alan Fletcher and Music Director Robert Spano.
Venues
The main venue is the Benedict Music Tent , which opened in 2000 and has 2050 seats. However, various other locations are also used.
The Benedict Music Tent , 2015
The Bucksbaum Campus
The Esari Studio
The Wheeler Opera House
Significant participants (selection)
The following important musicians, conductors and composers have actively participated in AMFS events:
- Composers: William Bolcom , Philip Glass , David Lang , Augusta Read Thomas , Bright Sheng , Joan Tower , Peter Michael von der Nahmer
- Conductors: Marin Alsop , James Conlon , James Levine , Leonard Slatkin , Hugh Wolff , John Mauceri , Eivind Gullberg Jensen
- Ensembles: Calder Quartet, Escher String Quartet, Jupiter String Quartet, Pacifica Quartet, Ying Quartet
- Singing: Jamie Barton , Renée Fleming , Dawn Upshaw
- Violinists: Joshua Bell , Sarah Chang , Ray Chen , Midori Gotō , Cho-Liang Lin , Gil Shaham , Szymon Goldberg
- Cellists: Lynn Harrell , Alisa Weilerstein , Richard Aaron , Darrett Adkins
- Pianists: John Austin Butsch, Ingrid Fliter , Yuja Wang , Marc Neikrug , Dennis Russell Davies , Greg Anderson , Ching-Yun Hu , Rodolphe Schacher , Dejan Lazić
- Timpanist: Cloyd Duff
- Guitarists: Sharon Isbin , Oscar Ghiglia
- Performer: Peter Schickele
- Bass player: Edgar Meyer
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bruce Berger: Music in the Mountains: The First Fifty Years of the Aspen Music Festival , Big Earth Publishing, 1999. ISBN 978-1555663117
- ^ Programs of Study . Archived from the original on February 8, 2015.
- ^ Daniel J. Wakin: Robert Spano Named New Aspen Music Festival Music Director. In: The New York Times . March 12, 2011 .
- ^ Leo Beranek: Concert Halls and Opera Houses , 2nd. Edition, NY: Springer, 2007, ISBN 0-387-95524-0 , pp. 39-42.