2024 Season
A magnificent season under the guidance of Music Director Peter Oundjian
Augustin Hadelich Returns
Violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
World Premiere by Gabriela Lena Frank
Commissioned by the Festival and performed by Boulder’s Takács Quartet
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Bruckner’s Bicentennial
Celebrate Bruckner’s 200th anniversary with his incredible Fourth Symphony
The Magnificent Awaits
2024 Season July 5-August 4
Alisa Weilerstein Plays Dvořák’s Cello Concerto
Alisa Weilerstein Plays Dvořák’s Cello Concerto
Family Concert: Green Eggs and Ham
Family Concert: Green Eggs and Ham
Alisa Weilerstein Plays Dvořák’s Cello Concerto
Alisa Weilerstein Plays Dvořák’s Cello Concerto
Rite of Spring & Gluzman Plays Prokofiev
Rite of Spring & Gluzman Plays Prokofiev
Rite of Spring & Gluzman Plays Prokofiev
Rite of Spring & Gluzman Plays Prokofiev
Stories & News
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Awadagin Pratt & Jessie Montgomery’s Grammy-Winning Rounds
Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds, which won the 2024 Grammy Award for best contemporary classical composition, ranks among the classical world’s biggest success stories of the past two years, and the work’s popularity just keeps soaring.
An Evening of Romance: Bruckner’s Bicentennial Celebration
“This is the program about which I feel the greatest sense of anticipation and excitement this summer,” says Music Director Peter Oundjian.
“When you receive a gift, you want to say thank you.”
Julie Kaewert has been bringing her family to Colorado Music Festival concerts since her daughters were very young. “They were very special nights for us as a family,” she remembers.
Composer Gabriela Lena Frank: Musical Storyteller & Cultural Witness
Frank’s newest work, a commission by the Festival, will draw on the South American musical idioms that have suffused many of her works.
Win the Taylor Swift Eras Tour London Experience Sweepstakes!
Enter today for a chance to win the Taylor Swift Eras Tour London Experience for Four. You and three friends will see Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour at London’s iconic Wembley Stadium on Monday, August 19, 2024. In addition to four concert tickets, you will receive: Four...
After the World Premiere: Wang Jie’s Flying on the Scaly Backs of Our Mountains
In 2022, the Festival gave the first performance of Wang Jie’s “Flying on the Scaly Backs of Our Mountains,” inspired by the composer’s rock climbing adventures in Colorado’s Eldorado Canyon. Read about the success this music has enjoyed after its world premiere.
After the World Premiere: Joel Thompson’s To Awaken the Sleeper
In 2021, the Festival gave the first performance of Joel Thompson’s “To Awaken the Sleeper,” inspired by the work of James Baldwin. Read about the life that powerful music has enjoyed after its world premiere.
After the World Premiere: Joan Tower’s A New Day
In 2021, the Festival gave the first performance of Joan Tower’s A New Day, written out of love for the composer’s husband. Read about the life that wonderful music has enjoyed after its world premiere.
Your Support Creates Magic in Boulder & Beyond
Visit coloradomusicfestival.org/donate by December 31 so we can look forward to the 2024 Festival with your support. Exciting plans are already underway!