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Colorado Music Festival featured in “Seen and Heard International”
"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...
CMF named a “Top 25” Classical Music Festival by BBC Music Magazine
Colorado Music Festival was recognized by BBC Music Magazine as one of the 25 best classical music festivals in the US & Canada in 2026. "The stars are aligning, insists Colorado, as its half-century edition coincides with the Center for the Musical Arts’ 30th...
The best classical music heading to Colorado’s world-class, warm-weather fests – Denver Post
Concert tickets tend to sell out fast at the Vail Music Festival, Colorado Music Festival and Santa Fe Opera Colorado Music Festival, July 9-Aug. 9 Yuja Wang performs on a program centered around Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto and Leonard Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances...
“It’s So Special to Be Together” — Meet Stella, Festival Volunteer
Volunteering as an usher means more to Stella than simply something to fill her summer nights; she feels that music — and live performances in particular — are important to share as a family.
Dover Quartet Settles into Chamber Music’s Top Tier
Interview by Kyle Macmillan After its sweep of all the prizes at the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, critics regularly applauded the Dover Quartet as an emerging ensemble with abundant talent and huge potential. But what once was potential has...
Hayoung Choi: Competition Winner On Road to Success
Interview by Kyle Macmillan One often-followed path to classical-music success is the field’s network of high-profile and high-pressure international competitions, which can bring instant recognition to the winners and quickly ignite a professional career. South...
Joan Tower and the Colorado Music Festival: Making New Music Together
Interview by Kyle Macmillan Veteran American composer Joan Tower and the Colorado Music Festival are becoming quite the pair. In 2021, in what is a rare event for a living composer, the summer Festival presented a program totally devoted to her music, including the...
Around the World on Guitar: Chinese-born Xuefei Yang Takes on Famed Spanish Concerto
Interview by Kyle Macmillan The guitar is one of the newest Western instruments to arrive in China. Xuefei Yang believes it entered the country only about 100 years ago, and it took decades more for it to gain a foothold among audiences and players. “But just as...
Anne Akiko Meyers: Musical Adventurer, Champion of New Music and Living Composers
Interview by Kyle Macmillan Anne Akiko Meyers has bucked convention and embraced all things new on an ever-adventurous path that has gained her international acclaim. The 55-year-old American violinist has championed under-recognized masterworks from the past like...
Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts Statement on the Boulder Hate Crime
To our Boulder community and beyond: We are heartbroken and horrified by the recent hate crime in our beloved city. Boulder is a place that thrives on compassion, creativity, and connection—and this act of violence stands in direct opposition to everything we hold...
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A Musical Journey Through Colorado
Colorado is well-known for its majestic mountains, stunning landscapes, and vibrant culture. The state also contains a treasure trove for classical music enthusiasts. From intimate chamber performances to grand symphony orchestras, Colorado offers a rich variety of...
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 Vancouver Experience Sweepstakes!
Enter today for a chance to win the Taylor Swift Eras Tour Vancouver Experience. You and a friend will see Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour at Vancouver's BC Place Stadium on Friday, December 6, 2024. In addition to two concert tickets, you will receive a $5,000 travel...
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!