Music Festival and School announces 75th anniversary season

Aspen Music Festival and School released its program for the 75th anniversary season which will run from Wednesday, June 26, through Sunday, Aug. 18. Tickets go on sale on April 22.

According to a news release, this season’s theme is “Becoming Who You Are,” which will explore “Aspen’s impact on the musical and personal development of thousands of important musicians over the past 75 years.”

The season is set to honor its strengths, past, present and future with events featuring alumni performers from the past 50 years; events that will feature artists discovered early and nurtured on Aspen stages; events that support new music, experimentation and new composers; and events that spotlight standout works of genius.

As always, more than 450 young artists from around the world will join the artist faculty, drawn from the major orchestras and music schools around the country, along with an array of guest artists for almost 200 public events in eight weeks. long associated with Aspen, including conductors James Conlon and Leonard Slatkin, violinists Augustin Hadelich and Gil Shaham, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, pianists Trifonov, Conrad Tao and Bronfman, and the American Brass Quintet.

Some of them haven’t been seen here for a while, among them violinist Pinchas Zukerman and Midori, violist Lawrence Power, and the American String Quartet. that includes Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.

JULY 17>> “As We Speak,” world music from Béla Fleck (banjo), Zakir Hussain (tabla), Edgar Meyer (bass) and Indian bansuri master Rakesh Chaurasia. I caught their performance at SFJAZZ recently, and it was beyond magical.

JULY 24, 26>> Composer Missy Mazzoli in a recital of music she wrote for violinist Jennifer Koh and a performance by them of her violin concerto with the Aspen Chamber Symphony