Other great festivals
Blossom Music Festival
29 June – 1 September
The Cleveland Orchestra’s summer season includes guitarist Pepe Romero in Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, Gautier Capuçon in Saint-saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1 and Andrey Boreyko conducting Zemlinsky’s
Die Seejungfrau.
Tel: 216-231-7493
Web: www.clevelandorchestra.com
Grand Teton Festival 3 July – 17 August Music director Donald Runnicles conducts such towering works as Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Mahler’s Fourth. Soloists include cellist Alisa Weilerstein, violinist Hilary Hahn, pianist Yefim Bronfman and saxophonist Branford Marsalis.
Tel: 307-733-1128
Web: www.gtmf.org
Glimmerglass Festival 6 July – 24 August
A new production of Jerome Kern’s musical Show Boat joins Verdi’s La traviata, Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles and the premiere of Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s Blue.
Tel: 607-547-2255
Web: www.glimmerglass.org
Marlboro Festival 13 July – 11 August Under the co-direction of pianists Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss, this Vermont gathering stresses inter-generational collaborations. Programmes are announced at the last moment; you can’t go wrong visiting on any of the five weekends.
Tel: 215-569-4690
Web: www.marlboromusic.org
Moab Music Festival
26 August – 12 September
Located near Utah’s Arches and Canyonlands national parks, this festival draws adventurous music lovers for Grotto concerts (accessed by boat), half-day music hikes, and performances on ranches. Tel: 435-259-7003
Web: www.moabmusicfest.org