KAY BUCKSBAUM NOMINATED FOR CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL Full board will vote on officer nominations at its next regular meeting on June 29 Bucksbaum with her husband Matthew has been involved with the AMFS for more than three decades Bucksbaum has significant experience... Read more →
Sneak Preview Of Aspen Music Fest Highlights
With nine days to go, Aspen Music Festival and School CEO Alan Fletcher and Artistic Director Asadour Santourian have a conversation about the program to come this summer. Read More →
CEO Alan Fletcher Wins Battle Royale With Aspen Music Fest Board Chair
In a stunning development, the Aspen Music Festival and School voted out board chair Rob LeBuhn and immediately offered Music Fest CEO Alan Fletcher a two-year contract extension, which Fletcher indicated he will accept. The vote and the extension come after a dramatic battle for months on end that included... Read more →
Aspen Music Fest Crystal-Clear
The Aspen Music Festival and School announces a grant for nearly a quarter-million dineros that means sound quality will increase across the (sound) board. Read More →
Now Hear This From Music Fest
Aspen Music Festival and School Receives $243,000 Grant for Broadcast and Recording Initiatives Monies will make possible a transformation of the festival’s recording and broadcast sound Funds support the purchase of state-of-the-art recording engineering equipment, completion of the festival’s... Read more →
Atonal World Of Music Fest
“We’ve become an international organization,” says Aspen Music Festival and School CEO Alan Fletcher. “The organization has changed; it feels different. And there are a few people saying it’s all because of me; if we just get rid of me, everything will go back. But these were... Read more →
New York Times Weighs In On Music Fest
“The tensions that have simmered at the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado since the resignation of its music director, David Zinman, on April 8,” quoth The New York Times, “boiled over on Thursday, when the festival corporation delivered a vote of no confidence in the festival’s... Read more →
Aida In HD @ The Wheeler
Set in ancient Egypt, Aida is both a heartbreaking love story and an epic drama full of spectacular crowd scenes. Violeta Urmana stars. Read More →
The Met Live In HD
Four decades into a legendary Met career, tenor Plácido Domingo makes history singing the title role in Verdi’s gripping political thriller. Read More →
Yefim Bronfman Returns To Aspen
Grammy Award-winner Yefim Bronfman comes back to Harris Hall to tickle the ivories courtesy of the Aspen Music Festival’s annual winter series. Read More →