AMFS Music Director Robertr Spano talks up all things Aspen and Music

Aspen Public Radio | By Chris Mohr

Published July 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM MDT

APR classical host sat down with AMFS Music Director Robert Spano to talk about the 200 concerts coming up this summer, his Conducting Academy and the orchestra they have just for them to hone their craft (performing every Wednesday), and the composition students he and Chris Theofanidis work with and inspire.

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Chris Mohr

Classical music reporter Chris Mohr has loved classical music since he was twelve. “And I owe it all to radio,” Chris explains. “I grew up in a farm town east of Cleveland. One day I turned on the local classical radio station. They were playing Vivaldi, and it was like the gates of heaven opened up to me!" Chris is also a composer, and is working on a 53-note-to-the-octave oratorio, "Melodies of the Shoreless Sea." This is his 11th summer working for Aspen Public Radio.

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