Jean-Yves Thibeaudet Jazzes up the Music Festival Tent with Gershwin

Aspen Public Radio | By Chris Mohr

Published August 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM MDT

Jean Yves Thibeaudet taking his bows after an all-Debussy recital at Harris Hall.

Pianist Jean-Yves Thibeaudet played Debussy earlier last week in Aspen, and he showed he can also play the very jazz-infused Piano Concerto in F of Gershwin at Sunday's concert at the Tent. Chris Mohr talks about bridging the two musical worlds.

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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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