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Alan Fletcher Talks with Chris Mohr about the 2025 summer season, and the Aspen Music Festival's challenges in the current cultural environment.

Alan with pianists Conrad Tao and Harmony Zhu
Alan with pianists Conrad Tao and Harmony Zhu

Chris Mohr checked in with Alan Fetcher to talk about the 200 concerts being performed this summer in Aspen, and the new cultural and political realities he and AMFS are having to navigate.

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.