Chris Mohr
Reporter, Classical MusicClassical 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 when I was twelve, 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 ninth summer working for Aspen Public Radio.
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Volinist Augustin Hadelich, who is performing Sunday afternoon at the Aspen Music Festival and School, has a complicated layer in his busy life. The online world keeps assigning him fictional wives. Listen to his tale.
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The Aspen Opera Theater and Vocal Arts Program, which is part of the Aspen Music Festival and School, is directed by two of the biggest names in the business: superstar soprano Renée Fleming and acclaimed conductor Patrick Summers.
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Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, left, spoke this week with Chris Mohr of Aspen Public Radio about being in town, about the importance of family time at the beach and hard work, and about the joy of playing Falstaff and other operatic misfits.
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Armenian violinist Diana Adamyan, who will perform Sunday at the Aspen Music Festival, feels the music of her nation’s fine composers in her heart.
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The Aspen Music Festival’s resident brass ensemble, the American Brass Quintet, or ABQ, will fill Harris Hall with glorious sounds on Thursday.
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After a series of positive COVID-19 tests last weekend disrupted two performances, the Aspen Music Festival and School has announced an extension of its mask mandate for Harris Hall.
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Over the next few days at the Aspen Music Festival, a young violinist and a seasoned conductor will join forces to perform an energetic rendition of Mendelson — and that conductor will lead a performance of Baroque music featuring an unusual instrument.
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The 73rd Aspen Music Festival kicked off Thursday. As has been the case every summer since 1949, the festival will offer classical favorites — but, this year, it will also feature an array of diverse musical styles you don’t normally associate with the classics.
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Yes, you read it right. Beloved virtuoso violinist Augustin Hadelich, who closes out the Aspen Music Festival's Virtual Season on Sunday, August 23 at 3…
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The 72nd summer season of the Aspen Music Festival is now in full swing, and we talk with Aspen CEO Alan Fletcher and programmer Asadour Santourian about what we can look forward to and how the season will differ from seasons past. We also caught up with pianist Conrad Tao, who first came to the Aspen Music Festival and School in his tween years as both a pianist and violinist. He talks about composing for violin and keeping up his chops on the instrument he no longer plays publicly, as well as the music he's playing in Aspen in his monumentally challenging recital on July 6. Tune in to Aspen Public Radio for Classical Music from Aspen weekdays now through August from 1:00-3:00 p.m., and our weekly interview program Festival showcase Fridays at 2:30 p.m.