Aspen Music Festival and School - Festival Showcase
Fridays at 2:30 p.m.
Join host Chris Mohr for an inside look at The Aspen Music Festival and School's summer season. Each Friday throughout the summer, Chris will feature exclusive and insightful interviews with AMFS artists, conductors, faculty, and students.
Latest Episodes
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The 2021 festival never stopped, in spite of COVID, Wildfires and Floods. Host Chris Mohr finishes his Festival Showcase season for 2021 with Alan Fletcher & Asadour Santourian.
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Host Chris Mohr chats with violinist Augustin Hadelich ahead of Sunday's concert, and performers in Saturday's Rodelinda performance.
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AMFS Music Director Robert Spano talks about all the time that opened up for him for composing during the pandemic; Jane Glover talks about this Sunday's concert; Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth talk about their upcoming all-Beethoven concert next week.
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Conductors Ben Manis and Hugh Wolff take the baton this weekend and talk about their upcoming concerts—and the craft on conducting itself. Then percussionist Jonathan Haas talks about the August 11 concert he is organizing.
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Multiple Grammy-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin on her August 5 concert, and pianist/vocal coach Myra Huang honoring Ed Berkeley
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Conversations with a composer, a pianist and a string quartet
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Conversations with a Conductor, a brass quintet and a string quartet
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Aspen Opera Program and pianist Inon Barnatan
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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.
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Most year-round Aspenites love winter, but for poets around the world, winter is often a symbol of bleakness and despair. Franz Schubert set to music 24…