IF YOU GO …
Where: Benedict Music Tent and livestreaming
When: Friday, July 23, 5:30 p.m.
How much: $82
Tickets: aspenmusicfestival.com
More info: Reservations are no longer required for free lawn seating; the program includes a work by Samy Moussa, Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major and Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony
Conductor Gemma New and pianist Tengku Irfan first crossed paths onstage at the Benedict Music Tent eight years ago when both were students at the Aspen Music Festival and School. Now among the leading young lights in the international classical music world, the New Zealand-born conductor and Malaysian soloist are back on the stage as guest artists at the festival.
Live music will return to Aspen this summer.
After a quiet 2020 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and the historic cancellation of last summer’s in-person season, the Aspen Music Festival and School on Thursday announced a 52-day, 150-event lineup for July and August.
With vaccines continuing to roll out, virus cases declining and public health restrictions loosening, the Aspen institution’s slate of summer concerts will return for its 72nd anniversary season.
“We’re very excited,” festival president and CEO Alan Fletcher said Wednesday. “We truly believe in this season. And we are monitoring, hour by hour, what health rules and best practices are across the world, in terms of being on stage, and we feel very confident about this.”