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Lakes Area Music Festival announces 2021 season will be in person
“Last year in our 2020 season we were one of the first and only music festivals to produce a full season of concerts (virtually),” Scott Lykins said. “This season, we re on the cutting edge again as being one of the first organizations to present live concerts of orchestra and opera.” 12:00 pm, May 5, 2021 ×
German Conductor Christian Reif conducts a past Lakes Area Music Festival concert. Reif was named the festival s first music director. Photo by David Born
Organizers with the Lakes Area Music Festival didn’t let the 2020 pandemic stop them from bringing classical music and opera to the Brainerd lakes area.