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DATE: February 6, 2008
CONTACT:    Laura Smith (970) 205-5070, lsmith@aspenmusic.org
Janice Szabo (970) 205-5071, jszabo@aspenmusic.org

STORYTELLING INSPIRES THE THEME FOR THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL 59th SEASON
JUNE 19 TO AUGUST 17, 2008

“Once Upon a Time…” theme offers a season-long exploration of folklore, legends, mythology and fairytales through music

David Zinman conducts the world premiere of John Harbison’s The Great Gatsby Suite, an AMFS commission which captures the spirit of the big band era

“Once Upon a Time…” shines through the Aspen Opera Theater Center this summer with two adult versions of the classic Cinderella tale and a production of Hansel and Gretel

Piano mega-star Emanuel Ax returns to Aspen with two extraordinary programs, including a special concert with pianists Joseph Kalichstein, Yefim Bronfman and Misha Dichter

A live taping of the nation’s most popular classical music show, From the Top, features
talent from Aspen’s own stellar student body

Jazz songstress Patti Austin joins the Count Basie Orchestra in a tribute to the first lady of American song, Ella Fitzgerald, presented in association with Jazz Aspen Snowmass

Multiple collaborations with Aspen’s arts elite, including the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, the Aspen Institute and Aspen Film

More than 350 public events feature appearances by Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, James Conlon, Emerson String Quartet, Vladimir Feltsman, Julia Fischer, Nicholas McGegan, David Robertson, Gil Shaham, Leonard Slatkin and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, among others

ASPEN, Colo. — Storytelling is one of the most fundamental ways we understand ourselves and our culture. For centuries artists have brought narrative into their paintings, literature, theater, dance and music. From legends to literature, fairytales to family lore, stories have provided a depth and dimension to art that expands its scope, and deepens us as viewers, readers and listeners. This summer, the Aspen Music Festival and School looks at how music tells stories and what these musical stories tell us about who we are through the theme “Once Upon a Time....”
“Our theme of ‘Once Upon a Time...’ will find us looking at storytelling through music,” says AMFS President and CEO Alan Fletcher. “On a deeper level, this involves the way our stories ― personal, social, and national ― create and are created by our sense of identity and place. ‘Who we are, where we are’ is a way of framing this: the expressive power of music is an unequalled way of defining selfhood.”
Works scheduled that reflect this theme are Wagner’s Overture to The Flying Dutchman and Harbison’s Great Gatsby Suite (June 22); Prokofiev’s Cinderella Suite (June 29); Copland’s Appalachian Spring (July 25); Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (August ; Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade (August 13); Schoenberg's epic love story Gurre-Lieder (August 17) ) …and many more throughout the summer.

Says David Zinman, AMFS music director, “‘Once Upon a Time...’ In story, these words convey us to a magical world of childhood and beyond. In music, those words transport us into the fantastic realm of a composer's imagination. Legend and story, fantasy and magic, combine for an exciting summer of musical exploration.”
The three staged operas featuring the talented students of the Aspen Opera Theater Center (AOTC), directed by Edward Berkeley, are also inspired by the “Once Upon a Time…” theme, including two versions of the classic Cinderella tale and a production of Hansel and Gretel. Rossini’s heartfelt farce La Cenerentola, conducted by Bruno Cinquegrani (July 8, 10 and 13), gives the composer’s account of the Cinderella story, with a few changes ― a trailer-park setting complete with pink flamingos, barbecue and Astroturf. Massenet’s Cendrillon, conducted by Patrick Summers (August 12, 14 and 16), is a purely 19th century French telling of the Cinderella story. This will be the most magical opera experience of summer, featuring the story of an incredibly warm father and fairy that bring blessings to Cendrillon. Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, conducted by Richard Bado (July 24, 27 and 28), is based on the well-known Grimm fairytale and takes a dark, and a bit scary, look at the story of children/parent relations and fears of abandonment, anger and betrayal.
Celebrating his eleventh summer in Aspen, Zinman will conduct the first of his five festival performances on June 22, when he leads the Aspen Festival Orchestra in the premiere of the AMFS commission The Great Gatsby Suite, John Harbison’s jazzy evocation of the 1920s. Harbison captures the heart of his Gatsby opera, which dazzled audiences at its 1999 premiere, in his new extrapolation of dances into a Suite. On July 12, Zinman leads piano mega-star Emanuel Ax and the Aspen Chamber Symphony in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22, Strauss’s Burleske and Dvořák’s imaginative Legends, B. 122, op. 59 (nos. 1-10). Zinman, joined by mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor and pianist Yefim Bronfman, conducts the Aspen Chamber Symphony (ACS) in Peter Lieberson’s acclaimed Neruda Songs and Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, op. 26 on July 18, and leads the ACS again on August 1 in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55, Eroica. The season closes August 17 with Schoenberg's epic work Gurre-Lieder conducted by maestro Zinman, who will be joined by tenor Jon Villars, soprano Measha Brueggergosman, mezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikivi, tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, bass John Relyea, the Colorado Symphony Chorus and the United States Army Chorus.
Last year’s successful collaborations between the AMFS and Aspen’s numerous world-class cultural and intellectual organizations made it clear that these one-of-a-kind presentations would again be an important part of this summer’s programming. Among those joining the music festival in ‘08 will be Aspen Institute, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Aspen Film, Aspen Public Radio and Anderson Ranch Arts Center. These collaborations are highlighted by Aspen’s nationally acclaimed ballet troupe dancing in the Benedict Music Tent to live orchestral music (August 6, in association with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet) and a Patti Austin and the Count Basie Orchestra tribute to Ella Fitzgerald (June 24 in association with Jazz Aspen Snowmass) with a swinging retrospective of standards by George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin.

More than 750 music students from more than 40 countries come each summer to play in five orchestras, sing, conduct, compose and study with more than 150 top artist-faculty. Students represent the field’s best talent; many have already begun their professional careers, others are just about to. Renowned alumni include violinists Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Cho-Liang Lin, Robert McDuffie, Midori, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Gil Shaham; pianists Ingrid Fliter, Orli Shaham and Joyce Yang; conductors Marin Alsop, James Conlon, James Levine and Leonard Slatkin; composers William Bolcom, Philip Glass, Augusta Read Thomas, Bright Sheng and Joan Tower; vocalists Renée Fleming and Dawn Upshaw; cellists Lynn Harrell and Alisa Weilerstein; performer Peter Schickele and bassist Edgar Meyer.

In addition to the 150 members of the AMFS’s highly accomplished artist-faculty, 2008 guest artists and conductors include violinists Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Julia Fischer, Gil Shaham and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg; vocalists Jane Eaglen and Anthony Dean Griffey; conductors Marin Alsop, James Conlon, Alan Gilbert, David Robertson and Leonard Slatkin; pianists Emanuel Ax and Jeffrey Kahane; and the Emerson String Quartet and the Takács Quartet.

Performers making their AMFS guest-artist debuts include vocalist Patti Austin; soprano Measha Brueggergosman; mezzo-sopranos Kelley O'Connor and Lilli Paasikivi; baritone Christian Gerhaher; conductors Bruno Cinquegrani, James Gaffigan, Eivind Gullberg Jensen and Ingo Metzmacher; jazz artist Issac Delgado; composer Anders Hillborg; pianists Simone Dinnerstein, Marino Formenti, Richard Goode, Marc-André Hamelin and Gerold Huber; mandolinist Chris Thile; and the Cavani String Quartet, the Count Basie Orchestra and the United States Army Chorus.

Aspen offers the ultimate in flexibility for patrons with passes, the most self-directed and convenient way to attend concerts. New for 2008, the Gold Season Pass ($1250) offers entrée to all regularly scheduled events and validation by phone on day of event. The Kickoff Pass ($185) is good for all regular events through July 3. The Full Season Pass ($975) offers unlimited access to the festival’s 350-plus regular events throughout the summer. Children 17 and under are eligible for the $50 Youth Season Picture Pass. Passes are good for all regularly scheduled events except operas, special events, benefits, house musics and films. Tickets and passes may be purchased in person; by Internet: www.aspenmusicfestival.com; by phone: 970-925-9042; by fax: 970-925-8077 and by mail: AMFS Box Office, 2 Music School Road, Aspen, CO 81611.

The Aspen Music Festival and School is the United States’ premier classical music festival, presenting more than 350 musical events during its nine-week summer season in Aspen. The institution draws top classical musicians from around the world to this Colorado mountain retreat for an unparalleled combination of performances and music education. More than 25 percent of events are free and seating on the David Karetsky Music Lawn and in the Music Garden is always free.

The AMFS’s orchestras are composed of top professionals and music students, many on the cusp of, or already beginning, their professional careers. Hailing from approximately 40 states and 40 countries, the 750 students begin vying for a spot with the AMFS as early as October of the previous year.
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To follow:
•    Notable Events and People, Summer 2008, pp. 6-9
•    Aspen Opera Theater Center Presents La Cenerentola, Hansel and Gretel and Cendrillon  pp. 10-11
•    AMFS General Information, pp. 12-14

High resolution photos available at www.aspenmusicfestival.com (media) or upon request.

AMFS NOTABLE EVENTS AND PEOPLE
SUMMER 2008

• It takes an immense amount of courage to pay tribute to jazz legend Ella Fitgerald, universally acknowledged as one of the greatest vocalists in contemporary music. On June 24, singer Patti Austin sings Fitzgerald's groundbreaking work accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra featuring standards by George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin. (Presented in association with Jazz Aspen Snowmass.)

• AMFS alumna and acclaimed virtuoso Alisa Weilerstein, one of the premier cellists of her generation, will play Azul by one of today’s hottest composers, Osvaldo Golijov on July 5. The work, described by the composer as a “21st-century Baroque adagio,” has been hailed by New York critics as “entrancing” and a “kaleidoscopic thrill,” has captivated performers and audiences alike.

• A (free!) Day of Music returns for its fourth year on July 8 as the AMFS invites the community to experience all its facets. This day-long open house for the community showcases the AMFS students in collaboration with artist-faculty, in master classes, rehearsals, and performances on the AMFS campus as well as in the Benedict Music Tent and Harris Concert Hall. It invites those who might only know the festival through its performances, to see its true heart in the inspiring exchanges between masters and students ― exchanges that shape the future of the art form one musician at a time.

• Pianist Emanuel Ax, renowned for his Grammy-winning albums with luminaries such as Yo-Yo Ma and Isaac Stern, returns to Aspen with two special programs on July 10 and 12. The July 10 performance features Ax joined by three of the world’s most respected pianists, Joseph Kalichstein, Yefim Bronfman and Misha Dichter, in a extraordinary evening which includes Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by J. Haydn, op. 56b, Arensky’s Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos in F major, op. 15 and selections from Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.

• Music inspired by fairytales and performed by AMFS students and glamorous mystery guests, will surely inspire everyone to don their dancing shoes to support the AMFS at the Fantasy Ball, Aspen’s grandest benefit event of the season, July 14. This gala affair will be an exclusive evening of dinner and dancing.

• Acclaimed for its blend, brilliance and plain beauty, the world-renowned Bronfman-Shaham- Harrell Trio delivers the very highest level of unparalleled chamber performance with a program of piano trios by Mozart, Shostakovich and Marc-André Dalbavie on July 15.

• Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs, called "a kind of miracle” by James Levine, who conducted the work’s premiere, has won the field’s highest accolades, including the prestigious Grawemeyer Prize. The work also turned out to be a touching farewell for Lieberson’s wife, celebrated mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who passed away shortly after recording it. Maestro Zinman leads mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor in this touching work on July 18.

• Cuban phenomenon Issac Delgado, called “the heart and soul of Timba music,” will heat up the Tent with his cool combination of traditional Cuban music, salsa, jazz and rock, July 22. A founding member of timba’s seminal group, NG La Banda, Delgado is famed for “innovation, improvisation, high musicianship and hard Afro-Cuban funk” (New York Times). (Presented in association with Jazz Aspen Snowmass.)

• In one of the season’s premier collaborations, the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet returns to dance new repertoire to live music performed by Aspen Concert Orchestra, August 6. The program includes concertos of Mozart and Sibelius and features the chorography of David Parsons and Jorma Elo.

• It’s said mezzo-soprano Jane Eaglen’s voice should be heard live to appreciate its full dimension. On August 10, Aspen concert-goers will experience Eaglen’s haunting interpretation of Strauss’ triumphant final masterpiece, Four Last Songs, led by remarkable German conductor Ingo Metzmacher, in the Benedict Music Tent.

• NPR’s From the Top has a weekly audience of about 750,000, making it the most popular classical music show in the history of public radio. This summer the show comes to Aspen, August 10, when rising stars of classical music will speak their minds and display their talent in a live taping hosted by Christopher O’Riley.

• Bassist and musical innovator Edgar Meyer says “music is a common language with many different dialects,” and melody and rhythm “are fundamental, crossing all lines and creating a spectrum, not a bunch of little boxes.” To best illustrate his point, Meyer has hand-picked the boy-genius mandolin player Chris Thile, from the band Nickel Creek, to join him for a blending musical genres on August 13.

• Maestro Zinman closes the 2008 summer festival August 17, with Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder, an ancient love story brought to the stage with lush tonal splendor. The work’s monumental forces — five soloists, two choruses, massive orchestra — make it a rare privilege to see live.

• The AMFS artist-faculty pianists are in the final season of a four-year commitment to perform all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas at 4:45 p.m. each Friday as a prelude to the evening’s Aspen Chamber Symphony performances. These exceptional works have proved to be a reflection of the changes in the composer’s form and structure, and the impact of his deafness. This series showcases the breadth of this musical cycle and the depth of talent in the AMFS artist-faculty roster.

• Premieres for the 2008 season include:
World Premieres
•    John Harbison’s The Great Gatsby Suite, June 22 (commissioned by the AMFS)
•    Pierre Jalbert’s Cello Sonata, June 25, with David Finckel and Wu Han
•    Daniel Kellogg’s Piano Quintet. A world premiere of second half of composition, date TBA (commissioned by the AMFS)
•    Barbara White’s new work to be premiered by the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, date TBA

Western U.S. Premiere
•    Marc-André Dalbavie’s Piano Trio, July 15, with Bronfman-Shaham-Harrell Trio (co-commissioned by the AMFS and Carnegie Hall)

• New Artist-Faculty: New AMFS artist-faculty members include timpanists David Herbert, Mark Yancich and Paul Yancich; 2008 Composer-in-Residence Anders Hillborg; harpist Deborah Hoffman; opera coach Brent McMunn; Ingo Metzmacher, AACA opera scenes and Assistant Conductor Ward Stare.

• Conductors: In addition to Music Director David Zinman, conductors appearing in 2008 include Marin Alsop, Richard Bado, Andrey Boreyko, Bruno Cinquegrani, James Conlon, James DePreist, Vladimir Feltsman, James Gaffigan, Alan Gilbert, Elvind Gullberg Jensen, Jonathan Haas, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Sydney Hodkinson, Lawrence Isaacson, Jeffrey Kahane, Robert McDuffie, Nicholas McGegan, Ingo Metzmacher, Peter Oundjian, David Robertson, Lan Shui, Murry Sidlin, Leonard Slatkin, Ward Stare, Michael Stern, Patrick Summers, Joaquin Valdepeñas and Xian Zhang.

• Soloists: Many of today’s finest violinists will be performing in Aspen this summer, including Adele Anthony, Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Julia Fischer, Cho-Liang Lin, Robert McDuffie, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Gil Shaham, Valeriy Sokolov and Stephanie Jeong. Other guest artists include pianists Emanuel Ax, Jonathan Biss, Yefim Bronfman, Cipa Dichter, Misha Dichter, Vladimir Feltsman, Marino Formenti, Richard Goode, Hélène Grimaud, Andreas Haefliger, Wu Han, Gerold Huber, Jeffrey Kahane, Joseph Kalichstein, Anton Nel, John O’Conor, Orli Shaham, Ann Schein, Barry Snyder, Yevgeny Sudbin and Joyce Yang; violist John Graham; cellists David Finckel, Lynn Harrell and Alisa Weilerstein; bassist Edgar Meyer; mandolinist Chris Thile and guitarist Sharon Isbin. Ensembles scheduled to perform include the American Brass Quintet, American String Quartet, Cavani String Quartet, Colorado Symphony Chorus, Emerson String Quartet, Takács Quartet, the United States Army Chorus and Ying Quartet. Vocalists include Patti Austin, Jane Eaglen, Christian Gerhaher, Anthony Dean Griffey, Measha Brueggergosman, Kelly O’Connor, Lilli Paasikivi and John Relyea.
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“ONCE UPON A TIME…” THEME INSPIRES THREE ASPEN OPERA THEATER CENTER PRODUCTIONS
Two classic operas based on Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel
Each summer, Aspen presents three different operas, giving the 70-plus students in the AOTC variety in their training, and also offering audience members a range of opera-going experiences. Singers selected to participate in the Aspen Opera Theater Center (AOTC) are among the most promising in their field, often launching into professional roles after their time in Aspen under the direction of Edward Berkeley. Aspen’s program boasts such noted alumni as Renée Fleming, Sylvia McNair, Susanne Mentzer and Dawn Upshaw. Berkeley, director of the Aspen Opera Theater Center and director of undergraduate opera studies at The Juilliard School, is co-founder and artistic director of the Willow Cabin Theater Company.
“Once Upon a Time…” inspired the Aspen Opera Theater Center to program two adult takes of the classic Cinderella tale and a popular production of Hansel and Gretel.

Rossini: La Cenerentola
Conducted by Bruno Cinquegrani
July 8, 10 and 13
La Cenerentola includes some of the composer’s finest writing for solo voice and ensembles, and is considered quintessential Rossini. This ASOL production tells the timeless Cinderella rags-to-riches fairytale as a societal parody ― in the Italian style ― moving the family of Angelina (Cenerentola) into a trailer park, complete with pink flamingos, barbecue and Astroturf. The Prince will be of the country club set, pressured by his pretentious friends as well as Angelina’s stepsisters’ ambitions to be part of that world.

Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Conducted by Richard Bado
July 24, 27 and 28
In the 1890s, Engelbert Humperdinck composed music based on the Grimm tale to accompany a short libretto written by his sister Adelheid Wette, as Christmas entertainment for her children. Realizing the work’s potential, the composer created a full-scale opera. Hansel and Gretel was an instant success and has remained a favorite, becoming the first complete opera to be broadcast on radio (from Covent Garden, London) in 1923. Eight years later it was the first to be aired live from the Metropolitan Opera. Humperdinck’s dark and sometimes scary opera, sung in English by the AOTC, is based on the Grimm’s tale of two children who flee their angry mother and become lost in the woods, only to be captured by an evil witch living in a cottage made of gingerbread children.

Massenet: Cendrillon
Conducted by Patrick Summers
August 12, 14 and 16
Cinderella has more than 500 interpretations in Europe alone, with Massenet’s and Rossini’s versions rising to the top in popularity. Massenet’s lyric French opera is a traditional interpretation of the Cinderella story, including an evil stepmother, a fairy Godmother, sprites, fairies and a glass slipper.  The AOTC version will have all the French graces, with an elegant, delicate set design.

On August 12, everyone can imagine themselves Cinderella or Prince Charming at the AMFS’s annual black-tie opera benefit event. An elegant dinner at the Caribou Club will be followed by the opening performance of Massenet’s charming Cendrillon.

In addition to the above opera presentations, the AOTC is performing workshop of California Fictions, a new opera by composer and AMFS alumnus Mason Bates, on July 24. Set in the tech-boom decadence of San Francisco in the late 90's, the opera tells the story of a failing middle-aged writer who has escaped his dreary Los Angeles life — and former wife — to house-sit an old friend's mansion overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. The work combines luscious vocal and orchestral writing, ambient electronica and a compelling story of a marriage that ends with a thriller's twist. In 2007, Bates received an Academy Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an award that “honors outstanding artistic achievement and acknowledges the composer who has arrived at his or her own voice.”
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ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL GENERAL INFORMATION

Every summer since 1949, the Aspen Music Festival and School has drawn together the world’s leading classical music practitioners — professionals and students together — for nine weeks of an unparalleled combination of music performances and rigorous training.

More Than 350 Events in 61 Days
In addition to performances by five orchestras, operas, chamber music, recitals and children’s events, the season is punctuated by daily free master classes, panel discussions, talks, films and other weekly events. There are five to twelve events each day; 25 percent of events are free. Regular anchor events include:
•    Monday: 6 p.m. chamber music concerts featuring AMFS artist-faculty
•    Tuesday: 1 p.m. Harris Concert Hall Master Classes, free 4 p.m. American Academy of Conducting at Aspen concerts, as well as frequent 8 p.m. artist recitals
•    Wednesday: noon High Notes panel discussions and evening recital and orchestral performances
•    Thursday: 10 a.m. Piano Master Classes, 10:30 a.m. Tunes and Tales children’s story hour, noon Spotlight recitals, 6 p.m. “An Evening With…” concerts, showcasing world-renowned guest artists playing chamber music
•    Friday: 4:45 p.m. Overtures performances of Beethoven piano sonatas and 6 p.m. Aspen Chamber Symphony concerts with world-class guest artists and conductors, artist-faculty and students performing masterworks for chamber orchestra
•    Saturday: 10 a.m. Opera Scenes Master Classes, free concerts at 1 p.m. atop Aspen Mountain, 4 p.m. chamber music concerts featuring artist-faculty, as well as evening artist recitals
•    Sunday: 3 p.m. Prelude pre-concert talks followed by 4 p.m. Aspen Festival Orchestra concerts with world-class guest artists and conductors, artist-faculty and students performing great symphonic works

Musical Venues
The award-winning Benedict Music Tent combines the airiness and romance of a tent with the acoustic integrity of a concert hall. The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Concert Hall provides an intimate and acoustically pristine 500-seat venue for chamber music concerts, recitals and master classes. The warm, elegant hall — once compared to being inside a cello — was proclaimed the “Carnegie of the Rockies” by the Denver Post when it opened in 1993. The Wheeler Opera House, built in 1889 and restored in 1984, is the venue for each summer’s fully staged operas and opera master classes.

Music Director David Zinman
David Zinman became music director of the Aspen Music Festival and School in 1998 and in 2000 he founded the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. He became music director of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich in 1995. In 1998 he completed thirteen years as music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he has served as music director of the Rochester Philharmonic (1974-85), Rotterdam Philharmonic (1979-82) and Netherlands Chamber Orchestra (1964-77) and as artistic director of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Viennese Sommerfest (1994-96).

Zinman’s programming of extraordinarily broad repertoire, strong commitment to contemporary music and introduction of historically informed performance practice distinguish his tenures in Baltimore and Zurich. Since his 1967 American conducting debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Zinman has conducted many of the world’s major orchestras and guest-conducted all the leading North American orchestras.

With a discography numbering over 100 recordings, he has earned numerous international honors, including five Grammy Awards, two Grand Prix du Disque, two Edison Prizes, the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis and a Gramophone Award. He was the 1997 recipient of Columbia University’s prestigious Ditson Award, which recognizes his commitment to American works.

Zinman graduated from Oberlin Conservatory and pursued advanced work in composition at the University of Minnesota. As a conducting student at the Tanglewood Music Center he attracted the attention of Pierre Monteux, who guided his musical development. Monteux introduced Zinman to his first prominent conducting opportunities with the London Symphony Orchestra and at the 1963 Holland Festival, where he attracted critical praise. He recently extended his music directorship with the Tonhalle Orchestra through 2011.

In 2006, he received the prestigious Theodore Thomas Award, presented by the Conductors Guild and in January 2008 he was presented with a MIDEM Classical ‘Artist of the Year’ award.

Ticket Information
Tickets may be purchased:
By Internet: www.aspenmusicfestival.com
By Phone: 970-925-9042
By Fax: 970-925-8077
By Mail: AMFS Box Office, 2 Music School Road, Aspen, CO 81611

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