By Kelly Dean Hansen - September 4,2024

Phil moves forward

Orchestra will open new season as scheduled, despite music director’s cancer diagnosis

By Kelly Dean Hansen - July 2,2024

Big sounds, small packages

The July 4 holiday has always been problematic for the Colorado Music Festival. The summer concert series at Chautauqua Auditorium — one of Boulder’s premier classical music events — has traditionally...

By Kelly Dean Hansen - May 8,2024

Moving mountains

Nearly two decades ago, a 12,497-foot peak in Colorado’s Never Summer Mountains was officially named Mount Mahler to honor the Austrian post-romantic composer. Colorado MahlerFest, the annual Boulder event dedicated...

By Kelly Dean Hansen - April 3,2024

Final bow

Editor’s note: This performance has been rescheduled for 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 5. Cynthia Katsarelis, music director and founder of Boulder-based Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra, says the organization of...

By Kelly Dean Hansen - March 13,2024

The guy at the gates

Ray Chen doesn’t define success by artistic accomplishments alone, although they are many.  The violinist — born in Taiwan and raised in Australia — won the 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin...

By Kelly Dean Hansen - February 28,2024

Viola vibes

Richard O’Neill moved from southern California to join CU Boulder’s resident Takács Quartet as its new violist in June 2020. Arriving when he did, with travel limited by the pandemic,...

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