Welcome to Season Nine of Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival, GTMF’s radio broadcast series, co-hosted by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles and Jeff Counts, who also serves as General Manager of the Festival.
The all-new 2026 radio series includes appearances by:
- Madeline Adkins
- Nicolas Altstaedt
- Grace An
- Brant Bayless
- Seth Carico
- Yvonne Chen
- Sasha Cooke
- Stéphane Denève
- Jeffrey Dyrda
- Kevin John Edusei
- James Ehnes
- Caroline Gilbert
- Allyson Goodman
- Miika Gregg
- Augustin Hadelich
- Clay Hilley
- Ling Ling Huang
- Stephanie Key
- Karen Whitson Kinzie
- Andrea Lam
- Julianne Lee
- Caitlin Lynch
- Benjamin Manis
- Jessica Mathaes
- Enrique Mazzola
- Seoyeon Min
- David Mollenauer
- Christian Reif
- Renée Tatum
- Time for Three
This 2026 series presents previews of three new commercial recording projects for Reference Recordings with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles. The first of these is in Episode 4 with the Brahms Violin Concerto played by the renowned violinist, James Ehnes. In Episode 12, radio listeners will get a preview of the new recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 with GTMF’s legendary brass players—Thomas Hooten, trumpet and Gail Williams, horn. And finally, in Episode 13 listeners will get a sneak peek of the new recording of Brahms Symphony No. 4, along with Detlev Glanert’s companion piece for the Fourth Symphony, Weites Land. These performances will be released by Reference Recordings in stereo and surround sound on SACD, and in Dolby Atmos for digital download, showcasing the acoustics of Walk Festival Hall.
There are many other incredible performances offered in this year’s edition of the radio series! Andrea Lam gives us a sparkling performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major. Augustin Hadelich joins Sir Donald Runnicles and the Festival Orchestra to deliver a sublime performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. The dazzling string trio Time for Three plays a new concerto written for them by Kevin Puts, called Contact. Guitarist JIJI joins the Festival for Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt presents an electrifying performance of Bloch’s Schelomo. And, Sasha Cooke joins Sir Donald Runnicles for the world premiere of an incredible new song cycle by Alex Turley—the ocean’s dream of itself. The audience could not get enough of this magnificent new work.
Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival airs Wednesdays at 8 PM on Wyoming Public Radio and Sundays at 8 AM on KHOL 89.1 FM for those local to Jackson Hole! Listen to episodes online on Thursdays on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, and below on this webpage.
This program is a production of Classic Digital Syndications. For radio stations that wish to carry this show, the program is now available for free on the PRX. Seasons 4-8 are available on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, SoundCloud, and Amazon Music. You can also listen to past seasons on our website.