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Violinist Koh champions new concerto – JH News&Guide
On Friday and Saturday, (Jennifer Koh) will perform the 2022 violin concerto, “Procession,” which composer and friend Missy Mazzoli wrote just for her. Also on the weekend program, guest conductor Dalia Stasevska will lead the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra in a symphonic dance by Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) and the Symphony No. 2 in D Major by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957).
Banjo royals do their thing at Walk Hall – JH News&Guide
The pair (Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn) will present their duo show Thursday at Walk Festival Hall, the final installment of the Grand Teton Music Festival’s 2024 “Gateway” concert series.
GTMF embarks on epic journey of Mahler’s 5th – JH News&Guide
This weekend, Runnicles will lead the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra in Mahler’s Fifth, paired with the 88th symphony of Mahler’s fellow Viennese, Josef Haydn.
Sound, visual blend in piano-dance collaboration – JH News&Guide
2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the premiere of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” (Feb. 12, in New York City’s long-defunct Aeolian Hall), so naturally it is everywhere. In fact, the Grand Teton Music Festival already presented it once this season, with guest pianist Michelle Cann and the festival orchestra.
Casper percussionist prevails in 7th annual Runnicles competition – JH News&Guide
After three wildly varied performances by student musicians Sunday afternoon in Walk Festival Hall, three judges named Casper percussionist Evan DePaolo the first-prize winner of the seventh annual Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship Competition, awarding him a $25,000 scholarship to continue his studies at the University of Denver.
Grammy-winner Ohlsson samples Beethoven’s 32 sonatas on Tuesday – JH News&Guide
Back in the late 2010s, Grand Teton Music Festival organizers hatched a plan to have Grammy-winning Garrick Ohlsson perform all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos for the 2020 season to mark the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth.
Festival Orchestra takes ‘a tour of England’ – JH News&Guide
This Friday and Saturday in Walk Festival Hall, Amihai Grosz will play the viola concerto of English composer William Walton (1902-1983) with GTMF Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles conducting the Festival Orchestra, which will give audiences a great opportunity to see and hear all that the instrument is capable of.
Singer-pianist sings songs for Sinatra lovers – JH News&Guide
For the past 20 years or so, Tony DeSare, now a widely recorded pianist and vocalist who travels extensively to perform, has expressed his love and admiration of Ol’ Blue Eyes with his show “Sinatra and Beyond,” which he will present Thursday at Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village as the latest “Gateway” concert of the Grand Teton Music Festival’s 63rd season.
Assad, Third Coast ready to ‘Play!’ at GTMF – JH News&Guide
This weekend at Walk Festival Hall, (Third Coast Percussion) will perform one of the latest pieces written for it, “Play!” by American-Brazilian vocalist-multi-instrumentalist-composer Clarice Assad. Assad will appear in the performances as well, singing, narrating and otherwise vocalizing through the three movements, with the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra led by guest conductor David Danzmayr.
First ‘Gateway’ concert features family – JH News&Guide
Sergie and Clarice Assad are two members of what has been called “Brazil’s First Family of Music.” They will appear together Thursday in Walk Festival Hall for the Grand Teton Music Festival’s first “Gateway” concert of the 2024 season.