Colorado Music Festival – Upcoming Concerts
Colorado Music Festival: Hélène Grimaud Plays Brahms
Thursday, July 3, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Igor Stravinsky
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Feu d'artifice ("Fireworks"), Op. 4
Johannes Brahms — Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Maurice Ravel — Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
Maurice Ravel — Boléro
Johannes Brahms — Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Maurice Ravel — Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
Maurice Ravel — Boléro
$23-$100.50 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival Family Concert: Sherlock Holmes & the Case of the Missing Maestro
Sunday, July 6, 2025 @ 10:30am – 11:15am (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
When the orchestra discovers their Maestro is nowhere to be found, they panic—until the world's greatest detective agrees to take the case!…
Free
Colorado Music Festival: Hélène Grimaud Plays Brahms
Sunday, July 6, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Igor Stravinsky
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Feu d'artifice ("Fireworks"), Op. 4
Johannes Brahms — Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Maurice Ravel — Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
Maurice Ravel — Boléro
Johannes Brahms — Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Maurice Ravel — Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
Maurice Ravel — Boléro
$23-$100.50 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Schubert, Prokofiev, & Brahms
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Franz Schubert
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String Trio in B-flat major, D. 471
Sergei Prokofiev — Quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass in G minor, Op. 39
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Sergei Prokofiev — Quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass in G minor, Op. 39
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
$23-$100.50 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Brahms 1 & Joan Tower's World Premiere
Thursday, July 10, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Aaron Copland
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An Outdoor Overture
Joan Tower — Love Returns for saxophone and orchestra (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Joan Tower — Love Returns for saxophone and orchestra (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
$23-$100.50 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Brahms 1 & Joan Tower's World Premiere
Friday, July 11, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Aaron Copland
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An Outdoor Overture
Joan Tower — Love Returns for saxophone and orchestra (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Joan Tower — Love Returns for saxophone and orchestra (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
$23-$100.50 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: An Evening of Mozart
Sunday, July 13, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Overture to Le nozze di Figaro ("The Marriage of Figaro"), K. 492
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Overture to Le nozze di Figaro ("The Marriage of Figaro"), K. 492
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338
$23-$100.50 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Brentano String Quartet
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Franz Schubert
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String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804, Op. 29 "Rosamunde"
Anton Webern — Five Pieces for Quartet Op. 5
Johannes Brahms — String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67
Anton Webern — Five Pieces for Quartet Op. 5
Johannes Brahms — String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67
$23-$83 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Anne Akiko Meyers Plays Ravel
Thursday, July 17, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Aaron Copland
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Appalachian Spring Suite
Eric Whitacre — The Pacific Has No Memory
Maurice Ravel — Tzigane
Hector Berlioz — Overture to Béatrice and Bénédict
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39
Eric Whitacre — The Pacific Has No Memory
Maurice Ravel — Tzigane
Hector Berlioz — Overture to Béatrice and Bénédict
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39
$25-$107 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Anne Akiko Meyers Plays Ravel
Friday, July 18, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Aaron Copland
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Appalachian Spring Suite
Eric Whitacre — The Pacific Has No Memory
Maurice Ravel — Tzigane
Hector Berlioz — Overture to Béatrice and Bénédict
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39
Eric Whitacre — The Pacific Has No Memory
Maurice Ravel — Tzigane
Hector Berlioz — Overture to Béatrice and Bénédict
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39
$25-$107 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Tchaikovsky & Beethoven
Sunday, July 20, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Ottorino Respighi
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Gli uccelli ("The Birds")
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
$23-$100.50 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Mozart & Dvořák
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Nico Muhly
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Doublespeak
(for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, & piano; 2012)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, K. 452
Antonín Dvořák — String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97, B. 180 "American"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, K. 452
Antonín Dvořák — String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97, B. 180 "American"
$23-$83 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3
Thursday, July 24, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Sofia Gubaidulina
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Märchenpoem ("Fairy-Tale Poem")
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
$23-$100.50 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3
Friday, July 25, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Sofia Gubaidulina
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Märchenpoem ("Fairy-Tale Poem")
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
$23-$100.50 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Yang Plays Rodrigo's 'Concierto de Aranjuez'
Sunday, July 27, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Zoltán Kodály
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Dances of Galánta
Joaquín Rodrigo — Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra
Franz Schubert — Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485
Joaquín Rodrigo — Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra
Franz Schubert — Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485
$23-$100.50 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Dover Quartet
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Leoš Janáček
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String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"
Robert Schumann — String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 "Accordion"
Robert Schumann — String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 "Accordion"
$23-$83 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Beethoven 9 & Michael Abels' 'Amplify'
Thursday, July 31, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Michael Abels
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Amplify
Ludwig van Beethoven — Elegischer Gesang ("Elegiac Song") in E major, Op. 118
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Ludwig van Beethoven — Elegischer Gesang ("Elegiac Song") in E major, Op. 118
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
$25-$107 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Beethoven 9 & Michael Abels' 'Amplify'
Friday, August 1, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
Michael Abels
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Amplify
Ludwig van Beethoven — Elegischer Gesang ("Elegiac Song") in E major, Op. 118
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Ludwig van Beethoven — Elegischer Gesang ("Elegiac Song") in E major, Op. 118
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
$25-$107 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)
Colorado Music Festival: Mahler 9
Sunday, August 3, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (MDT)
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO, United States
$23-$100.50 ($13.50 student with ID/ages 17 & under)