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Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg talks with us about everything from the Aspen Festival to A-Rod. Plus, 19 year-old cellist Nathan Chan makes his PT debut. Highlights from our week in Residence at the Aspen Music Festival, on this weekend's Performance Today.
The faculty at the Aspen Music Festival are some of the best in the business. Listen to their performance at Harris Hall.
Listen to the young pianist's performance and interview on stage at the Aspen Music Festival.
When pianist Adria Ye was 11 years old, she and her family moved from her home just outside Portland, Oregon to New York City. She became a student at the Juilliard School, one of the great music conservatories in the world. On Friday's Performance Today, Adria Ye will make her PT debut on stage in Aspen with a Tarantelle by Franz Liszt.
Listen to conductor and pianist Robert Spano perform one of his own compositions at the Aspen Music Festival and School.
Listen to 19 year-old Nathan Chan play music by Rachmaninoff and Kreisler at the Aspen Music Festival and School.
Guitarist Sharon Isbin is a regular at the Aspen Music Festival and School, as are the local black bears. Sharon Isbin talks about a close encounter with what appeared to be a musically curious bear. Plus, 19 year-old cellist Nathan Chan makes his PT debut, on Thursday's Performance Today.
Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg was a student at the Aspen Music Festival and School almost 40 years ago, but the memories are still fresh. On Wednesday's Performance Today, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg talks with us about everything from the Aspen Festival to A-Rod, as our week in Residence at the Aspen Music Festival continues.
Every summer, the Aspen Music Festival and School welcomes more than 600 of the most talented young musicians in the world. On Tuesday's Performance Today, violinist Stefan Jackiw tells us about his first time as a student at Aspen. We'll also chat with Per Hannevold, Raymond Mase, and Orli Shaham.
