(Credit: Sophie Zhai) The Bravo! Vail Music Festival has named composer Chris Rogerson as its next Artistic Director. Rogerson, who becomes the fourth Artistic Director in the festival’s history, assumes the Artistic Director Designate role immediately, transitioning to the full title on September 1, 2026, for an initial three-year term. He succeeds Anne-Marie McDermott following her 16-year tenure. “We are {…}
The Bravo! Vail Music Festival has announced its 39th Season which will take place from June 25 to August 6, 2026. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will be performed in concert, marking the first-ever opera performance by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at Bravo! Vail. The performance features the Festival debuts of singers Jennifer Rowley, {…}
The Bravo! Vail Music Festival has announced its 38th Season. Here is the sole vocal performance for the season. The New York Philharmonic is set to perform the “Four Last Songs” with Miah Persson as the soloist and Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducting. The program also includes music by Julia Wolfe and Sibelius. Performance Date: July 19, 2025 The season will include {…}
The Bravo! Vail Music Festival has announced that the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE) will make its festival debut for a three-concert residency on June 19, 21, and 22, 2025, opening its 2025 Festival season. The COE will be led by German conductor and newly appointed music director of the Kansas City Symphony Matthias Pintscher and will feature guest artists {…}
The Bravo! Vail Music Festival has announced it has been approved for a $50,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the 2024 residency of Mexico’s Sinfónica de Minería. In total, the NEA will award 1,135 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling more than $37 million as part of its second round of {…}
Bravo! Vail Music Festival has announced that Anne-Marie McDermott will step down from her tenure as the Festival’s Artistic Director at the end of the 2026 season. McDermott is a celebrated concert pianist and artistic director and has held the role since 2011. The Festival has grown in both scope and impact as an internationally recognized destination for classical music {…}
The Bravo! Vail Music Festival has announced its 37th Season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Fabio Luisi conducts “The American Songbook” with soloists Karen Slack and Issachah Savage and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The concert features Gershwin, Ornadel, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Johnson, and Dawson. Performance Date: June 28, 2024 Puccini’s “La Bohème” is set to star Nicole {…}
The Philadelphia Orchestra will be back in 2019 to showcase Puccini’s “Tosca” as Bravo! Vail Music Festival’s debut opera production. Performances are set for July 11 and 13, 2019 at the outdoor Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. The announcement was made by Bravo! Vail’s Music Festival’s Artistic Director Anne-Marie McDermott during a concert by the ensemble, as led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. {…}