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Seen and Heard International Festival Review

"If this were a plot for a novel, it would be turned down as hopelessly naive: A relatively unknown conductor starts a yearly festival dedicated to the life and music of Gustav Mahler. He schedules the event for the middle of winter — in Boulder, Colorado, no less. His budget the first year is $400. He recruits volunteers because he can't afford to pay anyone. Implausibly, the event grows. They move to a bigger hall. They make a landmark recording, then another. Mahler scholars from all over the world start attending. The cycle repeats. Then, lightning strikes: they are awarded the Internationale Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft's (IGMG) Gold Medal for promoting Mahler's cause, an honor shared with only one other American orchestra, some outfit called the New York Philharmonic. And then they coax one of the world s greatest baritones to come to Boulder for performances of perhaps Mahler s greatest work, Das Lied von der Erde. With what is essentially still an amateur band. Couldn't happen, right?"  CLICK HERE to read the complete review...

Gala 20th Anniversary featuring Thomas Hampson, world-renowned baritone

Robert Olson, Artistic Director
Boulder, Colorado
January 10-14, 2007

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