Winner of the Audience Prize at the Leeds Conductors’ Competition for his “electric conducting”, MahlerFest Fellow and Assistant Conductor Michael Karcher-Young combines an innate musicianship with a visceral presence on the podium, and is a passionate advocate for classical music in today’s world. Michael is Artistic Director and co-founder of the Beethoven Orchestra for Humanity, […]
Cellist Parry Karp is Artist-in Residence and Professor of Chamber Music and Cello, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is director of the string chamber music program. He has been cellist of the Pro Arte Quartet for the past 48 years, the longest tenure of any member in the quartet’s over 100 year history. […]
Festival Artist Daniel Silver, professor of clarinet at CU, is a versatile performer and teacher whose career encompasses a full range of musical activities from recitals and solo appearances, to chamber music, teaching and orchestral playing. His performing has garnered critical acclaim across the country. Praised for his “sense of freedom and extraordinary control,” (Washington […]
Pianist and Festival Artist Jennifer Hayghe is an Associate Professor of Piano in the Roser Piano and Keyboard Area at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has performed in solo recitals and made orchestral appearances throughout the world, including the United States, Europe and Asia. Hayghe received her bachelors, masters degrees and doctorate degree in […]
Returning Festival Artist, Stacey Rishoi has received critical acclaim on concert stages across the U.S. for the beauty and power of her mezzo-soprano voice. Her 2017-18 season includes performances of Verdi’s Requiem with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Greenville Symphony Orchestra, as well as performances in the Colorado Mahler Festival as mezzo-soprano soloist in Das Lied von der […]
Brennen Guillory (Tenor) Tenor and Festival Artist Brennen Guillory has become known for his powerful, dramatic voice, and thoughtful interpretations of both operatic and concert music. He has performed a number of operatic leads but it is in the concerting to the Northwest, he has appeared with companies on both coasts, performing Das Lied von […]
Peter Davison Peter Davison was, for over twenty years, Artistic Consultant to The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester UK, where he created a high-quality classical music program, including the hall’s International Concert Series. He studied Musicology at Cambridge University, writing a thesis on the Nachtmusiken from Mahler’s Seventh Symphony which led to an invitation to speak about […]