Festival Artists and MahlerFest Fellows

MahlerFest’s Festival Artists are the backbone of our festival. A team of leading soloists, chamber musicians, and orchestral principals from all around the world, they serve as inspirational principals of the MahlerFest Orchestra and anchor our chamber music program.

MahlerFest Fellows are aspirational early-career artists who are among the musical stars of the future, given opportunities to perform in prominent roles on the MahlerFest Stage.

Festival Artist Daniel Silver, professor of clarinet at CU, is a versatile performer and teacher whose career encompasses a full
Festival Artist Lydia Van Dreel, Professor of Horn at the University of Oregon, joined the faculty in 2006. Prior to
MahlerFest Fellow Andrew Brown has served as the principal cellist of Aspen Music Festival’s Opera and the Longmont Symphony, and