Reviews
MahlerFest in the News
"...the unexpected panorama of enchantment prior to its coda is meltingly realized."
On Record - MahlerFest 36 & 37: Mahler and the Mountains: Kenneth Woods conducts Symphony No. 4 & Selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Richard Whitehouse, Arcana.fm, October 8, 2025
“Woods Once Again ‘Defies’ the odds at MahlerFest 38” – Review by Kelly Dean Hansen, June 6, 2025
“MahlerFest 2025 Culminates with Tragic Symphony” – Peter Alexander, Sharps and Flatirons Blog, May 12, 2025
“Reimagining Mahler: A Festival of Immersion, Interpretation, and Impact | An Interview with Ethan Hecht” – Denver Arts and Culture, May 8, 2025
“Boulder’s MahlerFest 38, a Rally Cry of Protest Songs, Defiance and the Sixth Symphony at Its Core” – Ella Cobb, Daily Camera, May 8, 2025 (also published in the Longmont Times-Call May 9, 2025)
“Resistance is Never Futile: MahlerFest 38 Showcases Music of Defiance” – Kelly Dean Hansen, Boulder Weekly, May 6, 2025
“Mahler & Gunning: Symphonies” – John Quinn, MusicWebInternational.com, February 13, 2025
“Musgrave and Mahler” – Guy Rickards, Klassisk Musikk, November 28, 2024 (the link will open in Norwegian but there is an English option in the address bar)
“Mahler: Symphony 2 (Colorado MahlerFest)” – John Quinn, MusicWebInternational.com, August 15, 2024
“‘Mahlerei’ -As Inspired by Zero Mostel” – Joseph Horowitz, Unanswered Question (An Arts Journal blog), August 12, 2024
“On the Record – MahlerFest XXXII: Joshua DeVane Sings Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Kenneth Woods Conducts Symphony No. 1” – Review by Richard Whitehouse on Arcana.fm, July 22, 2024
“On Record – MahlerFest XXXVI: Kenneth Woods Conducts ‘Resurrection’ Symphony & Musgrave’s Phoenix Rising” – Review by Richard Whitehouse on Arcana.fm, July 19, 2024
“Colorado MahlerFest XXXVI (CD Review)” – Karl Nehring, Classical Candor, June 26, 2024
“Woods Builds Biggest MahlerFest Around Smallest Symphony” – Kelly Dean Hansen, Freelance Classical Music Writer, June 5, 2024
“Why Colorado MahlerFest Matters” – Joseph Horowitz, Unanswered Question (an Arts Journal blog), May 24, 2024
“MahlerFest 2024 Explores Connections” – Peter Alexander, Sharps and Flatirons Blog, May 14, 2024
“MahlerFest” – Grantee Profile for the Boulder Arts Commission/City of Boulder, Emi Smith, May 14, 2024
“Moving Mountains” – Kelly Dean Hansen, Boulder Weekly COVER ARTICLE, May 8, 2024
“Embracing Everything with Colorado MahlerFest” – Emma Mantooth, SCFD Newsletter and website, May 2, 2024
“Online Concert – April Fredrick, Stacey Rishoi, Brennen Guillory, Gustav Andreassen, Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra / Kenneth Woods: Mahler’s Liederabend” – Richard Whitehouse, Arcana.FM, January 8, 2024
“Talking Heads: Kenneth Woods – Ten Years After…” – Richard Whitehouse, Arcana.FM, October 11, 2023
“MahlerFest XXXV (CD Review)” – Karl Nehring, Classical Candor, August 23, 2023
“The Marriage: The Mahlers in New York” – Peter Davison, Corymbus blog (Peter Davison reviewing Joseph Horowitz’s book after they met at the MahlerFest 36 Symposium), June 6, 2023
“Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection,” Boulder Chorale, Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra, Kenneth Woods (Conductor), Macky Auditorium” – David Woodward, review published in The Wayfarer, the newsletter of The Gustav Mahler Society of the United Kingdom
“MahlerFest ‘Rises’ with Five Landmark Concerts” – Kelly Dean Hansen, freelance music writer, June 4, 2023
“Boulder’s 36th (!) Mahlerfest — A Communal Labor of Love” – Joseph Horowitz, Unanswered Question (an Arts Journal blog), May 23, 2023
“Celebrating Mahler: How Colorado Became Home to the Longest-Running Festival for One of the World’s Greatest Composers” – Henry Carnell, 5280.com, May 17, 2023
“MahlerFest Will ‘Rise Again’ with 36th Season” – Peter Alexander, Sharps and Flatirons blog, May 16, 2023
“Review: Mahler: Symphony 5 (Colorado Mahlerfest)” – Lee Denham, MusicWeb International, May 14, 2023
“An Interview with Kenneth Woods on his new recording of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony” – Lee Denham, MusicWeb International, May 12, 2023
“MahlerFest Rises Again, Celebrating the Composer’s Second Symphony” – Ella Cobb, Boulder Daily Camera, May 11, 2023 (behind a paywall)
“Worth the Wait: Expanded Colorado MahlerFest culminates with large-scale Second Symphony, three years later than planned” – Kelly Dean hansen, Boulder Weekly, May 11, 2023
“MahlerFest XXXIV: Sawyers: Symphony No. 5; Mahler Symphony No. 5 (CD review)” – Karl W. Nehring, September, 2022
“Awe-inspiring Third Symphony Crowns Most Ambitious MahlerFestal” – Kelly Dean Hansen, May 31, 2022
“MahlerFest Rolls Out 35th Year with Symphony No. 3, a Love Letter to Nature” – Adam Goldstein, Daily Camera, May 19, 2022
“MahlerFest Includes Works by Bartók, Casella, Guest Composer Christopher Gunning” – by Peter Alexander, Sharps and Flatirons, May 16, 2022
“Colorado MahlerFest Announces it’s 35th Season – What Mahler Tells Me” – Press Release, April 20, 2022
“In concert – Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra / Kenneth Woods – MahlerFest XXXIV: Sawyers & Mahler Fifth Symphonies” – By Richard Whitehouse, Arcana.FM, December 15, 2021
“Macky Reopens Grandly with MahlerFest” – by Kelly Dean Hansen, September 7, 2021
“34th MahlerFest Ends with Splendid Festival Concert” – By Peter Alexander, SharpsandFlatirons.com, August 29, 2021
“2021 MahlerFest Features Hike, Concerts, Decadence and Debauchery’” – By Peter Alexander, Boulder Weekly, August 19, 2021
“MahlerFest’s post-pandemic return includes Mount Mahler escapade, free Bandshell concert and more” – by Kalene McCort, Daily Camera, August 18, 2021
“Colorado MahlerFest Announces MahlerFest XXXIV – The Return” – Press Release, July 2, 2021
“2020 Virtual MahlerFest To Feature Acclaimed Pianist David Korevaar May 13“ – Broadway World, May 11, 2020
“Colorado MahlerFest Will Be Virtual, May 13- 17″ – By Peter Alexander, SharpsandFlatirons.com, May 6, 2020
“Colorado MahlerFest Announces 2020 Virtual Colorado MahlerFest May 13 to 17, 2020” – Press Release, May 5, 2020
“Colorado MahlerFest Joins List of Cancellations” – By Peter Alexander, SharpsandFlatirons.com, April 8, 2020
“Colorado MahlerFest Cancels MahlerFest XXXIII – ‘Visions and Visionaries’” – Press Release, April 6, 2020
MahlerFest Festival Artist “David Korevaar Named Distinguished Professor” – CU-Boulder announcement, September 13, 2019
MahlerFest included in“6 Inviting Places In Colorado To Experience The Performing Arts”
“Beyers, Devane, Korevaar Standout Performers at MahlerFest XXXII” – by Kelly Dean Hansen
“MahlerFest XXXII offers two orchestra concerts in expanded schedule” – by Peter Alexander, Boulder Weekly, May 16, 2019
“31 Things to do in Boulder in May 2019” – All Things Boulder, April 29, 2019
“7 creative classical concerts that shake up Colorado’s music season” – Denver Post’s The Know, April 29, 2019
“Kenneth Woods Helms Fourth Season as Artistic Director of Colorado MahlerFest” – MusicCO International, April 18, 2019
“Why I’m Conducting the Unofficial Mahler First” – Slipped Disc, April 13, 2019
“Colorado MahlerFest to Present World Premiere of New Critical Edition of Mahler’s First Symphony“ – MahlerFest Blog
“Grace Notes: Brief News Items From the Classical Music Scene in Boulder” – Sharps and Flatirons article by Peter Alexander, August 20, 2018
“Colorado MahlerFest Announces Continued Growth and Investment Including Hiring an Executive Director” – Colorado MahlerFest press release, July 17, 2018
Sunday, May 21, 2018 – The Boulder Daily Camera – MahlerFest XXXI Orchestra Concert Review by Kelly Dean Hansen
Friday May 11, 2018 – The Boulder Daily Camera – MahlerFest XXXI Preview Article by Kelly Dean Hansen
Monday, October 19, 2017 – MahlerFest announces the dates for MahlerFest XXXIII – May 9 through May 17, 2020 (click to see all future dates).
Monday, October 2, 2017 – The Guardian – Obituary for Donald Mitchell, Mahler scholar
Sunday, May 21, 2017 – The Boulder Daily Camera – MahlerFest XXX Orchestra Concert Review by Kelly Dean Hansen
The Boulder City Council Declares May 21, 2017 as MahlerFest Day – The Official Declaration.
MahlerFest Announces the 2017 Class of Mahler Conducting Fellows
Obituary for Stanley Ruttenberg, President and President Emeritus of the Colorado MahlerFest.
February 13, 2017 – The Gustav Mahler Stichting Nederland announces the near-term availability of a new facsimile package consisting of the particell and orchestral score of the Abschied from Das Lied von der Erde.
Sunday, May 22, 2016 – The Boulder Daily Camera – MahlerFest XXIX Orchestra Concert Review by Kelly Dean Hansen
Saturday, May 21, 2016 – Interview with Kenneth Woods – Sharps and Flatirons – Peter Alexander
Sunday, May 15, 2016 – The Boulder Daily Camera – Kelly Dean Hansen
Thursday, May 12 – Colorado Public Radio – Colorado Matters – Brad Turner – Nathan Heffel
Monday, May 02, 2016, The Classical Source- “Kenneth Woods takes the reins of the Colorado MahlerFest”