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JUNE 19 - JULY 31, 2025
Your overview of the 2025 Bravo! Vail Music Festival is here! As always, our donors get the first chance to make ticket reservations for this fantastic season ahead
RESERVE TICKETS NOW! Popular seating sections fill up quickly during the donor pre-sale period.
Secure your spot early by making a gift today — this locks in your 2025 donor benefits and gives you priority access to ticket reservations. If you have already made a gift to support the 2025 Festival season, thank you! You’re all set to access your early ticketing perks.
Starting at the $500 Supporter donor level and above, you can reserve your tickets now, with seating prioritized by benefit level and reservation date. Be sure to check the Donor Reservation Form to see when your reservation will be processed.
We will reveal even more of the Festival’s magic at the annual Season Celebration Concert on January 28, 2025. Join us at Donovan Pavilion for the inside scoop on the entire season. Watch your email in January for your opportunity to reserve tickets!
Thank you for your incredible support! We’re thrilled to share another joyous season of live music in Colorado with you.
All artists, programs, dates, and pricing subject to change.
2025 ORCHESTRAL SERIES
GERALD R. FORD AMPHITHEATER
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE
BRONFMAN PLAYS BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1
Thursday, June 19 6 PM
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
SCHUBERT/WEBERN Six German Dances
HAYDN Symphony No. 44, Trauersinfonie
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS DOUBLE CONCERTO
Saturday, June 21 6 PM
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Blake Pouliot, violin
Alisia Weilerstein, cello
BRAHMS Double Concerto for Violin and Cello SCHUBERT Symphony No. 4, Tragic
BRONFMAN PLAYS BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2
Sunday, June 22 6 PM
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
STRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks
HAYDN Symphony No. 31, Hornsignal
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ELGAR ENIGMA VARIATIONS
Saturday, June 28 6 PM
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
AMY BEACH Piano Concerto
ELGAR Enigma Variations
THE PRINCESS BRIDE© IN CONCERT
Sunday, June 29 7:30 PM
Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra will be performing every note from The Princess Bride, while the film is simultaneously projected on screen.
© The Princess Bride Limited. All Rights Reserved.
BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 7
Tuesday, July 1 6 PM
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Charles Yang, violin
SOPHIA JANI Co-commission with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
KRIS BOWERS Violin Concerto, For a Younger Self
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
DECADES: BACK TO THE ’80S
Wednesday, July 2 6 PM
Jeff Tyzik, conductor
Back to the ’80s is a power-packed concert of the decade’s #1 hit songs, including The Power of Love, Time After Time, Material Girl, Another One Bites the Dust, Footloose, Addicted to Love and many others. Featuring the music of iconic 80’s stars, such as Madonna, Debbie Gibson, Huey Lewis & The News, Phil Collins, Queen, Joe Cocker, and others. Back to the ’80s contains all new arrangements by GRAMMY Award-winner Jeff Tyzik and features three dynamic soloists who will bring the decade alive.
PATRIOTIC CONCERT WITH DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Friday, July 4 2 PM
Jeff Tyzik, conductor
Tickets for the Patriotic Concert are sold and distributed by the Vail Valley Foundation and may only be purchased at the GRFA Box Office on July 1, 2025 at 8 AM.
All artists, programs, dates, and pricing subject to change.
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
MOZART VIOLIN CONCERTO
Sunday, July 6 6 PM
Marin Alsop, conductor
Randall Goosby, violin
GABRIELA LENA FRANK Picaflor: A Future Myth Co-Commission with The Philadelphia Orchestra
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn
ALSOP CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH
Monday, July 7 6 PM
Marin Alsop, conductor
Wu Man, pipa
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
ZHAO JIPING Pipa Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
VIVALDI THE FOUR SEASONS
Thursday, July 10 6 PM
Gil Shaham, violin/leader
BACH Violin Concerto No. 1
MOZART Adagio and Rondo
VIVALDI The Four Seasons
BERLIOZ SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
Friday, July 11 6 PM
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitar
CHABRIER España
RODRIGO Fantasía para un gentilhombre (Fantasia for a Gentleman)
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
MUSIC OF THE MOVIES
Saturday, July 12 6 PM
Stéphane Denève, conductor Program to be announced
BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO NO. 4
Sunday, July 13 6 PM
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Nikolai Lugansky, piano
HOLMÈS La Nuit et l’amour
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
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NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
STRAVINSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO
Wednesday, July 16 6 PM
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Co-Commission with the New York Philharmonic
STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
ELGAR CELLO CONCERTO
Friday, July 18 6 PM
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Sol Gabetta, cello
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
ELGAR Cello Concerto
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO. 5
Saturday, July 19 6 PM
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
Miah Persson, soprano
JULIA WOLFE Fountain of Youth
R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
SCHEHERAZADE WITH NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Sunday, July 20 6 PM
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
Carole Fleming, special guest conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano
SCHUBERT Marches Militaires
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY NO. 6 PATHÉTIQUE
Tuesday, July 22 6 PM
Rafael Payare, conductor
Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
STILL Darker America
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
RAVEL DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉ
Wednesday, July 23 6 PM
Rafael Payare, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Colorado Symphony Chorus
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé 877.812.5700
All artists, programs, dates, and pricing subject to change.
The Philadelphia Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
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Popular seating sections fill up quickly during the donor pre-sale period.
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
MINERÍA & MCDERMOTT
DONOVAN PAVILION
Tuesday, June 24 7 PM
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Sinfónica de Minería String Quartet
JASON VIEAUX & THE ESCHER STRING QUARTET
DONOVAN PAVILION
Monday, June 30 7 PM
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Escher String Quartet
Adam Barnett-Hart, violin
Brendan Speltz, violin
Pierre LaPointe, viola
Brook Speltz, cello
WU MAN & VERONA QUARTET
VILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Tuesday, July 8 7 PM
Wu Man, pipa
Verona Quartet
Jonathan Ong, violin
Dorothy Ro, violin
Abigail Rojansky, viola
Jonathan Dormand, cello
NYP STRING QUARTET & MCDERMOTT
VILAR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Monday, July 21 7 PM
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
New York Philharmonic String Quartet
Frank Huang, violin
Qianqian Li, violin
Cynthia Phelps, viola Carter Brey, cello
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES
DONOVAN PAVILION
Program details to be announced.
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES: CHOPIN I
Monday, July 14 7 PM
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES: CHOPIN II
Tuesday, July 15 7
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
CLASSICALLY UNCORKED
VAIL GOLF CLUBHOUSE
Join us for a new venue experience and new theater seating at Vail Golf Clubhouse for 2025!
CLASSICALLY UNCORKED I
Wednesday, July 30 7 PM
Anderson and Roe, piano duo
CLASSICALLY UNCORKED II
Thursday, July 31 7 PM
Anderson and Roe, piano duo
LINDA & MITCH HART SOIRÉE SERIES
LOCATIONS AND PROGRAM DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED.
SOIRÉE I
Friday, June 27 6 PM
Sinfónica de Minería Winds
SOIRÉE II
Saturday, July 5 6 PM
Hosted by and featuring the music of Jeff Tyzik
SOIRÉE III
Thursday, July 17 6 PM
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
Sol Gabetta, cello
SOIRÉE IV
Thursday, July 24 6 PM
Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
All artists, programs, dates, and pricing subject to change.
Anne-Marie McDermott performing in the Chamber Music Series
Immersive Experiences
NEW VENUE!