TETON VILLAGE, Wyo. — Summer is still in full swing this week at the Grand Teton Music Festival (GTMF)!
Enjoy a dazzling night of chamber music on Wednesday, followed by some cool jazz guitar on Thursday night, and a weekend featuring Mozart, Ravel and a world premiere with the Festival Orchestra conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles.
Benoliel Chamber Music Series: Beethoven & Brahms
Wednesday, August 6 at 7 p.m.
Australian pianist Andrea Lam dazzles with the Brahms Piano Trio No. 1, featuring GTMF concertmaster David Coucheron and cellist Daniel Laufer. Get a taste of the coming weekend’s Festival Orchestra program with Dobrinka Tabakova’s Stone Trail – her work Orpheus’ Comet will fill Walk Festival Hall on Friday and Saturday.
Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor, “Serioso”
Boson Mo, violin
Annie Chen, violin
Nathan Frantz, viola
Lukas Goodman, cello
Dobrinka Tabakova: Stone Trail for Piano Quintet
Ling Ling Huang, violin I
Jeffrey Dyrda, violin II
Maria Semes, viola
Grace An, cello
Yvonne Chen, piano
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major
David Coucheron, violin
Daniel Laufer, cello
Andrea Lam, piano
Gateway Series: John Pizzarelli Trio
Thursday, August 7 at 7 p.m.
John Pizzarelli has had a multi-faceted career as a jazz guitarist, vocalist and bandleader. He is internationally known for classic standards, late-night ballads and the cool jazz flavor he brings to his performances and recordings. His trio tours throughout the U.S., Europe and Japan, performing pop, jazz, swing and more.
John Pizzarelli, vocals and guitar
Mike Karn, bass
Isaiah J. Thompson, piano
Festival Orchestra: Mozart & a World Premiere
Friday, August 8 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, August 9 at 6 p.m.
Dobrinka Tabakova: Orpheus’ Comet
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Alex Turley: the ocean’s dream of itself (world premiere)
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé: Suite No. 2
Renowned mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke returns to Walk Festival Hall to perform a world premiere song cycle “about the connection of nature and the self” by Australian composer Alex Turley. Turley’s compatriot Andrea Lam also makes her GTMF debut on Mozart’s very popular Piano Concerto No. 23, the one with the slow movement to die for.
Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor
Andrea Lam, piano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
