The Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival is an annual summer classical music festival located in Vail, Colorado. The festival was founded in 1987 by violinist Ida Kavafian and attorney John Giovando with the initial purpose of presenting a concert series of chamber music. Kavafian had already successfully established the Music from Angel Fire festival in New Mexico and the first several years of the Bravo! festival utilized many of the same performers from Angel Fire. In 1998 flautist and author Eugenia Zukerman became the festival's artistic director. Under her leadership the festival has significantly expanded to include performances of all kinds of classical music by many of the world's leading ensembles. In 2011 pianist Anne-Marie McDermott became Bravo's newest artistic director. Currently the festival has three resident orchestras: the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, and over 40 world renowned soloists.