Park City International Music Festival
The Park City International Music Festival is Utah's oldest classical music festival. In 2012 the Festival name was changed to the Beethoven Festival Park City, though the Festival still reserves the right to use Park City International Music Festival as its name if it chooses. The Beethoven Festival is actually a series of four seasonal festivals - the summer festival being the longest. During any given year the Festival will present over 30 public concerts. Founded as the Deer Valley Music Festival in 1983, the Festival is centered on bringing renowned classical solo artists together to perform chamber music. In addition, the Park City Music Festival sometimes includes chamber orchestra performances by the Sonolumina Chamber Orchestra, live performances with silent film, and jazz concerts. For twelve years the Festival also included the Park City Young Artist Institute, a training ground for aspiring young artists from around the world. Young Artist Institute alumni have gone on to perform in professional chamber groups and orchestras and teach, as well as forming other chamber music festivals and series. For a number of years the Festival also included the BRAVO Program for beginning and intermediate young musicians. The Park City International Music Festival has also been known as the Park City &SLC Music Festival in recent years since it expanded to perform in the Salt Lake City area as well.
Among the many artists who have performed with the Festival over the years are violinists Charles Libove, Paul Rosenthal, Glenn Dicterow, Philippe Djokic, Andres Cardenes, Bill Preucil, Elmar Oliveira, Oleh Krysa, Charles Castleman, Monte Belknap, Marc Djokic, Arturo Delmoni, Kerry McDermott, Joseph Silverstein, Margaret Batjer, Manuel Ramos, Timothy Baker, Linda Rosenthal, violists Jeffrey Irvine, Paul Neubauer, Sandra Robbins, Karen Ritscher, Leslie Harlow, cellists Mark Kosower, Yehuda Hanani, Fred Zlotkin, Scott Ballantyne, Evan Drachman, Denise Djokic, Terry King, Nathaniel Rosen, Ellen Bridger, Pierre Djokic, Peter Sanders, Jeffrey Solow, Denise Djokic, Maureen McDermott, Ellen Bridger, pianists Gail Niwa, John Novacek, Timothy Hester, Anne-Marie McDermott, Michael Gurt, John Jensen, Nina Lugovoy, Tatiana Tchekina, Robert Moeling, Mykola Suk, Doris Stevenson, Melissa Livengood, clarinetists Russell Harlow, Michael Webster, Lee Livengood, David Gould, flutists Laurel Ann Maurer, Leone Buyse, Patrice Moeling, Jane Lyman, horn players Jeffry Kirschen, Peter Gordon, bassoonists Benjamin Kamins, Mitchell Morrison and contrabassoonist Susan Nigro.
The Festival was founded by violist Leslie Harlow and is directed by Ms. Harlow and clarinetist Russell Harlow.
The Park City International Music Festival performs in Park City, Utah, in several venues including the Park City Community Church, Temple Har Shalom, Park City's City Park, in private homes and in galleries. In Salt Lake City, the Festival performs at the Public Library and other venues including Libby Gardner Concert Hall on the University of Utah campus and at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. At various times the Festival also presents Salon concerts and "Beethoven Brunches" in private homes.
External links
- http://www.pcmusicfestival.com.
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