CPR Classical’s Summerfest 2023: Hear world-class music from Aspen, Vail and Boulder
Colorado is one of the top destinations for summer classical festivals in the world. Renowned musicians and audiences flock to the Centennial State for performances in gorgeous spaces. And CPR Classical brings the excitement to you every day on the radio June 15 – August 20.
CPR Classical Spotlight: SoYoung Lee
SoYoung Lee is the executive and music director of Rocky Ridge Music, a center for music education at the foot of Longs Peak.
CPR Classical Spotlight: Claude Sim
Violinist Claude Sim was appointed associate concertmaster of the Colorado Symphony at the age of 21.
CPR Classical Spotlight: Yi Zhao
Yi Zhao is assistant concertmaster of the Colorado Symphony, but you may have heard her in Salida or Colorado Springs or Broomfield.
What is your classical essential?
Essential Classics Weekend is back! It’s a long-standing tradition for CPR Classical. On both Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, it’s wall-to-wall essentials starting Thursday at 3 p.m.
CPR Classical Spotlight: Richard O’Neill
Violist Richard Yongjae O’Neill has been part of the University of Colorado Boulder’s long-standing ensemble-in-residence, the Takacs Quartet, since 2020.
An ode to the endangered: Classical music you should listen to for Earth Day
Music and nature share an inseparable bond. Composers like Beethoven and Dvorak have long celebrated their love of nature in music.
Your old instrument could make a big difference in a child’s life this year
Sarah Starbuck is an educator at Thornton Middle School.
LISTEN: ‘For Ukraine: A Concert of Remembrance and Hope’ live from the Met on CPR Classical
Join CPR Classical Friday, February 24 at 5 p.m. MT for a live concert from the Metropolitan Opera and the Lincoln Center: “For Ukraine: A Concert of Remembrance and Hope.”
Special Opera Colorado broadcast on CPR Classical
Hear the magic of Opera Colorado and Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana in a one-night-only event on CPR Classical!
Remembering Charles ‘Chas’ Wetherbee
Colorado’s musical community received devastating news this week: violinist Charles Wetherbee died from cancer in the early hours of January 9. The Boulder Philharmonic concertmaster was 56.
Feliz Navidad! An hour of Christmas in Latin America
Jessie Jacobs and Luis Antonio Perez, co-host of CPR’s podcast “Music Blocks here, with a Christmas adventure through Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico and more in “Feliz Navidad.”
CPR Classical says farewell to David Ginder and Marilyn Cooley
The end of this year brings sad news from CPR Classical: we are saying goodbye to hosts David Ginder and Marilyn Cooley.
The Sound of the Season 2022 is here!
Download a printable Sound of the Season schedule! Updated 12/26/2022: Kwanzaa is December 26 through January 1. Hear daily stories about the African American celebration each day at 8 a.m.
‘I always knew I loved it’: Peter Oundjian, the Colorado Symphony’s principal conductor, reflects on new role
When Peter Oundjian was named the new principal conductor of the Colorado Symphony earlier this year, it was a progression of Oundjian’s association with the Colorado Symphony that dates back over 20 years.
Love, loss and grief find a larger voice in Denver with the redux of Eric Whitacre’s ‘The Sacred Veil’
There’s no predictable timeline for processing grief.
