2026 Colorado Music Festival

July 9-August 9, 2026

The Colorado Music Festival brings phenomenal music right to the heart of Colorado. Under the guidance of renowned conductor Peter Oundjian, the Festival fills the summer with joyful evenings in Chautauqua Auditorium.

Festival highlights include the following.

On July 9 and 10, the 2026 Festival opens with a once-in-a-generation violinist: the 14-year-old phenomenon Himari, who will perform Sibelius’s Concerto for Violin. This season opener also includes Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony and a world premiere by Colorado-based composer Carter Pann.

On July 16 and 17, pianist Yuja Wang makes her Festival debut with Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Piano Concerto; Music Director Peter Oundjian also conducts Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.

On July 19, former Colorado Symphony Music Director Jeffrey Kahane leads all six of Bach’s celebrated Brandenburg Concertos with the help of trumpeter Caleb Hudson.

On July 23 and 24, six-time Grammy-winning conductor and Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin conducts a program celebrating the American sound, including Aaron Copland’s Rodeo and George Gershwin’s An American in Paris.

Single tickets will be available Tuesday, March 3.

Subscriptions are available now! Subscriptions offer the best seats at the best prices and start as small as 3-concert packages. Subscribing comes with many benefits, including a savings of up to 70% on service fees. Subscribers also get early access to ticketing so you can get the concerts and seats you want ahead of our public on-sale date. Learn more about this season’s subscription packages: coloradomusicfestival.org/tickets/subscriptions/.

Speak with our Festival subscription representative by calling 303-665-0599 x108.