Grand Teton Music Festival

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The mission of the Grand Teton Music Festival (GTMF) is to engage, entertain, educate, and inspire our resident and seasonal communities through exhilarating musical experiences. GTMF fulfills its mission through 150 concerts, education activities and community events each year. The main driver of GTMF’s impact is its annual summer festival held in Jackson Hole each July and August. The Festival Orchestra led by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles is its heart and soul. This “super group” of more than 220 classical musicians from 75 major orchestras and 55 education institutions around the wor...

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Live From the GTMF - S9, Episode 13: Brahms Fourth 07.05.2026 1:02:57

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is back for its ninth season, featuring performance highlights from the Walk Festival Hall stage in Jackson Hole. Episode 13 features: Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Detlev Glanert Weites Land Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is hosted by Music Director Sir D...

Live from GTMF - S9, Episode 12: Gustav Mahler—Ahead of His Time 30.04.2026 1:05:13

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is back for its ninth season, featuring performance highlights from the Walk Festival Hall stage in Jackson Hole. Episode 12 features: Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 7 in E minor Movements 1, 4 and 5 Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is hosted by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles...

Live from GTMF - S9, Episode 11: German Masters 23.04.2026 1:04:21

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is back for its ninth season, featuring performance highlights from the Walk Festival Hall stage in Jackson Hole. Episode 11 features: Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Ludwig van Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43 Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Anton Webern Im Sommerwind Sir Donald Runnicles, cond...

Live From the GTMF - S9, Episode 10: Time for Three and Nicolas Altstaedt 16.04.2026 1:02:15

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is back for its ninth season, featuring performance highlights from the Walk Festival Hall stage in Jackson Hole. Episode 10 features: Time for Three and Nicolas Altstaedt with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Ernest Bloch Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody Nicolas Altstaedt, cello Enrique Mazzola, conductor Kevin Puts Contact Time for Three – Charles Yang...

Live From the GTMF - S9, Episode 9: If Only Film Had Existed… 09.04.2026 1:06:11

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is back for its ninth season, featuring performance highlights from the Walk Festival Hall stage in Jackson Hole. Episode 9 features: Chamber Music with Festival musicians and the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Danny Elfman Piano Quartet – Movement 1 – Ein Ding Karen Whitson Kinzie, violin Brant Bayless, viola Seoyeon Min, cello Yvonne Chen, piano Pyo...

Live From the GTMF - S9, Episode 8: Hadelich Plays Beethoven 02.04.2026 1:00:06

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is back for its ninth season, featuring performance highlights from the Walk Festival Hall stage in Jackson Hole. Episode 8 features: Augustin Hadelich with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 Kevin John Edusei, conductor Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto for Violin in D Major, Op. 61 Augustin Hadelich, violin...

Live From the GTMF - S9, Episode 7: Re-discovered Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff 26.03.2026 1:02:10

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is back for its ninth season, featuring performance highlights from the Walk Festival Hall stage in Jackson Hole. Episode 7 features: Chamber Music with Festival musicians and the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Dmitri Shostakovich Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano Julianne Lee, violin Ling Ling Huang, violin Yvonne Chen, piano Sergei Rachmaninoff...

Live From the GTMF - S9, Episode 6: Inspirations 19.03.2026 1:01:08

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is back for its ninth season, featuring performance highlights from the Walk Festival Hall stage in Jackson Hole. Episode 6 features: Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and Stéphane Denève, conductor Jessie Montgomery Strum Stéphane Denève, conductor Joaquin Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez JIJI, guitar Stéphane Denève, conductor Ottorino Respighi Fontane di...

Live From the GTMF - S9, Episode 5: Mozart and New Tales 12.03.2026 1:04:14

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is back for its ninth season, featuring performance highlights from the Walk Festival Hall stage in Jackson Hole. Episode 5 features: Chamber Music with Festival musicians; the Grand Teton Music Festival Chamber Orchestra with Benjamin Manis, conductor; and Andrea Lam, piano with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor M...

Live From the GTMF - S9, Episode 4: James Ehnes Plays Brahms 05.03.2026 1:02:02

Experience the range of the GTMF Orchestra in this week's episode of musical 'potpourri', featuring commentary by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles, who conducted each performance, and co-host Jeff Counts. This episode features: Chamber Music with Festival musicians; James Ehnes and Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra José González Granero String Quartet No. 2, “In Times of Confinement” Ling Li...

Live From the GTMF - S9, Episode 3: French Masterpieces 26.02.2026 59:41

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is back for its ninth season, featuring performance highlights from the Walk Festival Hall stage in Jackson Hole. Episode 3 features: Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and Chamber Music with Festival musicians Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F Major Madeline Adkins, violin Jeffrey Dyrda, violin Allyson Goodman, viola Grace An, cello Albert Roussel Bacchu...

Live From the GTMF - S9, Episode 2: Nether Worlds 19.02.2026 1:11:30

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is back for its ninth season, featuring performance highlights from the Walk Festival Hall stage in Jackson Hole. Episode 2 features: Sasha Cooke with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Dobrinka Tabakova Orpheus’ Comet Alex Turley the ocean’s dream of itself (World Premiere) Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano Maurice Ravel...

Live From the GTMF - S9, Episode 1: Ode to Joy 12.02.2026 59:27

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is back for its ninth season, featuring performance highlights from the Walk Festival Hall stage in Jackson Hole. Episode 1 features: Caitlin Lynch, soprano; Renée Tatum, mezzo; Clay Hilley, tenor and Seth Carico, baritone with the Grand Teton Music Festival Chorus, Barlow Bradford, director and the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles...

S8, Ep 13: Mahler's Symphony No. 5 30.04.2025 1:06:13

On the Season 8 finale of Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival, we're excited to share a preview of Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 ahead of its future release on Reference Recordings. This episode features: Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor, Movements 1 and 2 Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor, Movement 3 Gail Williams, horn Thank you for listening to Season 8 of Live from the...

S8, Ep 12: Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 30.04.2025 1:05:22

Two groundbreaking composers, Jean Sibelius and Aaron Jay Kernis, feature in today's episode, with music deeply inspired by our natural environment. This episode features: Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Aaron Jay Kernis Musica Celestis Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 Dalia Stasevska, conductor Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is hosted...

S8, Ep 11: Potpourri 17.04.2025 1:05:36

Experience the range of the GTMF Orchestra in this week's episode of musical 'potpourri', featuring commentary by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles, who conducted each performance, and co-host Jeff Counts. This episode features: Narrator Erin Roy with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 88 in G Major Anna Clyne This Midnigh...

S8, Ep 10: From the British Isles 10.04.2025 1:07:27

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival takes a trip to the British Isles with this week's program of works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Ralph Vaughan Williams. This episode features: Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 Christian Reif, conductor Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 in D Major Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Live from the Gran...

S8, Ep 8: Copland, Gershwin... Schoenberg 31.03.2025 1:06:27

Energy, joy, repose – co-hosts Sir Donald Runnicles and General Manager Jeff Counts connect chamber and orchestral works by three great composers, performed by Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra musicians. This episode features: Michelle Cann with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and Chamber Music with Festival musicians Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring: Suite Benjamin Manis, conductor G...

S8, Ep 9: Schumann and Azmeh 31.03.2025 1:03:43

Piano interplays with the SOLI Chamber Ensemble (featuring GTMF musicians!) and the Festival Orchestra in this week's transmission from the Grand Teton Music Festival, featuring commentary from co-hosts Sir Donald Runnicles and Jeff Counts. This episode features: Ingrid Fliter with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor, and Chamber Music with Festival Musicians...

S8, Ep 7: Rach 2 19.03.2025 1:01:30

Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring pianist Anna Geniushene, is preceded by two dynamic shorter works evoking themes of infectious energy and the movement of dance, with commentary from co-hosts Sir Donald Runnicles and Jeff Counts. This episode features: Anna Geniushene with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and Chamber Music with Festival musicians Alberto Ginastera Malambo fro...

S8, Ep 6: Music From Now... For Now 13.03.2025 1:03:20

Music from our current times helps write the story of our world. Experience these three pieces, performed by the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra with prestigious soloists and guest conductors at Walk Festival Hall, to reflect on what it means to make music today. This episode features: Jennifer Koh, Clarice Assad and Third Coast Percussion with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Clarice...

S8, Ep 5: Brahms 3 and Detlev Glanert 06.03.2025 1:08:07

Brahms and a world premiere! Experience a Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra concert performed at Walk Festival Hall in 2024, featuring Brahms' Third Symphony and the premiere of Vexierbild, a companion piece written by German composer Detlev Glanert. This episode features: Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Detlev Glanert Vexierbild (World Premiere) Johannes Br...

S8, Ep 4: New World 24.02.2025 1:02:45

Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra David Danzmayr, conductor William Grant Still Darker America Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, “From the New World” The Grand Teton Music Festival, founded in 1962, unites over 250 celebrated orchestral musicians led by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles in Jackson Hole, Wyoming each summer.

S8, Ep 3: The Miraculous Mandarin and Other Treats 20.02.2025 1:10:34

Treats indeed! From the US premiere of Melody Eötvös' Pyramidion to Bartók's Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, the Festival Orchestra shines under the batons of Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles and esteemed guest conductors. This episode features the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra performing: John Adams Slonimsky’s Earbox Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Melody Eötvös Pyramidion (US Prem...

S8, Ep 2: The Miraculous... Viola 13.02.2025 1:08:54

Welcome back for Episode 2 of Live from the GTMF with Sir Donald Runnicles and Jeff Counts! This episode features: Amihai Grosz with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Chamber Music with Festival musicians Edward Elgar Cockaigne, Op. 40, “In London Town” Christopher Lowry Romanza for Four Violas, Op. 15 Christopher Lowry, viola Caroline Gilbert, viola Lucina H...