The Sun Valley Music Festival Winter Season 2026 features guest curator and violinist Benjamin Beilman. Praised for his passionate performances and distinctive tone — which The New York Times described as  “muscular with a glint of violence” — Mr. Beilman last performed with Music Director Alasdair Neale and the Festival Orchestra in 2018, playing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. An accomplished chamber musician, he’ll join forces with Festival Orchestra musicians in a program featuring Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring Suite and John Adams’s Road Movies, as well as Vivaldi’s popular Four Seasons. Mr. Beilman will open each program with a piece for solo violin called Sanguineum, which was written for him by the composer Gabriella Smith.

The program will be performed each of the three evenings, March 19, 20, and 21, 2026. The concerts will take place at the Argyros Performing Arts Center in Ketchum, starting at 7:00 PM (the Argyros lobby opens at 6:00 PM, and doors open at 6:30 PM). The concerts are about two hours long, including an intermission. As always, admission is free, but reservations are required. Information on attending winter performances is below.

WINTER SEASON ADMISSION IS FREE, BUT SPACE IS LIMITED AND RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED:

• Concert reservations are limited to two per household for one of the three performances.
• Public concert reservations begin Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 9:00 AM (Mountain Time) online at svmusicfestival.org.
• Festival donors at the Patron ($6,000) level and up may make concert reservations early, beginning Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at 9:00 AM (Mountain Time), by calling the Festival office at 208.622.5607.

For the latest news and information on the Sun Valley Music Festival and the Winter Season, including reservations and details on attending, visit the Festival website at svmusicfestival.org.