Alasdair Neale, Music Director of the Sun Valley Music Festival, will sit down with violinist Benjamin Beilman, guest curator of the Festival’s Winter Season (March 19-21 at The Argyros).

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 the Winter Festival 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. Ahead of these performances, join us for a conversation with Neale and Beilman.

Registration recommended to join us in person. Registration opens on Wednesday, March 4. 

To watch online (no registration needed) visit: https://vimeo.com/event/5598390. The recording will be available to watch later on The Community Library’s Event Archive.