The Bravo! Vail Music Festival (Bravo! Vail) returning June 25 to August 6, 2026, with more than 60 concerts throughout Colorado’s Vail Valley region. The six-week festival features internationally acclaimed orchestras—Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic—alongside distinguished chamber ensembles and guest artists from around the world.
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TICKET INFORMATION
Donors at the Contributor Level and above can reserve tickets for Bravo! Vail’s 2026 season. Single tickets and ticket packages will be available for purchase on January 27, 2026. Please visit BravoVail.org more information. All artists, programs, and pricing are subject to change.
The centerpiece of the season is a festival-long celebration of Anne-Marie McDermott’s 16-year tenure and her last as Artistic Director of Bravo! Vail. Highlights include McDermott’s performances of all five Beethoven piano concertos with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the world premiere of Prayer for the Living by Aaron Jay Kernis—a commissioned gift to McDermott from Bravo! Vail, and collaborative performances with pianists Yefim Bronfman, Anton Nel, Gregory Anderson, and Elizabeth Roe.
Additionally, McDermott presents pianists Illia Ovcharenko, Ilya Shmukler, Fei-Fei Dong, and Chaeyoung Park in the complete cycle of Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas in eight free concerts at the Vail Interfaith Chapel—an extraordinary artistic and educational offering for the community. Taking place throughout July, the concerts are offered free to the public with additional details and availability announced in March 2026.