By Libby Smith, CBS Colorado | Colorado Music Festival brings some of the best classical music to Boulder throughout the summer. The Festival has also become a place to debut new classical works. One premiere this summer brings together one of the most significant current composers with a world renown quartet based in Boulder.
Gabriela Lena Frank traveled to Boulder for final rehearsals of her new work. It’s the first time she heard it played.
“It’s super addictive the process of finally getting to hear this music that you’ve been living with sometimes for years,” she told CBS News Colorado.
Lena Frank is one of the few women composing classical music and she brings her Latin heritage to her work, including the new piece.
“‘Kachkaniraqmi’ means ‘I still exist’ which is a celebratory way of saying that in spite of all the hardships the cultures of Peru have gone through, they still thrive. They still survive,” Lena Frank explained.
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The Colorado Music Festival runs through August 4, 2024 at the Chautauqua Auditorium in Boulder, Colorado
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Photo: Peter Oundjian, Director
Celebrated Composer Lena Frank Comes to Colorado to Premiere New Symphony
