Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival Announces Renewal of Contract with Philadelphia Orchestra Through 2015

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The Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival is delighted to announce the renewal of its contract with The Philadelphia Orchestra for the 2013, 2014, and 2015 seasons. One of its three world-class resident ensembles, The Philadelphia Orchestra enjoys a strong partnership with the Vail Music Festival, having appeared there every summer since 2007. The orchestra’s music director designate, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, makes his Vail Valley debut this July in the Festival’s 25th anniversary season.

“We have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to take our Philadelphia Sound to the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival since 2007,” said Philadelphia Orchestra Association President and CEO Allison Vulgamore. “It offers the orchestra musicians a breathtakingly beautiful setting and venue in which to make music, for audiences that are dedicated and passionate. Our new music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, is excited to join the orchestra in Vail this summer, and we look forward to continuing our fruitful relationship with our colleagues at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival.”

The Philadelphia Orchestra has cultivated an extraordinary history of artistic leaders in its 112 seasons, including music directors Leopold Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy, Riccardo Muti, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Christoph Eschenbach, and the orchestra’s current chief conductor, Charles Dutoit. Under such exceptional guidance, The Philadelphia Orchestra continues to serve as an unwavering standard of excellence in the classical music world.

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