Maria Bachmann is the Artistic Director of Telluride MusicFest in Telluride, CO, an annual festival which celebrates its 6th year in the summer of 2008. She is the Artistic Director for Trio Solisti’s residency at Adelphi University in New York, where the trio celebrates its 6th year as Ensemble-in-Residence in 2007-2008. Maria has been the Artistic Director for Trio Solisti’s concert series at the Morgan Library in New York from 2001-2003, the Artistic Director of numerous radio programs for WQXR Radio's ON-A-I-R Series, and for the Bachmann-Klibonoff-Fridman Trio’s residency at The Morgan Library from 1999-2001.

WQXR RADIO ON A-I-R SERIES

At WQXR in New York, the largest classical radio station in America, Maria was the Artistic Director of more than 40 one hour radio programs broadcast on WQXR’s ON A-I-R series, a series which featured Maria as a soloist, as violinist of her trio, and with many guest artists. The series which was hosted by Tom Bartunek, President of WQXR, aired from 1997-2000. Each show featured performances, interviews, and lecture/demos about the repertoire being performed.

About TELLURIDE MUSICFEST

Maria Bachmann is the Artistic Director of Telluride MusicFest in Telluride, CO, an annual festival which celebrates its 6th year in the summer of 2008. Trio Solisti is the resident ensemble of Telluride MusicFest, and each year they are joined by such guest artists as David Krakauer on clarinet, cellist Wendy Sutter, Violinist/violist Toby Appel, pianists Simon Mulligan and Inessa Zaretsky, violist Kathryn Lockwood, and composer Paul Moravec, among others. The Festival offers diverse programming ranging from the great masterworks of chamber music to Klezmer arrangements, which Trio Solisti performs with David Krakauer, to contemporary works including those by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Paul Moravec who was the featured composer in residence in 2005.

For season schedule and more info go to: www.telluridemusicfest.com

About THE MORGAN LIBRARY

Maria Bachmann has been the Artistic Director for Trio Solisti’s concert series at the Morgan Library in New York from 2001-2003. Those series included:

  • “Beethoven and Beyond” 2000-01- A six-part concert series at the Morgan Library focusing on the music of Beethoven and his influence on composers such as Schumann, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Mahler and Brahms. With pre-concert talks and demonstrations about the repertoire before each program.
  • “Classic Characters” 2001-02- A six-part concert series at the Morgan Library exploring the works and relationships of composers such as Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Smetana, Janacek, Turina, Poulenc, Schubert, Haydn, and Piazzolla, among others. The programs included pre-concert talks.
  • “Brahms Celebration” 2002-03 - A five-part concert series which celebrated the 170th anniversary of Brahms birth with performances of his chamber music. The series explored how Brahms was influenced by Beethoven, as well as his relationships with other composers such as Schumann, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, and Joachim. Those relationships and the influence of Hungarian music and musicians on Brahms output through his life was explored in pre-concert talks and demonstrations.
About ADELPHI UNIVERSITY

Maria is the Artistic Director for Trio Solisti’s residency at Adelphi University in New York, where the trio celebrates its 6th year as ensemble in residence in 2007-2008. Each season, Trio Solisti performs a 3 concert series at Adelphi University, as well as giving master-classes, open rehearsals, lecture/demos, and career seminars.