The Moab Music Festival is back (and already underway!) for its 31st year. The festival brings music in concert with the landscape set against the natural backdrop of Moab’s iconic red rocks and along the Colorado river. The festival began as a much smaller event than it is today, starting with just a few concerts each year, but has grown into the musical force it is today. The idea started when Co-Founder and Artistic Director Leslie Tomkins first visited Moab 35 years ago with Music Director Michael Barrett, himself a protégé of Leonard Bernstein.
“I was utterly entranced by the red rocks,” Tomkins says. “I wanted to somehow participate in and celebrate the incredible beauty of the landscape here. As a professional violist, I thoughtthat playing music among the rocks would be the best way to do that.”
This year, the festival brings fifty-three world-class musicians, performing in twenty-three concerts, in thirteen different wilderness, outdoor and historic venues, including Pius Cheung, hailed as one of the most important percussionists of his generation. Cheung will perform the world premiere of his original composition “Samsara” at the concert titled Water World: Rivers, Bridges, Droughts, and Floods on September 3.
World-class artists come to Moab, Utah each year to create the festival’s signature music in concert with the landscape.
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