2026 Sun Valley Music Festival Winter Season: Featuring Benjamin Beilman in Concert With Alasdair Neale and Festival Musicians
Thursday, March 19, 2026, 7:00 PM MDT
Argyros Performing Arts Center
Winter Season
The 2026 Winter Season features guest curator and violinist Benjamin Beilman. Praised for his passionate performances and distinctive tone — which The New York Times described as “muscular with a glint of violence” — Mr. Beilman last performed with Music Director Alasdair Neale and the Festival Orchestra in 2018, playing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. An accomplished chamber musician, he’ll join forces with Festival Orchestra musicians.
Alasdair Neale, Music Director and Conductor
Benjamin Beilman, Curator and Violin
GABRIELLA SMITH
Sanguineum
Solo violin: Benjamin Beilman
AARON COPLAND
Suite from Appalachian Spring (original version for 13 instruments)
Conductor: Alasdair Neale
Flute: Catherine Payne
Clarinet: Jerry Simas
Bassoon: Tariq Masri
Piano: Peter Grunberg
Violin: Jeremy Constant, Erin Schreiber, Mayumi Masri, Alicia Yang
Viola: Adam Smyla, Chris Tantillo
Cello: Amos Yang, Eric Gaenslen
Double Bass: Stephen Tramontozzi
JOHN ADAMS
Road Movies
Violin: Benjamin Beilman
Piano: Peter Grunberg
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), Op. 8, Nos. 1 – 4
Solo Violin: Benjamin Beilman
Violin: Jeremy Constant, Erin Schreiber, Mayumi Masri, Alicia Yang
Viola: Adam Smyla, Chris Tantillo
Cello: Amos Yang, Eric Gaenslen
Double Bass: Stephen Tramontozzi
Harpsichord: Jonathan Dimmock