The Aspen Music Festival and School has been known all over the world since 1949 when it was founded by visionaries like Walter Paepcke and his wife Elizabeth of Chicago with the explicit purpose of promoting growth in human spirit through the bringing together of art and nature. It presents world-class music in a very intimate, and small town atmosphere

It is renowned across the globe for its high level training as well as for providing a launch pad for the careers of the worlds next generation professional musicians. It successfully presents 200 musical events over a period of nine weeks. It is also a preferred sanctuary and haven for premier intellectuals and masters of music.

What differentiates The Aspen Music Festival and School from other summer school programs is the amazing comprehensiveness and depth of its training programs for its students. Its training programs include the following; orchestra, opera, piano, guitar and modern music along with anatomies of training in music.

As well as its excellent, reputation for producing concrete programs, The Aspen Music Festival and School is most famous for its eminent and highly qualified faculty which has a huge amount of experience in every aspect of music making and the music industry for student to tap into.

These days, its body of students is made up of students of all ages, from the age of eight to sixty eight from 39 countries around the world culled from practically all principal faculties and students of schools which specialize in the fine performing art of music. It is on the foundation of such strength of faculty and the talent of its students that The Aspen Music Festival and School could perform more than 200 concerts, masters classes and lectures. It is in fact a major source of unearthing of prowess that has shaped many young performers of classical music over the last fifty years.

Currently Music director David Zinman is head of the Aspen Music Festival and School under his personal tutelage the nine week summer festival is held which covers over 200 events comprising of chamber music, orchestral performances, contemporary music, opera, lectures, master classes, and kids programs. With its massive dedication and commitment and the unyielding spirit and talent of its director, faculty and students The Aspen Music Festival and School will surely always continue to contribute to the growth and development of all types of music the world over.