TAKÁCS QUARTET

September 24-25
The Grammy Award-winning string quartet has been moving audiences and selling out concerts for three decades at CU Boulder. Their irresistible blend of virtuosic technique and engaging personality has led The Guardian (London) to proclaim, “The Takács Quartet are matchless, their supreme artistry manifest at every level.”

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY
October 5
The provocative, boundary-pushing legacy of one of history’s greatest dancers and choreographers lives on in her award-winning troupe. Martha Graham Dance returns to Boulder for an energetic and poignant performance of the dance legend’s greatest works.

THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
October 15
Experience the award-winning animation of a Cannes Film Festival darling on Macky Auditorium’s big screen, complete with a live performance of the film’s jazzy, swinging score by Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville. This quirky, irresistible French film follows one woman on a citywide search for her missing grandson.

THE MERRY WIDOW
October 27-29
Vienna’s definitive romantic operetta uses laugh-out-loud comedy and lavish costumes to concoct the perfect musical confection. At a gala reception in Paris, an ambassador plans to save his poverty-stricken kingdom by sending one of his noblemen to court the fabulously wealthy Hanna Glawari.

TAKÁCS QUARTET
October 29-30
The Grammy Award-winning string quartet has been moving audiences andselling out concerts for three decades at CU Boulder. Their irresistible blend of virtuosic technique and engaging personality has led The Guardian (London) to proclaim, “The Takács Quartet are matchless, their supreme artistry manifest at every level.”

VAN CLIBURN GOLD MEDAL WINNER
November 3
Held every four years in tribute to history’s greatest American pianist, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is the Olympic Games of the piano. The competition’s yet-to-berevealed lucky winner makes a stop in Boulder for a dazzling, virtuosic solo recital.

HOLIDAY FESTIVAL 2017
December 8-10
Boulder’s most beloved December tradition gathers together CU’s most remarkable student and faculty talent for an unforgettable concert that’s fun for the whole family. Delight in the twinkling lights, seasonal greenery and festive atmosphere of Macky Auditorium as student choirs, bands and orchestras perform holiday favorites and new surprises.

DIANNE REEVES
December 16
Usher in the holidays with the world’s greatest living jazz and R&B vocalist, who dazzles audiences worldwide with her breathtaking virtuosity and remarkable improvisation. The Grammy-winning singer celebrates the joy and warmth of the season with a concert of holiday favorites.

BÉLA FLECK AND BROOKLYN RIDER
January 20
Don’t miss a rollicking collaborative concert with world-famous, 16- time Grammy-winning banjoist Béla Fleck and Brooklyn Rider, “one of the wonders of contemporary music” (NPR). Slipping seamlessly between bluegrass, jazz and classical, this quintet’s distinctive sound can’t be defined.

ALTIUS QUARTET
January 21-22
CU Boulder’s graduate string quartetin- residence, hailed as “rich” and “captivating” by new music website I Care If You Listen, is committed to bringing chamber music to diverse audiences. Taking its name from the Latin word for “higher,” the Altius Quartet injects young energy and passion into music both old and new.

TAKÁCS QUARTET
February 4-5
The Grammy Award-winning string quartet has been moving audiences and selling out concerts for three decades at CU Boulder. Their irresistible blend of virtuosic technique and engaging personality has led The Guardian (London) to proclaim, “The Takács Quartet are matchless, their supreme artistry manifest at every level.”

JOSHUA BELL
February 9
With more than 40 awards, seven chart-topping albums and nearly three decades of nonstop musical success, no other classical artist can compare to Joshua Bell. The American violinist, a household name worldwide, gives an arresting, one-night-only solo recital in Boulder.

AILEY II
February 17
Named in memory of larger-than-life choreographer Alvin Ailey, the troupe Ailey II is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of the country’s best young dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today’s most outstanding emerging choreographers.

LILA DOWNS
March 3
Boasting a “cantina-classical” (The Washington Post) voice and delightfully eclectic compositions inspired by ancient cultures and her own Mexican- American heritage, Lila Downs is a singular performer. Expect elements of jazz, blues and world music to collide in Downs’ seductive, joyful concert.

TAKÁCS QUARTET
March 11-12
The Grammy Award-winning string quartet has been moving audiences and selling out concerts for three decades at CU Boulder. Their irresistible blend of virtuosic technique and engaging personality has led The Guardian (London) to proclaim, “The Takács Quartet are matchless, their supreme artistry manifest at every level.”

SWEENEY TODD
March 16-18
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street pays a visit to CU Boulder for the first time ever! Stephen Sondheim’s wildly popular musical transports audiences to Victorian London, where a longexiled haircutter and a struggling baker conspire for revenge … and delicious meat pies.

 RUBBERBANDANCE
March 24
Embracing Artistic Director Victor Quijada’s unusual journey from the streets of Los Angeles to the barre, Montreal-based RUBBERBANDance uses the spontaneity of Hip-Hop, the refinement of ballet and the expressiveness of contemporary dance to create fresh, dynamic works.

QUICKSILVER BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
April 20
This chamber ensemble, “revered like rock stars within the early music scene” (The New York Times), breathes new life into centuries-old sounds with brilliant, historically-informed talent. Quicksilver Baroque’s concert shines a spotlight on hidden gems by Castello, Merula and other long-forgotten 17th century Italian composers.

ARIODANTE
April 26-29
The king’s daughter is happily betrothed to a prince – until another man forges a plan to tear them apart for his own benefit. Handel’s searing, emotional tale of obsession and betrayal comes to life on the intimate Music Theatre stage.

TAKÁCS QUARTET
April 29-30
The Grammy Award-winning string quartet has been moving audiences and selling out concerts for three decades at CU Boulder. Their irresistible blend of virtuosic technique and engaging personality has led The Guardian (London) to proclaim, “The Takács Quartet are matchless, their supreme artistry manifest at every level.”