In our profession it is rare to be involved in a festival that is so committed To its students,aurora is one of these places. I have enjoy coming year after year and work with such an impressive class of clarinetists from all over the world,in intense studies and performances as well as enjoy so very much my colleagues .
If it is August ….Aurora is the place to be.
Warm greetings to all,
Yehuda Gilad
Professor/ USC school of Music
music Director/ conductor,the Colburn Orchestra

I think most of musicians ask themselves what is their purpose for being musicians. Why do we spend many hours of our lives practicing? Why do we try to remember hundreds of notes?
Even if we don’t want to show our doubting personality, questions like these are always somewhere deep inside our mind.
Trying to find the answers can be a very long and even a painful process.
It is so important to understand, that music doesn’t have to prove something to somebody. We play the most beautiful pieces in the world …

There are many places where we can play chamber music, have lessons with famous professors, meet friends and have parties. But believe me there is only one place where pure music exists every single moment and the most fantastic professors become our friends. The place of real Friends and Art… Unforgettable minutes on a stage and inimitable parties with Tequila Rose…;) Last summer Aurora Festival became one the best summer in my life.
I will keep in my heart all those beautiful feelings that were shared by my great colleagues from …

To play Stringquartet is the best and most important thing a person can do with his life.
Living with The last String quartets by Beethoven is to devote yourself to the peak of humanity. This is where Beethoven takes us to a level never surpassed before or after.”
Norbert Brainin, 1st violinist of the Amadeus String Quartet, 1947-1987.
 “This, The Gran Partita, was no composition by a performing monkey. This was a music I had never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing. It seemed to me that I was hearing …

We have the world’s best job, we like to say;) and right now it is very intense with all the planning for our various festivals 2012 (April, August and November)
Luckily, we have finally found a new employee that joined the Aurora team. Her name is Serena Nobili and you will surely meet her soon.
Very WELCOME Serena.
It is both an honor and very nice that so many great artists are coming to Aurora in 2012 or how about for example:
Alexander Zemtsov (Vla)
Cecilie Löken (Fl)
Charlotte Hellekant (Mezzo)
Ernesto Bango (Cimb.)
Fabio Bidini (Pi)
Gary Hofman (Vlc)
Johannes Gustavsson (Cond.)
Jonas Bylund (Tbn)
Konstantin …