By Colorado & Company | Sept. 10, 2026
Shulman: “If the word symphony makes you think you have to know your Mozart from your Mahler, think again. The Colorado Symphony is kicking off a new season at Boettcher Concert Hall, and this year’s lineup is going beyond the classics. We’re talking Beethoven, of course, right, but also Jeff Goldblum and new ways to experience live music.”
Wachter: “Beethovens 9th is the most beautiful musical expression of humanity, of hope, of unity. So tomorrow we’re going to have the 25th anniversary of 9/11, so we’re offering a time and a space and a musical soundboard for that reflection, hopefully for people to find hope in humanity. Saturday, we switch gears and celebrate the opening of the new season, celebrate the upcoming renovation of Boettcher Concert Hall, so the ode to joy. So we’re hopefully experiencing quite some of that joy, and we pair it with a contemporary music piece as well. So it’s going to be a fun weekend and a weekend of reflection. Unbelievable.”
Shulman: “I love how you take topical things that are happening outside and mix it with music. I think that’s so entertaining and so interesting. I think that’s the power of music the sounding board in many ways, sometimes to grieve, sometimes to heal, sometimes to take a break, sometimes to connect to other people. That’s what live symphonic music can do. — That’s why you’re — good at what you do.”