2026 CSMTA Concerto Competition Winners’ Concert
Saturday, May 9, 2026
7:30 – 9:00 PM
Boulder Adventist Church
The Boulder Chamber Orchestra
Bahman Saless
conductor
Program
The program will be announced in April 2026. The orchestra will be joined by winners of the 2026 Colorado State Music Teachers Association (CSMTA) Concerto Competition.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Bahman Saless
Music Director
A conductor for the 21st century, Bahman Saless has been described as “entrepreneurial, creative, and plugged in,” and “an innately talented musician and conductor, without frills or ego.” His passion is palpable, his enthusiasm contagious, and the results he draws from musicians are, as one colleague put it, “extraordinary.” Saless’s musical path is anything but conventional. After studying violin in England as a teenager and composing music from a young age, he pursued violin studies with Lyman Bodman at Michigan State University while simultaneously earning a Ph.D. in theoretical physics. He later founded the […]