Anne-Marie McDermott
Anne-Marie McDermott Appointed Artistic Director of Mainly Mozart’s Spotlight Series
From Symphony & the San Diego Union Tribune
In Thursday’s San Diego Union-Tribune, George Varga writes, “Mainly Mozart has named acclaimed New York pianist and veteran music festival curator Anne-Marie McDermott as Artistic Director of its Spotlight Chamber Music Series. Concurrently, McDermott and the 37-year-old San Diego nonprofit are today announcing their 2027 Spotlight series schedule. To be held Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between late January and early May, the series will feature a dozen concerts at various area venues, including concert halls and private homes…. McDermott this summer concluded a 16-year run in Colorado as Bravo! Vail Music Festival’s Artistic Director. She [curated] Mainly Mozart’s Spotlight series from 2011 until 2020. The series was curated from 2022 until this year by Mainly Mozart CEO and co-founder Nancy Laturno…. McDermott spoke with palpable enthusiasm about the 2027 Spotlight lineup, which will feature such top-rated musicians as cellist Carter Brey, clarinetists Anthony McGill and Osmo Vänskä, violinists Paul Huang and Erin Keefe, and pianists Delvan Lin, Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe. The repertoire will mix favorites by Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven and Debussy, with arrangements of pieces by the art-rock band Radiohead, legendary troubadour Leonard Cohen and more.”