By Stewart Oksenhorn [Aspen Times, 29 June 2011]
ASPEN — Classical music encyclopedia that he is, Asadour Santourian is no doubt aware that 2011 marks the 200th birthday of the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, and the 100th anniversary of the death of Gustav Mahler. But Santourian, the artistic advisor for the Aspen Music Festival and School, doesn’t find those milestones quite enough to build a summer of music around.