For 16 years, Brainerd has hosted the best classical music festival you’ve never heard of
For years, Johnson was the festival’s housing coordinator, a tricky post, given the summer competition for spare bedrooms in the lake-studded region. As the festival’s reach widened, Johnson remembers first seeing a musician from Argentina on the roster. “Holy cow,” she thought, “this is getting big.” Abramo and Macres not only became regulars, they began texting with Johnson throughout the year. Recently, she visited Macres in New Orleans, where the […]