Introductions | WFMT
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Introductions is WFMT’s weekly Saturday morning program that features talented pre-college classical musicians in the Chicago area. Soloists and chamber ensembles perform live in WFMT’s Levin Performance Studio. Large ensembles, including orchestras, choirs, and bands, are recorded at their home venues and broadcast at later dates. The program also features youth music competition winners. While many students who appear on Introductions pursue other careers, some have gone on to study music at some of the most prestigious music schools around the world and pursue careers as professional musicians.
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Chicago, IL
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WFMT Radio Network
Description:
Introductions is WFMT’s weekly Saturday morning program that features talented pre-college classical musicians in the Chicago area. Soloists and chamber ensembles perform live in WFMT’s Levin Performance Studio. Large ensembles, including orchestras, choirs, and bands, are recorded at their home venues and broadcast at later dates. The program also features youth music competition winners. While many students who appear on Introductions pursue other careers, some have gone on to study music at some of the most prestigious music schools around the world and pursue careers as professional musicians.
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@WFMTclassical
Language:
English
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WFMT Radio Network 5400 N St. Louis Avenue Chicago, IL 60625-4698 (773) 279-2020
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Episodes
LIVE | Zarin Mehta, 16, piano and composer
3/30/2024
Return guest Zarin Mehta presents premieres of his own music and Augusta Read Thomas's, plus pieces by Bach, Beethoven, and Lyapunov.
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Duration:00:54:02
LIVE | Kené Obiaya, 17, piano
3/23/2024
Chicago-raised pianist Kené Obiaya is an alum of the Hyde Park Suzuki Institute and is now a high school senior at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. He presents music of Chopin, Bach, Still and Brahms. Kené Obiaya is 17 years old and began taking piano lessons at age 3. Kené currently attends Interlochen Arts Academy where he studies piano with ...
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Duration:00:43:24
LIVE | Clara Zhang, 16, piano
2/17/2024
Pianist Clara Zhang plays a recital of Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Haydn, Walker, Rachmaninoff, and Bowen.
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Duration:00:37:45
Encore broadcast | Ma’ayan Kertcher, 18, cello
1/27/2024
Ma’ayan Kertcher plays the music of Reena Esmail and Johannes Brahms, joined by Shirley Trissell on piano.
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Duration:00:39:00
Encore broadcast | Ma’ayan Kertcher, 18, cello
1/27/2024
Ma’ayan Kertcher plays the music of Reena Esmail and Johannes Brahms, joined by Shirley Trissell on piano.
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Duration:00:39:00
Encore broadcast | Ma’ayan Kertcher, 18, cello
1/27/2024
Ma’ayan Kertcher plays the music of Reena Esmail and Johannes Brahms, joined by Shirley Trissell on piano.
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Duration:00:39:05
Encore broadcast | Samuel Lam, 18, piano
1/20/2024
Today, a piano recital from Samuel Lam presenting works by Domenico Scarlatti, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Béla Bartók, and Tan Dun.
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Duration:00:37:57
Encore broadcast | Samuel Lam, 18, piano
1/20/2024
Today, a piano recital from Samuel Lam presenting works by Domenico Scarlatti, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Béla Bartók, and Tan Dun.
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Duration:00:37:57
Encore broadcast | Samuel Lam, 18, piano
1/20/2024
Today, a piano recital from Samuel Lam presenting works by Domenico Scarlatti, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Béla Bartók, and Tan Dun.
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Duration:00:38:01
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Fall 2023 concert
1/6/2024
This week, the latest performance from the CYSO Symphony Orchestra in Orchestra Hall in downtown Chicago. Allen Tinkham conducts the Chicago premiere of a new Augusta Read Thomas piece, followed by works of Claude Debussy and Gustav Mahler.
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Duration:00:44:03
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Fall 2023 concert
1/6/2024
This week, the latest performance from the CYSO Symphony Orchestra in Orchestra Hall in downtown Chicago. Allen Tinkham conducts the Chicago premiere of a new Augusta Read Thomas piece, followed by works of Claude Debussy and Gustav Mahler.
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Duration:00:44:03
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Fall 2023 concert
1/6/2024
This week, the latest performance from the CYSO Symphony Orchestra in Orchestra Hall in downtown Chicago. Allen Tinkham conducts the Chicago premiere of a new Augusta Read Thomas piece, followed by works of Claude Debussy and Gustav Mahler.
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Duration:00:44:03
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Fall 2023 concert
1/6/2024
This week, the latest performance from the CYSO Symphony Orchestra in Orchestra Hall in downtown Chicago. Allen Tinkham conducts the Chicago premiere of a new Augusta Read Thomas piece, followed by works of Claude Debussy and Gustav Mahler.
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Duration:00:44:03
LIVE | Noah Kim, 17, piano
12/9/2023
Following his win in the 2022 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artist Competition, Vernon Hills pianist Noah Kim returns to Introductions for a second solo recital playing Bach, Mozart, Schumann and Kapustin.
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Duration:00:46:07
Isabel Edgcomb, 18, flute & Anna Edgcomb, 18, oboe
11/25/2023
We’re featuring twin sisters on Introductions today: Isabel and Anna Edgcomb are joined by pianist Lyudmila Lakisova in music of Telemann, Kalliwoda, Liebermann, Poulenc, Taffanel and Cimarosa.
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Duration:00:42:26
LIVE | Simon Updegraff, 16, cello
11/11/2023
Cellist Simon Updegraff presents Elgar's Cello Concerto, followed by works of Bach and Bloch; a cello suite of Chad "Sir Wick" Hughes, and Monti's Csárdás.
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Duration:00:39:39
Respirazione Trio & Aurum Quartet
11/4/2023
Today we feature two chamber groups from Midwest Young Artists Conservatory – one piano trio, and one string quartet.
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Duration:00:34:03
Scaleno Trio & Luminos Piano Trio
10/21/2023
Two chamber trios from the Music Institute of Chicago Academy in movements by Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky.
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Duration:00:50:18
LIVE | Amelia Zitoun, 17, cello
10/14/2023
Amelia Zitoun, a student of the Music Institute of Chicago Academy, joins us for the first live recital of the new school year.
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Duration:00:50:23
Trio Nuvola & Goya Piano Trio
10/7/2023
Today we're featuring two piano trios from the Music Institute of Chicago Academy's 2022-23 school year, in music of Beethoven, Esmail, Clarke, Mendelssohn, and Shostakovich.
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Duration:00:30:59