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Nikita Mndoyants wins the gold

Last weekend, 27-year-old Nikita Mndoyants was named Gold Medalist at the 2016 Cleveland International Piano Competition; critics who were there called his playing flawless and insightful. As the winner, he's awarded with $75,000 and a PT debut! On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear his Gold Medal performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (arr. Jorge Calandrelli): Dansa Brasileira
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
Obrigado Brazi - Yo-Yo Ma
Sony 89935

Jacob do Bandolim (arr. Jorge Calandrelli): Doce De Coco
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet; Romero Lubambo, guitar
Obrigado Brazi - Yo-Yo Ma
Sony 89935

The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestants are Bill Wise and Toni Kazic from Columbia, MO

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

Hour 2

Vasily Kalinnikov: Serenade for String Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin; Misha Rachlevsky, conductor
Beaches Fine Arts, Jacksonville, Florida, St. Paul's by the Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL

Joaquin Turina: Sonata, Op. 61: Movement 1
Adam Holzman, guitar
92nd Street Y, New York, NY

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4: Movements 1, 3
Nikita Mndoyants, piano; The Cleveland Orchestra; Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Cleveland International Piano Competition, Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH

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