Regional Spotlight™

Minnesota pianist Kenny Broberg advances to final round of Tchaikovsky Competition
Regional Spotlight: Boris Giltburg plays Rachmaninoff

Regional Spotlight: Boris Giltburg plays Rachmaninoff

Pianist Boris Giltburg presented an all-Rachmaninoff program in May as a guest artist with the Frederic Chopin Society. He plays several preludes from Rachmaninoff's Op. 23 in this week's Regional Spotlight.

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Regional Spotlight: Ansan City Choir

Regional Spotlight: Ansan City Choir

The Ansan City Choir is a professional ensemble based in South Korea. Its American tour this past spring included a stop at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. Hear the Ansan City Choir in this week's Regional Spotlight.

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Regional Spotlight: Kenny Broberg

Regional Spotlight: Kenny Broberg

Minnesota native Kenny Broberg won the Silver Medal in the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He played for the hometown audience this past March. Showing that he is a pianistic force to be reckoned with, he opened his Frederic Chopin Society recital with Bach's Toccata in C minor.

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Regional Spotlight: Ilya Kaler plays Mozart

Regional Spotlight: Ilya Kaler plays Mozart

Ilya Kaler and the Minnesota Sinfonia are featured in this week's Regional Spotlight with a recent performance of Mozart's Rondo. Kaler is a poet with the bow.

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Regional Spotlight: Lyra Baroque

Regional Spotlight: Lyra Baroque

The Lyra Baroque has just released a new disc of concertos by CPE Bach. The performances are as passionate as the music itself.

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Regional Spotlight: Shai Wosner plays Schubert

Regional Spotlight: Shai Wosner plays Schubert

Shai Wosner performs the finale of Schubert's Piano Sonata in G. The music is spacious and songlike. And while there are a few dark clouds in the piece, the overall feeling is one of spring sunshine.

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Regional Spotlight: Ameriikan Poijat

Regional Spotlight: Ameriikan Poijat

In this week's Regional Spotlight, the Minnesota-based brass band Ameriikan Poijat (Boys of America) performs a piece from its new CD, 'Juhlat, Festivals.'

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Regional Spotlight: Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

Regional Spotlight: Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

Leo Brouwer's 'Ballade of the Forest and the Bird' receives its radio premiere when the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet and flutist Linda Chatterton join Steve Staruch to talk about and perform the newly commissioned work.

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Regional Spotlight: Augsburg Choir

Regional Spotlight: Augsburg Choir

Kristina Boerger is the new director of the Augsburg Choir. In this week's Regional Spotlight is a performance of "O Magnum Mysterium," by contemporary Dutch composer Huub de Lange.

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