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Pianist Kirill Gerstein says George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue effortlessly shifts between classical and jazz. It reminds him of... a goldfish. On this weekend's edition of Performance Today, we speak with Kirill Gerstein and hear live music from his new album "Gershwin."

In 1868, Edvard Grieg traveled to the Norwegian countryside where he spent some of his down time writing what's become one of the most iconic piano concertos of all time. On Friday's Performance Today, Pianist Javier Perianes plays Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara was 28 years old when he wrote his Symphony No. 1. It's a fascinating piece that is simply not played often enough, and so.... On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear the Buffalo Philharmonic, in concert, playing Rautavaara's Symphony No. 1.

Pianist Kirill Gerstein says George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue effortlessly shifts between classical and jazz. It reminds him of... a goldfish. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we speak with Kirill Gerstein and hear live music from his new album "Gershwin."

When pianist Liza Stepanova was a girl, she loved going to art museums where she felt creatively inspired. These days, she often plays music with connections to visual art. On Tuesday's Performance Today, Liza Stepanova plays music by Debussy, inspired by Japanese artwork.

Claude Debussy offered his friend Erik Satie a little advice - he said "Your music needs structure and shape." On Wednesday's Performance Today, listen to Erik Satie's humorous response to his friend's advice: "Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear," a collection of SEVEN short, nearly structureless pieces for piano.

On this episode of Performance Today, we'll introduce you to our current Young Artist in Residence: violinist In Mo Yang. In Mo joins Fred Child in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio in St Paul for music and conversation... and more beautiful music.

Composer Louis Spohr came up with the idea of a double quartet; not really an octet, but two string quartets, side by side, having a musical conversation. On Friday's Performance Today, hear Louis Spohr's Double String Quartet No. 1, from a concert at the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival.

On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll introduce you to our current Young Artist in Residence: violinist In Mo Yang. In Mo joins Fred Child in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio in St Paul for music and conversation... and more beautiful music.