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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at 

Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.

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Since 2000, Fred Child has been the host of Performance Today, the most-listened-to classical music radio show in America. He also is the commentator and announcer for Live From Lincoln Center, the only live performing arts series on television. He also hosts musical events on stages around the country, working with major orchestras and festivals, and connecting with audiences coast to coast.


Host

Fred Child

Kathryn Slusher is the senior producer of Performance Today, where she leads programming and production for the show. In her spare time, she enjoys the vibrant Twin Cities music and theater scene, and loves to read, hike and spend time with her family.


Senior Producer

Kathryn Slusher

As a Producer for Performance Today, Meghann chooses music to broadcast on the show, writes web articles and scripts, facilitates, conducts and edits interviews, creates video content and manages PT’s social media pages. She created Performance Today’s Black History Spotlight Series and the My Name is Series to highlight Black classical musicians. Meghann is also the producer for the PT Young Artist in Residence Series. In her free time, she is a mom, a part-time actress and fashion lover.

Meghann also created and hosted “Wondrous Strange”, a national radio program about uncommon musical instruments, she is the official underwriting voice for ‘The New York Times’ The Daily, and she can occasionally be heard guest-hosting Performance Today.


Producer

Meghann Oglesby

As an Associate Producer for Performance Today, Kathleen Bradbury writes scripts and assists with external communications. In her spare time, she likes to read fiction, lift heavy weights at the gym, and frolic about in nature. But above all else, Kathleen loves to sing Broadway showtunes--much to the delight of her wife, her infant son, and her rescue dog.


Kathleen Bradbury

Jon Gohman is an associate producer for Performance Today. He is responsible for various behind-the-scenes functions, including liaising with artists and creating materials for national distribution. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, playing the guitar, and thinking about Langrange points.


Associate Producer

Jon Gohman

Craig Thorson is the Technical Director for Performance Today. In addition to mastering the live music recordings that are programmed for each daily program, he records guest performances and interviews. Craig enjoys skiing, tennis, and bicycling, and boating.


Technical Director

Craig Thorson

Jeanne Barron is the technical producer of Performance Today.


Technical Producer

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Jeanne Barron

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Performance Today

My Name Is: Jessie Montgomery

Jessie Montgomery is an accomplished chamber musician, composer and music educator.


On a cold October night in 1893, Peter Tchaikovsky conducted the premiere of his sixth symphony in St. Petersburg, Russia. After the concert, Tchaikovsky gave the piece a nickname; a word that evokes pathos, deep emotional anguish. On Monday's Performance Today, hear the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra perform the "Pathetique" Symphony, the work that Tchaikovsky premiered just nine days before his death.


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Tchaikovsky: Pathetique Symphony

Conductor Thierry Fischer says working with violinist Augustin Hadelich is "a revelation. He's more than impeccable, he's inspirational." On this weekend's Performance Today, hear Augustin Hadelich in concert, playing Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 with the Utah Symphony.


photo: Luca Valentina

Augustin Hadelich

Kurt Weill is most commonly known for his contributions to musical theater, but, with the patronage of the "American Princess," he wrote some classical music as well. On Friday's Performance Today, find out more about Weill's patron and hear his Symphony No. 2, from a concert in Houston.


Kurt Weill Festival

Kurt Weill and the American princess

My Name Is: Steven Banks

Steven Banks is an award-winning chamber musician, music educator, and composer.


Alicia Stepp

My Name Is: Nokuthula Ngwenyama

Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama is an artistic force.


Barrett Artists

For some people, summer begins Memorial Day weekend, or when the kids are out of school. But astronomically speaking, summer begins with the solstice, so we've selected music to inspire daydreams on this summer day filled with daylight. Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Samuel Barber, Max Richter, and more, on Thursday's Performance Today.


On the nature of daylight

My Name Is: Hassan Anderson

Hassan Anderson is a world-class oboist and educator.


Nir Arieli

Flute, trumpet, clarinet, and three strings. The ensemble yMusic has that unusual combination. Their signature sound and their interest in all kinds of music has had quite an impact on contemporary composers. On Wednesday's Performance Today, yMusic plays a piece by Son Lux, recorded live at Classical KING FM studios in Seattle.


yMusic at the Classical KING-FM studios in Seattle

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