Every year, talented young Black and Latino classical string players compete in the Sphinx Competition. The 2015 winner is violinist Eduardo Rios, a 19 year-old student at the Colburn School. He's originally from Lima, Peru.
Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto has all the energy of Paris in the 1920s, including a hint of jazz here and there. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear it from a concert this season in Paris, featuring pianist Fazil Say and the National Orchestra of France.
On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll have recent concert highlights from near and far. We'll hear a Haydn symphony from a concert in Latvia; tango from a performance in Minnesota; string quartets from Brooklyn; and pianist Simone Dinnerstein playing Bach in concert in San Antonio.
There's no cake big enough to hold all the candles for George Frideric Handel's 330th birthday. So to celebrate, we'll go to a concert in Philadelphia to hear Tempesta di Mare play Handel's Concerto Grosso in F.
On this weekend's Performance Today, we're going to the movies. In anticipation of the upcoming Academy Awards, we'll hear concert performances of music written by past Oscar winners. Plus, we'll sample some of this year's Oscar soundtrack nominees.
On Friday's Performance Today, we're going to the movies. In anticipation of the upcoming Academy Awards, we'll hear concert performances of music written by past Oscar winners. Plus, we'll sample each of this year's five Oscar soundtrack nominees.
Valery Gergiev is one of the most revered and controversial conductors of our time. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll go to a concert in Rotterdam to hear Gergiev conduct a performance of Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1. Plus, we'll hear a musical protest against Gergiev as an encore, from violinist Lisa Batiashvili.
Pyeongchang is a sleepy little town in the mountains of South Korea; it's famous for potatoes, sheep, and skiing. Now it's becoming famous for their annual summertime music festival, as well. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll go to Pyeongchang to hear a performance of Schulhoff's Flute Sonata.
On Tuesday's Performance Today, innovative pianist Jade Simmons joins Fred in the studio to discuss what it means to stay fiery as a musician.
