Performance

For more than 20 years now, the Sphinx Organization has been at the forefront of work to increase the representation of Black and Latinx artists in classical music. On today's show, we'll hear the Sphinx Virtuosi perform 'Tracking Visions' by Valerie Coleman. Plus, Bruce Adolphe has this week’s Piano Puzzler!

Performance Today has selected acclaimed Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero as the 2023 Classical Woman of the Year. This annual award recognizes women who have made significant contributions to the classical music art form and have inspired our listeners.

Ukrainian composer Hanna Havrylets wrote choral and chamber music until her death in 2022. Her family says her music reflects her personality: bright, loving, and full of light...and her music lives on. We'll hear music by Hanna Havrylets on this episode of PT.

Ruth Reinhardt is a powerhouse among up-and-coming conductors. This season, she's making her first appearance with fifteen different orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Nashville Symphony, and the Warsaw Philharmonic, to name a few. On today's show, Ruth Reinhardt leads the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic in a performance of Samuel Coleridge Taylor's Ballade for Orchestra.

For more than 20 years now, the Sphinx Organization has been at the forefront of work to increase the representation of Black and Latinx artists in classical music. On today's show, we'll hear the Sphinx Virtuosi perform 'Tracking Visions' by Valerie Coleman.

All of us at PT are proud because two of our former PT Young Artists are part of a new powerhouse trio. On today's show, we'll hear a concert from Chicago with the new Trio Ad Libitum: Tim Petrin, Jordan Bak, and the equally talented Elizabeth Fayette.

Pianist Sara Davis Buechner says that music takes her to a place where she feels completely herself. Join us today to learn more about Sara Davis Buechner and hear her play music by Joaquin Turina.

Valerie Coleman wrote a piece for flute and piano just a few years ago, and flutists around the world are already playing it. Hear the Requiem Milonga by Valerie Coleman on this episode of Performance Today.

Germaine Tailleferre was determined to be a musician, and her father tried to stop her. She rebelled so completely that she even changed her name and went on to a 70-year career as a composer. We'll hear the String Quartet by French composer Germaine Tailleferre on today's show.

American writer and poet Langston Hughes had a musical way with words. Music inspired his poetry...and his poetry has now inspired music. Join us today to hear a piece inspired by the words of Langston Hughes: A Thousand Whirling Dreams by composer, jazz pianist, and teacher Dana Wilson.