Soprano Elizabeth Zharoff can remember the exact moment she decided to become a professional musician. While she was singing in a high school competition, Zharoff saw and felt the audience lean forward anticipating her next note. Since then her star has continued to rise. Zharoff is now a master's candidate at the Curtis Institute of Music and she'll join host Fred Child all week long as Performance Today's Young Artist in Residence.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Alexander Glazunov: Scherzo from Symphony No. 5 in B, Op. 55
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Ron Nelson: Savannah River Holiday
The United States Marine Band, Major Jason K. Fettig, conductor
Armstrong Concert Hall, Winchester, Virginia
Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Chris Thile and Mike Marshall, mandolins
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
Alexander Glazunov: String Quintet in A, Op. 39
Arturo Delmoni and Cyrus Beroukhim, violins, Michael Roth, viola, Peter Sanders and Alistair MacRae, cellos
Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival, Randolph, Vermont
Hour 2
Johann Strauss, Jr.: Annen-Polka, Op. 117
The Vienna Philharmonic, Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer, conductor
Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Australia
Heinrich Biber: Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, from Mensa Sonora
Chatham Baroque
Synod Hall, Oakland, Pennsylvania
PT Young Artist in Residence: Elizabeth Zharoff, soprano
Ricky Ian Gordon: Excerpts from Too Few the Mornings Be
Elizabeth Zharoff, soprano, Milos Repicky, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Johann Strauss, Jr.: Overture to Die Fledermaus
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer, conductor
Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Australia
Igor Stravinsky: Greeting Prelude
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer, conductor
Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Australia
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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 APM Distribution.
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