Performance Today®

The Silk Road carried trade goods between Europe and China, but it also carried culture and ideas. Join us today and hear music inspired by the Silk Road by Zhao Jiping from a concert in Guiyang, China.

Each year, Performance Today serves schools across the Twin Cities with its Young Artist in Residence Program. Today's virtual PT in the Classroom Music Lesson features PT Young Artist in Residence Anais Feller.

Gloria Chien and Anthony McGill are both as busy as can be; Chien runs three festivals, and McGill is the principal clarinet in the New York Philharmonic. But they still make time to play as a duet. On today’s show, Gloria Chien and Anthony McGill play from the Grand Duo Concertant by Carl Maria von Weber.

Avi Avital was the first mandolin soloist nominated for a classical Grammy. More than 100 contemporary compositions have been written for him, but Avital is also known for his renditions of Baroque pieces. On today's show, Avi Avital plays a concerto by Vivaldi at a recent concert in Oslo, Norway.

We're proud to introduce you to our next 2022 PT Young Artist in Residence: Violinist Anais Feller. Anais recently joined us via Zoom from the Colburn School in Los Angeles. Hear the conversation and music right here!

Meet Performance Today’s next PT Young Artist, 16-year-old violinist Anais Feller. Host Fred Child and Anais spoke over Zoom, with musical selections recorded for PT at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. Listen now.

Each year, Performance Today serves schools across the Twin Cities with its Young Artist in Residence Program. Today's virtual PT in the Classroom Music Lesson features PT Young Artist in Residence Tyler Martin. Watch now.

Composer Matt Jackfert has a particular interest in Appalachian music. On today's show, hear a piece by Jackfert inspired by three scenes from West Virginia, featuring an instrument that isn't typically associated with Appalachian music: the euphonium.

It's a concerto for three saxophones, but NOT for three saxophone players. The concerto is a showcase for one musician trading off alto, tenor, and soprano saxes. On today's show, Jess Gillam gives a riveting performance of the Concerto for Three Saxophones by Barbara Thompson, backed by the NDR Philharmonic Orchestra.