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Nominations for the 2022 Classical Woman of the Year, awarded by Performance Today, are now closed. This year’s honoree will be announced March 30.

For more than 20 consecutive years now, students from top music schools have joined us as PT Young Artists in Residence. Join us today as we kick off this year’s series with harpist Ari Schwartz. Plus, Bruce Adolphe has this week’s Piano Puzzler!

In 2014, Hungarian composer Péter Eötvös wrote a piece blending his phrases with music by Mozart. In today’s episode, hear a musical conversation between the 18th and 21st centuries: Dialogue with Mozart by Péter Eötvös.

Due to current circumstances, Performance Today has adapted the concert content from its Young Artist in Residence Program to provide virtual learning experiences in their new series "Performance Today in the Classroom." Today's PT in the Classroom Music Lesson features PT Young Artist in Residence Ari Schwartz.

Composer Osvaldo Golijov wrote a piece, a lullaby and variations, for a 2002 film called "The Man Who Cried." The film never really found an audience, but that piece by Golijov has become a favorite 21st-century work for chamber ensembles. On today's show, hear Golijov's "Lullaby and Doina" from the Mizmorim Festival in Basel, Switzerland.

We're proud to introduce you to our first 2022 PT Young Artist in Residence: Harpist Ari Schwartz. Ari recently joined us via Zoom the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. Touch or click here for more info, conversation, and music!

For more than 20 consecutive years now, students from top music schools have joined us as PT Young Artists in Residence. Join us today as we kick off this year’s series with harpist Ari Schwartz.

The Acana tree can grow up to 90 feet, standing tall over wide-spreading roots. Its remarkably strong wood is essential to Cuban life and society. On today's show, hear music inspired by this majestic tree: Acana by the 2021 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tania León.

Alexi Kenney first appeared on Performance Today as a Young Artist in Residence back in 2015. Since then, he has become one of the greatest violinists of his generation. In this episode, we hear his renditions of classic compositions resonate inside the beautiful St. Francis Church in Locarno, Switzerland.