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Marin Alsop's job title is often some variation on the word "conductor", but to musicians and music-lovers around the world, she's so much more than that. On today's show, we speak to an innovator, a mentor, and a visionary leader: Marin Alsop, our 2021 Classical Woman of the Year.
Marin Alsop's job title is often some variation on the word "conductor", but to musicians and music-lovers around the world, she's so much more than that. On today's show, we speak to an innovator, a mentor, and a visionary leader: Marin Alsop - PT's 2021 Classical Woman of the Year.
As well as being a great pianist, Italian pianist Fabio Bidini is in high demand as a piano teacher. Bidini teaches at the Colburn School in Los Angeles and the Hans Eisler Music Academy in Berlin. On today's show, hear Fabio Bidini play Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 3, with conductor JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Chinese lute, or pipa, has been around for more than two thousand years. On today's show, we'll hear a 21st century composition for pipa performed by Wu Man and the Lexington Symphony at a concert in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Mexican composer Arturo Marquez says he has always been enthralled by the music bubbling out of cafes and dance salons in Mexico. On Today's show, hear the Dorian Wind Quintet perform Danza del Mediodia, by Arturo Marquez, inspired by the cafe music of Mexico City.
Hannah Lash knew from a young age that she wanted to be a composer, but she hadn't yet learned how to read or write music. So, Hannah developed her own system for writing music using triangles, squiggles, and x's. On today's show, hear pianist Jeremy Denk and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra play "In Pursuit of Flying," by American composer Hannah Lash.
This annual award recognizes women who have made a significant contribution to the art form or inspired a nominator's appreciation for classical music.
For more than 20 consecutive years now, students from top schools of music around the country have joined us as PT Young Artists in Residence...and not even a pandemic will keep us from doing it again this year! We're thrilled to kick off this year's series with French horn player Lauren Anker.
When Napoleon's army attacked Vienna in 1809, Beethoven took cover in a basement. When he emerged, he found that his piano and the music he'd been working on were still intact. He got right back to it and finished the piece. On today's show, hear a composition that survived Napoleon troops: the Piano Concerto No. 5, widely known as the Emperor Concerto, by Ludwig van Beethoven..
