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Cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing

Cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing

This week we've been revisiting our latest group of PT Young Artists in Residence. On today's show, we take you back to when Ifetayo Ali-Landing joined us for music and conversation at the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Mallory McHenry

Mallory McHenry

Harpist Mallory McHenry is one of our 2018 PT Young Artists in Residence. On today's show, Mallory joins Fred Child for music and conversation at the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Cellist Julia Yang

Cellist Julia Yang

Cellist Julia Yang is one of our PT Young Artists in Residence from this past season. On today's show, join us in the the PT studio to hear Julia Yang and pianist Lee Dionne play music by Schumann, J.S. Bach, and Prokofiev, with a very special world premiere of "Horse of the Wind" by Dai Wei.

Trombonist Addison Maye-Saxon

Trombonist Addison Maye-Saxon

When Addison Maye-Saxon was in the 7th grade and choosing what to play, he didn't like cello or trumpet, so his teacher picked his instrument (and his future) for him. On this episode of Performance Today, hear music and conversation with trombonist Addison Maye-Saxon.

Rodolfo Leone

Rodolfo Leone

When Rodolfo Leone learns a new piece, his approach is to commit the music to memory... before he even plays it on the piano. On today's show, join us for music and conversation with pianist Rodolfo Leone, one of the inspiring Young Artists in Residence that we've featured on Performance Today in this past year.

Love and death in Cincinnati

Love and death in Cincinnati

Love and Death... it's all right there in the title: The Liebestod. On this episode of Performance Today, take a seat at the home of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to hear them perform the Prelude und Liebestod, from Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner.

The energy of an audience

The energy of an audience

Conductor JoAnn Falletta says that audiences don't realize how much the performers rely on their energy. On today's show, hear JoAnn Falletta, pianist Juho Pohjonen, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and a GREAT audience in Buffalo, New York.

Harriet Krijgh

Harriet Krijgh

Harriet Krijgh is an up-and-coming cellist from the Netherlands. In her 20s, she has already established a fine career around Europe, and she's making waves on stages in the U.S., as well. On this episode of Performance Today, Harriet Krijgh solos with the Oregon Symphony, performing Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor.

Love and Death in Cincinnati

Love and Death in Cincinnati

Love and Death... it's all right there in the title: The Liebestod. On this episode of Performance Today, take a seat at the home of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to hear them perform the Prelude und Liebestod, from Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner.

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