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Pianist Kirill Gerstein says George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue effortlessly shifts between classical and jazz. It reminds him of... a goldfish. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we speak with Kirill Gerstein and hear live music from his new album "Gershwin."

When pianist Liza Stepanova was a girl, she loved going to art museums where she felt creatively inspired. These days, she often plays music with connections to visual art. On Tuesday's Performance Today, Liza Stepanova plays music by Debussy, inspired by Japanese artwork.

Claude Debussy offered his friend Erik Satie a little advice - he said "Your music needs structure and shape." On Wednesday's Performance Today, listen to Erik Satie's humorous response to his friend's advice: "Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear," a collection of SEVEN short, nearly structureless pieces for piano.

On this episode of Performance Today, we'll introduce you to our current Young Artist in Residence: violinist In Mo Yang. In Mo joins Fred Child in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio in St Paul for music and conversation... and more beautiful music.

Composer Louis Spohr came up with the idea of a double quartet; not really an octet, but two string quartets, side by side, having a musical conversation. On Friday's Performance Today, hear Louis Spohr's Double String Quartet No. 1, from a concert at the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival.

On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll introduce you to our current Young Artist in Residence: violinist In Mo Yang. In Mo joins Fred Child in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio in St Paul for music and conversation... and more beautiful music.

Violinist In Mo Yang is Performance Today's Young Artist in Residence. In Mo joins Fred Child in the studio for conversation and music, and you can hear it all here!

Pianist Vladimir Feltsman defected from the Soviet Union in 1987, and has been a U.S. citizen since 1995. But, forget the politics... Feltsman is a talented and deeply thoughtful pianist; he maintains a schedule of concerts around the world. On Wednesday's Performance Today, Vladimir Feltsman plays music by Brahms, from a concert at the Grand Tetons Music Festival.

Douglas Lora and Joao Luiz met when they were teenagers, and have been playing guitar together for almost 20 years as the Brasil Guitar Duo. On Tuesday's Performance Today, hear them perform an arrangement of "A Fala Da Paixao" (Passion Talk) by Egberto Gismonti, from a concert in New York City.