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The legendary pianist Alfred Brendel doesn't really like to teach, but he made an exception for a young man named Kit Armstrong. The story and Kit Armstrong in concert, on the Wednesday's Performance Today.

Pianist Awadagin Pratt is a classical music superstar.

When JoAnn Falleta began her career in the 1970s, there were no women conducting major American orchestras on a regular basis. Falletta says she never set out to be a pioneer; she just feels lucky to be able to do what she loves. Join us for music and conversation with JoAnn Falletta on Tuesday's Performance Today.

Powerhouse Soprano Pretty Yende has graced the stage of nearly every major opera house in the world.

In 2015, the Syrian civil war forced violinist Shalan Alhamwy and his family into a perilous journey of exile. Alhamwy says "I cannot face a tank with my violin, but music is a way to say no to war." On Monday's Performance Today, hear Shalan Alhamwy's Two Images from Aleppo, from a concert in Cologne, Germany.

Trumpet player Stanford Thompson founded the youth music organization Play on Philly.

Petrushka is a character who goes back hundreds of years... an aggressive court jester who is most happy when he's hurting someone. On this weekend's Performance Today, hear the Houston Symphony perform Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka, a fun and scary puppet show where we don't really know who's pulling the strings.

Clarinetist Mariam Adam fuses the cultural nuances of her Egyptian-Mexican heritage in the music she creates.

The Cincinnati Symphony recently celebrated the grand re-opening of their Music Hall with "Stories from Home," a world premiere work by Jonathan Bailey Holland. On Friday's Performance Today, hear Jonathan Bailey Holland's musical exploration of Music Hall's location in Cincinnati, Ohio.