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Composer George Walker celebrated his 96th birthday this week. He's busy as ever, hard at work on a new symphony. On this weekend's Performance Today, George Walker tells us about his life, his music, the secret to his vitality... and his tomatoes.
On Friday's Performance Today, we'll meet Xiaoxuan Li, winner of the 2018 Cleveland Piano Competition for Young Artists, followed by a movement from his Cleveland performance of Chopin's Concerto No. 2.
Conductor Roderick Cox is a trailblazer.
Tesfa Wondemagegnehu has been sharing the transformative art of vocal music for more than a decade.
On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra play the world premiere of "Abound" by composer Emily Cooley.
Titus Underwood is the acting principal oboe of the Nashville Symphony.
The final symphony by Jean Sibelius unfolds in a single riveting movement; it's an unbroken, weightless flow of music. On Wednesday's Performance Today, hear the Symphony No. 7 by Jean Sibelius, from a concert in Houston, Texas.
Chi-chi Nwanoku is one of the most highly respected double bassists in the international classical arena.
Jonathan Vinocour earned a degree in chemistry from Princeton and then began working at a hospital. All the while, Vinocour played the viola for fun, as a hobby. How did his hobby develop into his passion and his career? On switching from chemistry to concertos... hear Jonathan Vinocour's story, on Tuesday's Performance Today.
