Timotheos Petrin left his home country of Greece to go to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia... and he's starting to feel at home. On Friday's Performance Today, join us for a discussion with cellist Timotheos Petrin, and hear him play music by Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff.
Timotheos Petrin left his home country of Greece to go to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia... and he's starting to feel at home. On Friday's Performance Today, join us for a discussion with cellist Timotheos Petrin, and hear him play music by Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff.
Our PT Young Artist in Residence, cellist Tim Petrin, grew up in Greece... and he often misses the beauty of his home. On Thursday's Performance Today, Tim Petrin shares memories of Greece and plays a cello sonata by Cesar Franck.
Timotheos Petrin is a cellist, and also a painter. For him, the two forms of art are connected. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we talk with PT Young Artist in Residence Timotheos Petrin, and hear him perform music by Gabriel Faure.
Join host Fred Child for in-studio interviews with cellist/painter Timotheos Petrin, as well as exclusive musical performances.
There are thousands of composers whose music has simply disappeared, through neglect or indifference. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll "remember" 20th century composer York Bowen. Hear Bowen's Horn Quintet and a compelling argument for a York Bowen revival.
Pianist Daniil Trifonov has a unique warm up and practice routine. He "goes through the motions"... underwater. On Monday's Performance Today, hear Daniil Trifonov describe this unique method, and listen to him play Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto from a concert with the Houston Symphony.
A new musical era began 216 years ago, with the premiere of Beethoven's Symphony No. 1. On Saturday's Performance Today, we'll hear it from a concert in Houston, as fresh and lively as ever.
The trombone players in the Buffalo Philharmonic asked composer Eric Ewazen if he would write something especially for them. Ewazen loved the idea and came up with his Triple Concerto for Three Trombones and Orchestra. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll go to Buffalo to hear it in concert.
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