Every week on our Piano Puzzler, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a great composer. Then, one of our listeners calls in and tries to guess two things: the tune, and the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking. Play along with our weekly musical game, on Wednesday's Performance Today.
Rudolf Buchbinder grew up in a house with a piano, despite the fact that no one in his family played music. But that piano became a source of inspiration for Buchbinder, who has grown up to have a tremendous career as a pianist. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear him play music by Beethoven.
In 1930, Maurice Ravel wrote a special concerto for a pianist who had lost his right arm during the First World War. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear pianist Kirill Gerstein play Ravel's Piano Concerto for Left Hand in concert in Houston.
Last weekend, 27-year-old Nikita Mndoyants was named Gold Medalist at the 2016 Cleveland International Piano Competition; critics who were there called his playing flawless and insightful. As the winner, he's awarded with $75,000 and a PT debut! On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear his Gold Medal performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.
This past weekend, 27-year-old Nikita Mndoyants was named Gold Medalist at the 2016 Cleveland International Piano Competition; critics who were there called his playing flawless and insightful. As the winner, he's awarded with $75,000 and a PT debut! On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear his Gold Medal performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.
Beethoven's Eroica Symphony is a monumental work. And on Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear it from a monumentally beautiful place; Festival Mozaic in San Luis Obispo, right between the ocean and the mountains.
Every week on our Piano Puzzler, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a great composer. Then, one of our listeners calls in and tries to guess two things: the tune, and the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking. Play along with our weekly musical game, on Wednesday's Performance Today.
Mozart wrote hundreds of pieces that are delightful and charming. But several dozen of his works are so expressive, so riveting, that they're masterpieces. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear one such masterpiece: Mozart's Symphony No. 39.
Johannes Brahms never married. As a young man he wrote music about feeling free, but lonely. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear Brahms' Symphony No. 3, and we'll show you how he put a secret message in the music about feeling free and happy.
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