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In 1939, Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly wrote a set of shimmering variations on a song about escaping from tyranny; the piece was promptly banned by the Hungarian authorities. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear it from a concert in Buffalo, New York.
During the summer, there are great young musicians honing their skills at camps and schools from coast to coast. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll stop in at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California to hear talented young players working with conductor Leonard Slatkin, and playing music by Tchaikovsky.
Each summer, we meet remarkably talented young musicians at the Aspen Music Festival and School. What becomes of them? Violinist Simone Porter was 14 when we met her three years ago. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll catch up with Simone to hear about how she's beginning to play all around the world.
Come listen to more music and conversation from 'An Evening with Performance Today,' featuring pianist Steven Osborne and a student piano quartet. Plus, check out videos of student buskers, and photos from the breathtaking Maroon Bells.
Fred Child discusses dichotomies in music and nature at Crater Lake just outside of Aspen, Colorado.
Violists Bethany Hargreaves and Chloe Thominet busking on the streets of downtown Aspen, Colorado.
The Cooper Street Brass busking on the streets of downtown Aspen, Colorado.
On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear a young quartet give a tremendously powerful and sensitive performance of music by Dvorak at this year's Aspen Music Festival.
Fred Child interviews Conducting Fellow Roderick Cox at the Snowmass Rodeo on Performance Today.
