The Performance Today Young Artist in Residence program shines the spotlight on young soloists from American conservatories. Each year, PT works with the nations top music programs to to identify talented young artists who have demonstrated strong potential for careers in music. Previous young artists have represented a variety of music schools and students, including pianists Jeremy Denk, and Rodolfo Leone, harpist Mallory McHenry, violinist Randall Goosby and cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing.

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2019-2020 Performance Today Young Artists in Residence

Meghann Oglesby

Listen to in-studio interviews with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by pianist Alex Beyer.


In studio with Alex Beyer Part 1

In studio with Alex Beyer Part 2

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Young Artist in Residence: Alex Beyer

Listen to in-studio interviews with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by violinist Phoenix Avalon and pianist Hsin-I Huang.


Phoenix Avalon Interview Part 1

Phoenix Avalon Interview Part 2

Phoenix Avalon Interview Part 3

Will Keeler

Young Artist in Residence: Phoenix Avalon

Listen to in-studio interviews with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by flutist Emma Resmini and pianist Hugh Sung.


Emma Resmini Interview Part 1

Emma Resmini Interview Part 2

Emma Resmini Interview Part 3

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Young Artist in Residence: Emma Resmini

Listen to in-studio interviews with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by pianist Jenny Chen.


Jenny Chen Interview Part I

Jenny Chen Interview Part 2

Jenny Chen Interview Part 3

Young Artist in Residence: Jenny Chen

Listen to in-studio interviews with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by tenor Jack Swanson and pianist Roderick Phipps-Kettlewell.


Jack Swanson Interview Part 1

Jack Swanson Interview Part 2

Jack Swanson Interview Part 3

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Young Artist in Residence: Jack Swanson

Listen to in-studio interviews with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by violinist Alexi Kenney and pianist Renana Gutman.


Alexi Kenney Interview Part 1

Alexi Kenney Interview Part 2

Alexi Kenney Interview Part 3

Violinist Alexi Kenney

Young Artist in Residence: Alexi Kenney

Listen to in-studio interviews with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by violinist Yoojin Jang.


Young Artists in Residence

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Young Artist in Residence: Yoojin Jang

This week on PT, tubist Coco Wieprecht joins Fred in the studio as our first-ever Young Artist in Residence born in the 21st Century. Wieprecht will discuss her budding musical career, and we'll hear her play a solo piece by Philadelphia-born composer, Vincent Persichetti.


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Youngest Artist in Residence: Coco Wieprecht

Listen to in-studio interviews with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by marimbist Jisu Jung.


Young Artist in Residence: Jisu Jung

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Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.

Since 2000, Fred Child has been the host of Performance Today, the most-listened-to classical music radio show in America. He also is the commentator and announcer for Live From Lincoln Center, the only live performing arts series on television. He also hosts musical events on stages around the country, working with major orchestras and festivals, and connecting with audiences coast to coast.


Host

Fred Child

Kathryn Slusher is the senior producer of Performance Today, where she leads programming and production for the show. In her spare time, she enjoys the vibrant Twin Cities music and theater scene, and loves to read, hike and spend time with her family.


Senior Producer

Kathryn Slusher

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Producer

As an Associate Producer for Performance Today, Kathleen Bradbury writes scripts and assists with external communications. In her spare time, she likes to read fiction, lift heavy weights at the gym, and frolic about in nature. But above all else, Kathleen loves to sing Broadway showtunes--much to the delight of her wife, her infant son, and her rescue dog.


Kathleen Bradbury

Jon Gohman is an associate producer for Performance Today. He is responsible for various behind-the-scenes functions, including liaising with artists and creating materials for national distribution. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, playing the guitar, and thinking about Langrange points.


Associate Producer

Jon Gohman

Craig Thorson is the Technical Director for Performance Today. In addition to mastering the live music recordings that are programmed for each daily program, he records guest performances and interviews. Craig enjoys skiing, tennis, and bicycling, and boating.


Technical Director

Craig Thorson

Jeanne Barron is the technical producer of Performance Today.


Technical Producer

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Jeanne Barron

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Performance Today

In 1994, violinist Leonidas Kavakos played an exceptional violin in New York. He says, "It felt like the earth moved beneath me." Sadly, the instrument wasn't for sale. Twenty years later, he found that same violin in London; this time, he wouldn't let it get away. Kavakos plays his 1734 Willemotte Strad on today’s show.



Performance Today - November 19, 2024

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Leonidas Kavakos and the 'Willemotte' Stradivarius

Valerie Coleman's "Tzigane" is a fiery response to a classic. Inspired by Ravel's iconic piece of the same name, Coleman channeled the energy and spirit of Roma music into a composition for wind quintet. On today's show, we'll hear the Imani Winds play Coleman's Tzigane at a performance presented by the Colorado College Summer Music Festival.



Performance Today - November 18, 2024

Kia Caldwell

Valerie Coleman: Tzigane

In the Spring of 2020, the pandemic was brand-new, isolating, and scary. American composer Jessie Montgomery wrote a short composition called Peace… and when Clarinetist Anthony McGill first heard it, he was moved to tears. On today's show, Anthony McGill and pianist Conrad Tao play music about coming to terms with sadness: Peace by Jessie Montgomery.



Performance Today - November 16, 2024

Jessie Montgomery, composer and violinist

Photo: Jiyang Chen

PT Weekend: Jessie Montgomery

Publishing houses in Germany initially rejected Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto. When pianist Franz Liszt played through the piece with Grieg, Liszt warmly shook his hand and said, "You have the gift. Keep on composing. Don't let them intimidate you." Liszt’s advice changed Grieg's life; that piece has become one of the most famous pieces of its kind in classical music. On today's show, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes plays Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in Switzerland.



Performance Today - November 15, 2024

Ozgur Albayrak

Leif Ove Andsnes plays Grieg's Piano Concerto

Trinidad is the home of the steel drum — or the steel pan as it's called there. Every year at Carnival, Trinidad hosts Panorama, a showcase for the best steel pan ensembles. Composer and pianist Stewart Goodyear plays his take on Panorama on this episode of Performance Today.



Performance Today - November 14, 2024

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Stewart Goodyear: Panorama

Performance Today - November 13, 2024

Jessie Montgomery: Peace

Swedish composer and organist Elfrida Andrée was determined to do it all. She advocated for legal changes so women could work as organists and telegraph operators, and she wanted people to know that women could compose significant works. We'll hear Elfrida Andrée's Symphony No. 2 on this episode of Performance Today.



Performance Today - November 12, 2024

Göteborgs Symfoniker

Elfrida Andrée 

Nov. 11 is Veterans Day, and ‘Performance Today’ is honoring those who've served our country in uniform. We’ll hear music by composers who were in the armed forces, including William Grant Still and Samuel Barber. Listen now!


Performance Today - November 11, 2024

Photo: United States Marine Band

Honoring our veterans

Nikolai Kapustin’s compositions are full of joyful syncopations, and some listeners called him a jazz pianist. But, Kapustin emphasized that he was a classically trained composer who just happened to love jazz. We’ll hear Kapustin’s music at the intersection of classical and jazz on today’s show.



Performance Today - November  9, 2024

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Photo: Schott Music / Peter Andersen

PT Weekend: Nikolai Kapustin

Violinist Maria Dueñas is a university student, but she already has a global following and is selling out concert halls worldwide. Gustavo Dudamel says: "She has the magic... an artistic soul. She is fire." We’ll hear Maria Dueñas play a concerto by Max Bruch on today’s show.

