Pianist Emanuel Ax makes music with lifelong friend Yo-Yo Ma
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, pianist Emanuel Ax teams up with longtime friend and collaborator Yo-Yo Ma to re-record Beethoven's cello sonatas for their new album, Hope Amid Tears.
Explore new recordings with top performers and host Julie Amacher
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, pianist Emanuel Ax teams up with longtime friend and collaborator Yo-Yo Ma to re-record Beethoven's cello sonatas for their new album, Hope Amid Tears.
Conductor John Jeter continues his series of recording the works of American composer Florence Prince in his new album with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason and her younger brother, Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason release their first duo album together, Muse.
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho won First Prize at the Warsaw International Chopin Competition in 2015 and had not performed Chopin since. He has decided to change that with his new album, “Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 • Scherzi.”
Pianist Jeremy Denk has aligned his childhood love of Mozart with his upcoming memoir, ‘Every Good Boy Does Fine,’ and new album with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, ‘Mozart Piano Concertos.’
This week on New Classical Tracks, the Arc Ensemble releases the first commercial recording of Jewish Ukrainian composer Dimitri Klebanov in more than 30 years on its new album, ‘Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov.’
Pianist Daniil Trifonov reflects on the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach on his new album, Bach: The Art of Life.
On New Classical Tracks, pianist Jean Yves-Thibaudet talks about enjoying complete freedom on his latest album, ‘Carte Blanche.’
This week on New Classical Tracks, violinist Randall Goosby connects with his African-American heritage by premiering rediscovered works by Florence Price on his debut album, Roots. Enter the giveaway for a chance to win a copy of the album!
Pianist Beyza Yazgan reads a lot and loves to tell stories. Her new album, ‘To Anatolia,’ tells the story of her home country, Turkey, and its first classical composers.
Host Julie Amacher provides an in-depth exploration of a new classical music release each week.
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Julie Amacher's desire to introduce others to great music is what led her to radio. She began her professional broadcast career at a station in Sun Prairie, Wis. She went from rock 'n' roll to the Rocky Mountains, where she found her niche in public radio at KUNC in Greeley, Colo. Julie spent 13 years at KUNC, where she managed the announcers and their eclectic music format. During that time, she earned four national awards for best announcer. She joined Minnesota Public Radio in 1997 as an on-air host and also produces New Classical Tracks, a weekly podcast critiquing a new release each week. It airs locally at 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays and 5:15 p.m. Fridays.