Introductions | WFMT
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Introductions is WFMT’s weekly Saturday morning program that features talented pre-college classical musicians in the Chicago area. Soloists and chamber ensembles perform live in WFMT’s Levin Performance Studio. Large ensembles, including orchestras, choirs, and bands, are recorded at their home venues and broadcast at later dates. The program also features youth music competition winners. While many students who appear on Introductions pursue other careers, some have gone on to study music at some of the most prestigious music schools around the world and pursue careers as professional musicians.
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Chicago, IL
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Introductions is WFMT’s weekly Saturday morning program that features talented pre-college classical musicians in the Chicago area. Soloists and chamber ensembles perform live in WFMT’s Levin Performance Studio. Large ensembles, including orchestras, choirs, and bands, are recorded at their home venues and broadcast at later dates. The program also features youth music competition winners. While many students who appear on Introductions pursue other careers, some have gone on to study music at some of the most prestigious music schools around the world and pursue careers as professional musicians.
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English
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Episodes
Serge Kalinovsky, 17, cello
6/8/2024
Today we're joined by Serge Kalinovsky, a resident of Indiana and a recent graduate of the Music Institute of Chicago Academy. He's joined by pianist Lyudmila Lakisova in music of Piatti, Debussy, Clara Schumann, Piazzolla, and Martinů.
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Duration:00:46:10
LIVE | Esme Arias-Kim, 18, violin
6/1/2024
We welcome a return guest, Esme Arias-Kim, who grew up in the Chicago area but has spent the last two years studying at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. She's joined by Milana Pavchinskaya in music of Bach, Brahms, Debussy, Price, Wieniawski, and Tchaikovsky.
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Duration:00:53:38
Lucien Quartet & Trio Callisto
5/25/2024
We hear one group each from Midwest Young Artists Conservatory and the Music Institute of Chicago Academy in music of Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, Haydn, Brahms and Babadjanian.
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Duration:00:29:22
Hayden Joyce, 17, horn & Fabrizio Milcent, 18, bassoon
5/18/2024
Two seniors and principal players from Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, playing instruments that aren't often featured on Introductions.
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Duration:00:53:39
Jeffery Tong, 16, cello
4/27/2024
Jeffery Tong of CYSO and Naperville North High School plays Saint-Saëns, Beethoven, Bach, Perkinson, and Nadia Boulanger; joined by pianist Liang-yu Wang.
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Duration:00:42:44
2024 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition
4/20/2024
This morning we hear from all three finalists in the 2024 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition, including the winner, steelpan soloist Jaden Teague-Núñez, with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
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Duration:00:31:44
LIVE | Zarin Mehta, 16, piano and composer
3/30/2024
Return guest Zarin Mehta presents premieres of his own music and Augusta Read Thomas's, plus pieces by Bach, Beethoven, and Lyapunov.
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Duration:00:54:02
LIVE | Kené Obiaya, 17, piano
3/23/2024
Chicago-raised pianist Kené Obiaya is an alum of the Hyde Park Suzuki Institute and is now a high school senior at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. He presents music of Chopin, Bach, Still and Brahms. Kené Obiaya is 17 years old and began taking piano lessons at age 3. Kené currently attends Interlochen Arts Academy where he studies piano with ...
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Duration:00:43:24
LIVE | Clara Zhang, 16, piano
2/17/2024
Pianist Clara Zhang plays a recital of Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Haydn, Walker, Rachmaninoff, and Bowen.
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Duration:00:37:45
Encore broadcast | Ma’ayan Kertcher, 18, cello
1/27/2024
Ma’ayan Kertcher plays the music of Reena Esmail and Johannes Brahms, joined by Shirley Trissell on piano.
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Duration:00:39:00
Encore broadcast | Ma’ayan Kertcher, 18, cello
1/27/2024
Ma’ayan Kertcher plays the music of Reena Esmail and Johannes Brahms, joined by Shirley Trissell on piano.
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Duration:00:39:00
Encore broadcast | Ma’ayan Kertcher, 18, cello
1/27/2024
Ma’ayan Kertcher plays the music of Reena Esmail and Johannes Brahms, joined by Shirley Trissell on piano.
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Duration:00:39:05
Encore broadcast | Samuel Lam, 18, piano
1/20/2024
Today, a piano recital from Samuel Lam presenting works by Domenico Scarlatti, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Béla Bartók, and Tan Dun.
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Duration:00:37:57
Encore broadcast | Samuel Lam, 18, piano
1/20/2024
Today, a piano recital from Samuel Lam presenting works by Domenico Scarlatti, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Béla Bartók, and Tan Dun.
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Duration:00:37:57
Encore broadcast | Samuel Lam, 18, piano
1/20/2024
Today, a piano recital from Samuel Lam presenting works by Domenico Scarlatti, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Béla Bartók, and Tan Dun.
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Duration:00:38:01
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Fall 2023 concert
1/6/2024
This week, the latest performance from the CYSO Symphony Orchestra in Orchestra Hall in downtown Chicago. Allen Tinkham conducts the Chicago premiere of a new Augusta Read Thomas piece, followed by works of Claude Debussy and Gustav Mahler.
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Duration:00:44:03
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Fall 2023 concert
1/6/2024
This week, the latest performance from the CYSO Symphony Orchestra in Orchestra Hall in downtown Chicago. Allen Tinkham conducts the Chicago premiere of a new Augusta Read Thomas piece, followed by works of Claude Debussy and Gustav Mahler.
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Duration:00:44:03
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Fall 2023 concert
1/6/2024
This week, the latest performance from the CYSO Symphony Orchestra in Orchestra Hall in downtown Chicago. Allen Tinkham conducts the Chicago premiere of a new Augusta Read Thomas piece, followed by works of Claude Debussy and Gustav Mahler.
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Duration:00:44:03
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Fall 2023 concert
1/6/2024
This week, the latest performance from the CYSO Symphony Orchestra in Orchestra Hall in downtown Chicago. Allen Tinkham conducts the Chicago premiere of a new Augusta Read Thomas piece, followed by works of Claude Debussy and Gustav Mahler.
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Duration:00:44:03
LIVE | Noah Kim, 17, piano
12/9/2023
Following his win in the 2022 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artist Competition, Vernon Hills pianist Noah Kim returns to Introductions for a second solo recital playing Bach, Mozart, Schumann and Kapustin.
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Duration:00:46:07