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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WFMT Radio Network
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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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@WFMTclassical
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English
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Episodes
Katherine Schaufenbuel, 13, violin
11/16/2024
Today we feature young violinist Katherine Schaufenbuel, a student of Grigory Kalinovsky of Indiana University. She plays Telemann, Mozart, Brahms, Wieniawski and Auerbach with pianist Lyudmila Lakisova.
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Duration:00:49:59
Three Academy String Quartets
11/9/2024
Today we hear from three string quartets formed at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy in the 2023-2024 school year. They play music by Haydn, Beethoven, Puccini, Grieg, Prokofiev and Ginastera.
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Duration:00:40:49
LIVE | Lily Sullivan, 17, violin
11/2/2024
Introductions comes back from the Fall Membership Drive to bring you Lily Sullivan, a senior at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy and a violin student of Grigory Kalinovsky of Indiana University. She plays Montgomery and Bach solo, plus Wieniawski with pianist Inah Chiu.
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Duration:00:48:48
LIVE | Angelika Wang, 17, piano
10/12/2024
Today we feature Whitney Young High School senior Angelika Wang, a piano student of Brenda Huang. She plays music of Beethoven, Messiaen, Rachmaninoff and Bach-Busoni.
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Duration:00:38:13
Chloe Nam, 16, flute
9/28/2024
We revisit Chloe's Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition finalist performance before a flute recital of Chaminade, Mozart, Rocherolle and CPE Bach with pianist Kay Kim.
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Duration:00:45:12
LIVE | Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, 18, cello
9/14/2024
We welcome a return guest for the first live recital of the new school year: Jan Vargas Nedvetsky is in his final year at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy, studying with Hans Jørgen Jensen. He and pianist Liang-yu Wang play Tchaikovsky, Locatelli, Weir and Beethoven.
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Duration:00:48:16
Introductions Class of 2024
8/31/2024
A recap of 32 graduating seniors, some highlight performances, and where they're heading next.
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Duration:00:47:33
LIVE | Xavier Miyazaki, 18, cello
8/17/2024
Today we hear a live recital from cellist Xavier Miyazaki, a student of Hans Jørgen Jensen of Northwestern University. He's joined by pianist Liang-yu Wang in music of Beethoven, Dall'Abaco, Schumann, Mayuzumi, and Popper.
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Duration:00:39:19
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Spring Concert
7/20/2024
Highlights from CYSO’s 2024 Spring Concert at Symphony Center – Allen Tinkham conducts music by Stacy Garrop, Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky.
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Duration:00:48:50
Tyler Shaver, 18, composer & piano; Zachary Guo, 18, piano, organ & composer
6/29/2024
Today we feature two recent high school graduate composers. Tyler Shaver and Zachary Guo present their own works, performed by themselves and by others. Tyler Shaver, 18, is a student composer and pianist based in Chicago. He graduated from Saint Ignatius College Prep and is about to start a dual degree from Northwestern University in Music Composition and Philosophy. He ...
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Duration:01:05:38
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