Our live afternoon series of "impromptu" music and conversation in the Levin Performance Studio often features artists about to appear elsewhere in Chicago. WFMT also makes a special effort to feature and introduce younger musicians in this series. The producer is Louise Frank.
Valentina Lisitsa, Pianist
9/7/2010 1 pm Pianist Valentina Lisitsa is the featured guest on this Impromptu. Concert: Valentina Lisitsa has a new CD featuring music by Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann and Thalberg.
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin & Reiko Uchida, piano
9/21/2010 11 am - LIVE Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and pianist Reiko Uchida celebrate their new CD release including works by Beethoven, Debussy, Fauré and Wagner alongside world premiere recordings of arrangements by Tyzik, Pritsker and De Rosa.
Host: Lisa Flynn Concert: S.P.A.C.E. 9/21 8PM
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin
Guest Host
10/1/2010 3-5 pm Acclaimed violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter sits in as a guest host with Kerry Frumkin and shares her favorite recordings.
Host: Kerry Frumkin Concert: Chicago Symphony Ball Saturday, 10/2 at 7pm. More info: 312-294-3185
Time for Three
10/13/2010 11am LIVE Violinist Zach De Pue, violninst Nick Kendall, and double bassist Ranaan Meyer - known collectively as Time For Three (Follow on Twitter: @tf3) - are the featured artists on this Impromptu. Concert: Elgin Symphony Orchestra Schaumburg series
Ning An, piano
10/15/2010 4pm LIVE
Host: Carolyn Paulin Concert: Music in the Loft, Sunday 10/17/2010
Corky Siegel
Guest Host
10/19/2010 1-4 pm LIVE
Harmonica virtuoso, author, teacher, and founder of the Chamber Blues Ensemble, Corky Siegel, sits in with Kerry Frumking and shares the music he love best.
Host: Kerry Frumkin Concert: Chamber Blues Ensemble concert dates
Chicago Sinfonietta's Project Inclusion Ensemble
10/20/2010 4 pm LIVE Musicians of the Chicago Sinfonietta's Project Inclusion Ensemble perform music from the orchestra's upcoming concert celebrating Day of the Dead.
Host: George Preston Concert: Sat., 10/30 Harris Theater (Chicago Sinfonietta Concerts)
Elizabeth Pitcairn & the Red Violin
10/29/2010 4 pm Chicago Time - LIVE FROM L.A. This will be a live broadcast from the Heifetz studio in LA with Elizabeth Pitcairn Concert: elizabethpitcairn.com
Desiree Ruhstrat, violin, David Cunliffe, cello and Goran Ivanovich, guitar
1/14/2011 4 pm LIVE
Host: Carolyn Paulin Celebrating the music of composer David Ludwig and his mentor, Jeniffer Higdon, Chicago favorites, violinist Desiree Ruhstrat, cellist David Cunliffe, and guitarist Goran Ivanovich herald a concert at Music in the Loft and also a new CD. Concert: Music in the Loft, 1/15/2011 & 1/17/2011
The Other 3 Tenors: Warren Moulton, Franco Martorana and Simon Kyung Lee, with pianist Ken Smith
1/20/2011 4 pm LIVE Warren Moulton, Franco Martorana and Simon Kyung Lee, also known as The Other 3 Tenors, celebrate the life and music of Mario Lanza. Concert: 1/30/11 4pm at Governor's State University Center of Performing Arts
Tod Machover, composer
Guest Host
4/5/2011 2-4 pm LIVE Composer, educator and inventor Tod Machover drops by the WFMT studios to share some of his favorite music, and to reveal the story behind "Death and the Powers," his new opera being presented by Chicago Opera Theater. Concert: 2nd U.S. Premiere: Chicago Opera Theater April 2011
Pilgrim Chamber Players
Elena Urioste
Evgeni Bozhanov
Andreas Klein
Ning An
Kayhan Kalhor, Hossein Alizadeh & Masters of Persian Music
