Beethoven is a mainstay of many young musicians’ training. To mark his 250th birthday, Introductions brings you encore broadcasts of some of the greatest performances from this year’s season. It’s a nice lead-in to today’s Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Fidelio.
Trio Primavera
Esme Arias-Kim, violin
Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, cello
Yerin Yang, piano
First broadcast August 22, 2020.
Zarin Mehta, piano
First broadcast November 7, 2020.
The Chens
Beatrice Chen, viola
Noah Chen, cello
First broadcast October 3, 2020.
Dasani String Quartet
Isabella Brown, violin
Katya Moeller, violin
Zechary Mo, viola
Brandon Cheng, cello
First broadcast May 16, 2020.
Isabella Brown, violin
With the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and conductor Michael Christie.
First broadcast March 21, 2020.