Mondays at 8:00 pm
Weekly, full-length concerts live from WFMT’s Levin Studio
WFMT’s flagship full-length recital series presents music and conversation performed live from the state-of-the-art Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. The program draws on the rich community of Chicago-based musicians as well as a roster of renowned international artists visiting the city.
Juliani Ensemble
Host Kerry Frumkin welcomes the Chicago-based Juliani Ensemble back to the Levin studio for this episode of Live From WFMT. Varied repertoire for this broadcast will include the Beethoven String Quartet No. 11 In F minor, Impresiones de la Puna for flute and string quartet by Alberto Ginastera, a Concertino by Erwin Schulhoff, and the String Quartet No. 8 in ...
Paul Huang, violin & Helen Huang, piano
Violinist Paul Huang and pianist Helen Huang are two extraordinarily virtuosic collaborators who happen to share the same last name. For this Live From WFMT recital, the duo will perform repertoire from their soon-to-be-released album on Naïve Records, “Mirrors,” which features selected works Francis Poulenc and Sergei Prokofiev, and Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pârt. (PRETAPED)
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, piano
Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko is the first prize laureate of the 2024 Concours musical international de Montréal, and the winner of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition. This extraordinary young artist makes his Chicago debut with his performance on Live From WFMT.
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Tonight, Live From WFMT presents a treasured favorite from July 1, 2024. That’s when pianist Marc-André Hamelin performed the Second Piano Sonata of Charles Ives, Forest Scenes by Robert Schumann, and Gaspard de la nuit by Maurice Ravel. (Rebroadcast)
Time for Three
On this edition of Live From WFMT, Kerry Frumkin’s guests are violinists and vocalists Nicolas “Nick” Kendall and Charles Yang, and bassist Ranaan Meyer – the members of the charismatic, Grammy and Emmy-winning ensemble, Time For Three (TF3). With a signature sound that merges classical, Americana, and singer-songwriter styles, the trio has collaborated with esteemed composers and artists. Their recent commission, ...
