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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.
Matt Hagle, piano
December 16, 2024
December 16, the anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, is something of an annual holiday around WFMT. Pianist Matt Hagle celebrates the occasion with a selection of works by the beloved composer, including some sonatas and bagatelles.
Chamber Music Chicago: Jessie Montgomery & Janet Sung, violins; Masumi Rostad, viola; Ani Aznavoorian, cello; Alexander Hanna, double bass
December 9, 2024
Founded in 2019, Chamber Music Chicago is a Chicago-based concert series featuring performances by some of today’s leading chamber music artists. Tonight’s Live From WFMT broadcast features CMC’s artistic director, violinist Janet Sung, together with violinist and composer Jessie Montgomery, violist Masumi Rostad, cellist Ani Aznavoorian, and double bassist Alexander Hanna. Kerry Frumkin welcomes this stellar ensemble as they perform ...
Claire Aebersold & Ralph Neiweem, piano duo
December 2, 2024
For more than four decades, pianists Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem have enjoyed an extensive international career as proponents of music for both piano duet and two keyboards. Kerry Frumkin welcomes the duo back to the Levin Studio for this episode of Live From WFMT that first aired in April 2024.
Duo MemDi
November 25, 2024
Award-winning Duo MemDi brings together violinist Igor Kalnin and pianist Rochelle Sennet. Their recital on Live From WFMT will also include solo selections from Dr. Sennet’s latest release “Bach to Black, Volume 3.”
Third Coast Percussion
November 11, 2024
Join host Kerry Frumkin when Third Coast Percussion returns to WFMT’s Levin Studio. The members of the Grammy Award-winning Chicago-based percussion ensemble – Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, and David Skidmore – will perform evocative contemporary classical music on this edition of Live From WFMT.
Jonathan Biss, piano
November 4, 2024
Praised as “a superb pianist and also an eloquent and insightful music writer” (The Boston Globe) with “impeccable taste and a formidable technique” (The New Yorker), Jonathan Biss is Kerry Frumkin’s guest on this edition of Live From WFMT.
Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner, piano
October 28, 2024
Pianist Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner has been called “a gifted virtuoso” (San Francisco Chronicle) with “mesmerizing artistry and extraordinary ability to communicate” (The Post-Standard). He a First Prize Winner of the 2022 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and a 2014 honoree of the Gilmore Young Artist Award. Since making his concerto debut at age 6, this multi-faceted artist has displayed his craft worldwide ...
Oscar Ghiglia, Elena Papandreou, Anne Waller and Mark Maxwell, guitars (Recorded in 2010)
October 21, 2024
In 2010, the famed Italian classical guitarist and protégé of Andres Segovia, Oscar Ghiglia, participated in Northwestern University’s annual Segovia Classical Guitar Series. That’s when he performed on Live From WFMT, along with guitarist Elena Papandreou, and the founders of the Segovia Series, the Chicago-based guitar duo of Anne Waller and Mark Maxwell. Oscar Ghiglia died in March 2024, aged ...
Pianist Samantha Cho, violinist Florin Parvulescu, and cellist Amos Yang
October 14, 2024
Live From WFMT presents a recital by pianist Samantha Cho, San Francisco Symphony violinist Florin Parvulescu, and Houston Symphony principal cellist Amos Yang. Join host Kerry Frumkin for a program featuring music by Lili Boulanger, Claude Debussy, Germaine Tailleferre, and Gabriel Fauré.
Goran Ivanovic / Fareed Haque Duo
October 7, 2024
In this Live From WFMT season opener, Kerry Frumkin’s guests are longtime collaborators, Fareed Haque and Goran Ivanovic. Inspired by the rhythms and melodies of flamenco, jazz, classical, rock, and the Balkan region, the duo showcases the unrivaled guitar artistry of two of the finest players of their respective generations. Tune in to hear selections from Fareed Haque and Goran Ivanovic’s forthcoming ...
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
July 1, 2024
The 2023-24 Live From WFMT season comes to a close with a very special performance by pianist Marc-André Hamelin.RelatedMarc-André Hamelin on Chopin and the Piano’s Infinite Possibilities Kerry Frumkin | October 24, 2019 Hamelin is a “most approachable genius.”
Lunga Eric Hallam, tenor & Craig Terry, piano
June 24, 2024
The South African-born tenor visited WFMT in 2023.
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola
June 17, 2024
Praised by Strad magazine as having “lyricism that stood out…a silky tone and beautiful, supple lines,” violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt has established herself as one of the most sought-after violists of her generation. Ms. Pajaro-van de Stadt was the founding violist of the Dover Quartet, and played in the highly acclaimed group from 2008-2022.
The Chen Family
June 10, 2024
Robert Chen is the concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He and his wife, violinist Laura Park Chen, and their children, violist Beatrice Chen and cellist Noah Chen, have been making music together for years. Tonight, Live From WFMT is delighted to present the Chen Family for a lovely evening of chamber music. Special guest Josh Graham will also joins ...
International Chamber Artists
June 3, 2024
Tonight Live From WFMT presents International Chamber Artists, one of the premier chamber ensembles from the Chicago area. This live performance holds works by Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), James M. Stephenson, ICA Composer-in-Residence (b. 1969), and Béla Bartók (1881-1945).
MEMORIAL DAY – No Live From WFMT
May 27, 2024
Stephane Wrembel, guitar
May 20, 2024
Stephane Wrembel stands as one of the world’s foremost guitarists, specializing in the distinctive style of the legendary composer/guitarist Django Reinhardt. Hailing from Fontainebleau, France, Wrembel honed his craft traversing the French countryside before graduating Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music in Boston. With a career that spans the globe, he has released an impressive 17 albums under his ...
Uniting Voices Chicago
May 13, 2024
Uniting Voices Chicago (formerly Chicago Children’s Choir) empowers and unites youth from diverse backgrounds to find their voice and celebrate their common humanity through the power of music. Tonight, members of the illustrious young persons’ choral ensemble demonstrate why this high-caliber group has thrived as a vital Chicago institution for more than 65 years.
Matt Hagle, piano
May 6, 2024
Pianist Matt Hagle presents the last program in his 3-recital traversal of the complete late piano music of Brahms. This Live From WFMT broadcast will include the Brahms Op. 76 and 119 sets, as well as shorter pieces by Fauré and Schönberg.
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