Live from WFMT

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Live from WFMT

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.

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Benjamin Hochman, piano

October 9, 2023, 8:00 pm

A superb and elegant pianist, Benjamin Hochman returns for this long-awaited edition of Live From WFMT.

Inna Faliks and Daniel Schlosberg

October 16, 2023, 8:00 pm

Pianist Inna Faliks plays music by Fazıl Say and a broadcast premiere by Richard Danielpour. Plus a virtuosic piano four hands arrangement of Mahler's Symphony No. 6.

Su Yeon Kim

October 23, 2023, 8:00 pm

The Korean pianist Su Yeon Kim achieved international acclaim when she won the First Prize at the Concours musical international de Montréal in 2021 and the second prize at the Mozart International Competition Salzburg 2020. Su Yeon Kim makes her Live From WFMT debut under the auspices of the Concours musical international de Montréal.

Lawrence Brownlee and Donald Lee III

October 30, 2023, 8:00 pm

Tenor Lawrence Brownlee is a leading figure in opera, both as a singer on the world’s top stages, and as a voice for activism and diversity in the industry. He has been hailed as “an international star in the bel canto operatic repertory” (The New York Times), and “one of the most in-demand opera singers in the world today” (NPR). In town ...

Nathan Meltzer, violin, and Umi Garrett, piano

November 8, 2023, 12:15 pm

Violinist Nathan Meltzer and Pianist Umi Garrett perform music by Bach and Brahms, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.