Wednesdays at 12:15 pm
Live weekly concerts from some of the world’s most exciting emerging artists
Each week, WFMT shares live concerts from emerging artists from around the world. Produced by Classical Music Chicago, the series is named for pianist Myra Hess, who organized over 1500 free concerts for Londoners during World War II. Enjoy solo recitals and ensemble performances from some of classical music’s brightest rising talent, presenting thrilling repertoire across eras and instruments.
Chelsea Guo, soprano and piano
June 7, 2023, 12:15 pm
Soprano and Pianist Chelsea Guo performs music by Clara and Robert Schumann, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
André Golbert, piano
May 31, 2023
Pianist André Golbert plays music by Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, and Claude Debussy, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Ariel Horowitz, violin & Alexa Stier, piano
May 24, 2023
Violinist Ariel Horowitz and pianist Alexa Stier play music by Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Jessie Montgomery, Germaine Tailleferre, William Grant Still, and Béla Bartók, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Xiting Yang, piano
May 17, 2023
Pianist Xiting Yang plays music by Chopin, Beethoven, and Debussy, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Eleni Katz, bassoon and Maxwell Foster, piano
May 10, 2023
Bassoonist Eleni Katz and pianist Maxwell Foster play music by Carl Maria von Weber, Cindi Hsu, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Jeff Scott, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Sirena Huang, violin and Chih-Yi Chen, piano
May 3, 2023
Violinist Sirena Huang and Pianist Chih-Yi Chen plays music by Eddie South, Sergei Prokofiev, and Henri Vieuxtemps.
Jiao Sun, piano
April 26, 2023
Pianist Jiao Sun plays music by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Frédéric Chopin, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Crystal Zheyu Jiang, piano
April 20, 2023
Pianist Crystal Zheyu Jiang plays music by Chopin and Prokofiev live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Martin Luther Clark, tenor, and Chris Reynolds, piano
April 13, 2023
Tenor Martin Luther Clark and pianist Chris Reynolds play music by Samuel K. Sweet, Beethoven, Jake Heggie, and Marc Blitzstein, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Ria Honda, violin, and Umi Garrett, piano
April 5, 2023
Violinist Ria Honda and pianist Umi Garrett play music by Robert Schumann and George Gershwin, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Michael Katz, cello & Victor Santiago Asunción, piano
March 29, 2023
Cellist Michael Katz and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción play music by Rebecca Clarke, Edvard Grieg and Manuel de Falla.
Meghan Bennett, flute and Maria Lyapkova, piano
March 22, 2023
Flutist Meghan Bennett and Pianist Maria Lyapkova plays music by Cécile Chaminade, Valerie Coleman, Mel Bonis, and Lili Boulanger, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Christine Wu, piano
March 15, 2023
Pianist Christine Wu plays music by Schubert and Liszt, along with a Tōru Takemitsu arrangement of a Lennon/McCartney piece, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Ariel Lanyi, piano
March 8, 2023
Pianist Ariel Lanyi plays music by Joseph Haydn and César Franck live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Chelsea Wang, piano
March 1, 2023
Pianist Chelsea Wang plays music by JS Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Earl Wild, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Caitlin Edwards, violin and Daniel Schlosberg, piano
February 22, 2023
Violinist Caitlin Edwards and pianist Daniel Schlosberg play music by Ethel Smyth, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Ahmed Alabaca, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Sara Davis Buechner, piano, and Kontras Quartet
February 15, 2023
Pianist Sara Davis Buechner and Kontras Quartet play music by Joaquín Turina and Reynaldo Hahn, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Trio Gaia
February 8, 2023
Trio Gaia, made up of violinist Grant Houston, cellist Yi-Mei Templeman and pianist Andrew Barnwell, plays music by Jennifer Higdon and Ludwig van Beethoven, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Anita Graef and Louise Chan
February 1, 2023
Cellist Anita Graef and pianist Louise Chan play music by Nikolai Kapustin, Arvo Pärt, Claude Debussy, Amy Beach, Felix Mendelssohn, and L.V. Beethoven, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Borisevich Duo
January 25, 2023
The Borisevich Duo, made up of pianist Margarita Loukachkina and violinist Nikita Borisevich, plays music by Edvard Grieg and Maurice Ravel, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Chris Reynolds, piano
January 18, 2023
Pianist Chris Reynolds plays music by K-Pop sensations Aespa and Red Velvet, arrangements for piano by himself, and Mussorgsky, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.