Impromptu | WFMT

Pianist Kimiko Ishizaka received world-wide attention for releasing her recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations directly into the public domain. She’ll perform Bach and Chopin at the Pianoforte Foundation on October 26th. Host: David Schwan.

Igor Lipinski made his orchestra debut with Buffalo Philharmonic, has performed on concert stages worldwide, and is currently pursuing his doctoral studies at Northwestern University.

The Haymarket Opera Company presents Telemann's "Pimpinone." (Host: Carolyn Paulin)

Is it a dream? No, it’s a nightmare! IGUDESMAN & JOO will perform “BIG Nightmare Music” together with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra! On October 18, 2013 at 8pm, IGUDESMAN & JOO will “invade” the Chicago Symphony Center, as Examiner.com has put it. (Host: Kerry Frumkin)

Since joining forces as the professional ensemble ZOFO in 2009, pianists Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi have electrified audiences from Carnegie Hall to Osaka Japan with their outside-the-box thematic programming for piano-four-hands. (Host: Lisa Flynn)

The Harris Theater opens its 10th season with the return of Sphinx Virtuosi in a concert featuring mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves. We welcome the Catalyst Quartet, a Sphinx ensemble, for this Impromptu. (Host: Kerry Frumkin)

American Nicholas Phan has been called one of the most compelling young tenors appearing on concert and opera stages of the world. His latest CD, Still Falls the Rain, centers around Britten’s piece, The Heart of the Matter.

In March 2013, Victoria Young was one of four prize winners in the 8th J.S. Bach International Piano Competition in Würzburg, Germany, competing against pianists 36 years old and under. The 13 year old was the youngest and the second American prizewinner in the history of the competition. We're delighted to welcome Victoria to WFMT. (Host David Polk)

Steel string guitarist Andreas Kapsalis and nylon string classical guitarist Goran Ivanovic have fused their musical roots with modern, classical, world, jazz and more in this experimental duo.

Pianist Vassily Primakov performers works of Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Mozart live from the Levin Performance Studio with host Lisa Flynn