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- Emilio del Rosario International Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition Part 3 of 3On Saturday’s broadcast, we present the third of three programs featuring the 2015 Emilio del Rosario Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition. The competition was held at Symphony Center on June 14, 2015. Francesco Milioto conducted the New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago. The First Prize Winner, 19 year old Aaron Kurz, will be heard in more...0 min
- Bryce Dessner of The National with CYSO and Emilio del Rosario Youth Piano Competition Part 2 of 3On Saturday’s broadcast, we present the second of three programs featuring the 2015 Emilio del Rosario Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition. The competition was at Symphony Center on June 14, 2015. Francesco Milioto conducted the New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago. The Second Prize Winner, 19 year old Yijia Wang, will be featured in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto more...0 min
- CYSO; Emilio del Rosario International Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition Part 1 of 3On Saturday’s broadcast, we present the first of three programs featuring the 2015 Emilio del Rosario Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition. The competition was at Symphony Center on June 14, 2015. Francesco Milioto conducted the New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago. The Third Prize Winner, Jiaqi (Dragon) Long, will be featured in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 more...0 min
- CYSO Encore Chamber Orchestra Plays ScheherazadeOn Saturday’s broadcast, we present selections from the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Encore Chamber Orchestra concert at the Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance on December 7, 2014. The Encore Chamber Orchestra is made up of student musicians from the CYSO who plan to pursue a career in music. They more...0 min
- Gallia Kastner, violin, 2014 CSO Youth Audition WinnerGallia Kastner is an 18 year old violinist from Arlington Heights who studied with Almita and Roland Vamos. She will be attending the Colburn School to study violin with Robert Lipsett this fall. She commenced her private violin study at the age of five and a half with Betty Haag-Kuhnke. Gallia has won numerous competitions more...0 min
- Chicago Duo Piano Festival: Part 2On Saturday’s broadcast, we present the second of two programs featuring the Winner’s Concert from the 2015 Chicago Duo Piano Festival Competition. Piano duos from across the Chicago area and the Midwest performed on Saturday, May 30 in Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston. Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem of the Music Institute of Chicago are the Artistic more...0 min
- Chicago Duo Piano Festival: Part IOn Saturday’s broadcast, we present the first of two programs featuring the Winner’s Concert from the 2015 Chicago Duo Piano Festival Competition. Piano duos from across the Chicago area and the Midwest performed on Saturday, May 30 in Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston. Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem of the Music Institute of Chicago are the more...0 min
- Lockport Township High School Wind SymphonyOn Saturday’s broadcast, we feature the Lockport Township High School Wind Symphony, another wind ensemble selected by the judges of the 2014 Chicagoland Band Festival at John Hersey High School to appear on Introductions. The ensemble is directed by Brian Covey. In recent years, the Lockport Wind Symphony has earned consistent Superior Division Ratings at state more...0 min
- Merit School of Music: Performathon Part 2On Saturday’s broadcast, we present the second of two programs featuring the Merit School of Music’s 2015 Performathon, an annual two day music and fundraising extravaganza featuring the students of the Alice S. Pfaelzer Tuition-free Conservatory. This broadcast will feature numerous chamber ensembles that performed on Saturday, February 28, 2015 in Anne and Howard Gottlieb Hall more...0 min
- Merit School of Music: Performathon Part 1On Saturday’s broadcast, we present the first of two programs featuring the Merit School of Music’s 2015 Performathon, an annual two day music and fundraising extravaganza featuring the students of the Alice S. Pfaelzer Tuition-free Conservatory. Our first broadcast will feature the Merit Wind Symphony in the opening night concert for Performathon on February 27, more...0 min
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Introductions is WFMT’s weekly Saturday morning program that features talented pre-college classical musicians in the Chicago area. Soloists and chamber ensembles perform live in WFMT’s Levin…
Performance Studio. Large ensembles, including orchestras, choirs, and bands, are recorded at their home venues and broadcast at later dates. The program also features youth music competition winners. While many students who appear on Introductions pursue other careers, some have gone on to study music at some of the most prestigious music schools around the world and pursue careers as professional musicians.