Live from WFMT

Pianist and composer Michael Stephen Brown takes a break from his busy concert touring to return to Live From WFMT. He’ll share two works from his forthcoming album of his own music, Twelve Blocks—Four Lakes for Children, inspired by the children of Yaddo, and Pour Angeline. The program also features music by Ravel, Chopin, and Mendelssohn, along with the world premiere of a new piece by Michael’s longtime mentor Samuel Adler. Michael is currently preparing to record all of Fauré’s Nocturnes, and he’ll also perform a selection of those beautiful compositions on this broadcast.

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The Juliani Ensemble returns to Live From WFMT with a beautiful and varied collection of music involving string quartet, flute, and piano. Selections include works by Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, as well as Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, arranged for flute and string quartet by Bartòk, the Flute Trio in G minor, Op. 63, by Weber, and Café Music by Paul Schonfeld.

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Hailed by the Washington Post for his “poised and imaginative playing,” pianist Victor Santiago Asunción is also an internationally respected recital collaborator. Victor recently established the American Recital Debut Award as a means to champion the careers of exceptional emerging classical musicians, and to honor the memory of his longtime chamber music partner, the great American cellist Lynn Harrell. On December 13, 2025, Victor will join ARD award honoree, Gabriel Martins, as the Brazilian-American cellist makes his debut at Carnegie Hall. Tonight on Live From WFMT, the duo performs repertoire by Fauré, Ginastera, Mozart, and Brahms.

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Pablo Sainz-Villegas has been acclaimed by the international press as the successor of Andrés Segovia and an ambassador of Spanish culture around the world. On November 6, 7, and 8, 2025, he performs Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Riccardo Muti. Pablo Sainz-Villegas returns to the Levin performance studio on this long anticipated edition of Live From WFMT.

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Oboist Oliver Talukder brings a unique blend of cultural influences to the world of classical music. In May 2025, Oliver captured the top prize in Cedille Records’ Emerging Artist Competition, earning a recording contract and the opportunity to release his debut solo album on the internationally acclaimed label. This forthcoming project is more than a personal milestone — it’s a testament to his Mexican and Bengali heritage, and upbringing in Chicago. Oliver currently serves as the Second Oboist in the esteemed Opera Philadelphia Orchestra. He makes his Live from WFMT debut with this broadcast. (Pretaped)

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Live From WFMT’s 2025-26 season opens with a special performance by the Miró Quartet.

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Tonight Live From WFMT presents International Chamber Artists. One of the premier chamber ensembles from the Chicago area, ICA features the talents of musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera Orchestra, and beyond. Join host Kerry Frumkin for a program of music by Clara Schumann, Joaquín Turina, Alyssa Morris, Robert Schumann, and ICA Composer-in-Residence, James M. Stephenson.

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On this edition of Live From WFMT, Kerry Frumkin’s guests are Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano, Stephen Alltop, keyboard and Daniel Swenberg, theorbo.

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Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko is the first prize laureate of the 2024 Concours musical international de Montréal, and the winner of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition. This extraordinary young artist makes his Chicago debut with his performance on Live From WFMT.

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Host Kerry Frumkin welcomes the Chicago-based Juliani Ensemble back to the Levin studio for this episode of Live From WFMT. Varied repertoire for this broadcast will include the Beethoven String Quartet No. 11 In F minor, Impresiones de la Puna for flute and string quartet by Alberto Ginastera, a Concertino by Erwin Schulhoff, and the String Quartet No. 8 in C minor by Dmitri Shostakovich.

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