In this Live From WFMT archive broadcast from 2022, cellist Alexander Hersh and pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion play music by Debussy, Britten, Schumann, and Fazıl Say.

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December 16, the anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, is something of an annual holiday around WFMT. Pianist Matt Hagle celebrates the occasion with a selection of works by the beloved composer, including some sonatas and bagatelles.

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For more than four decades, pianists Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem have enjoyed an extensive international career as proponents of music for both piano duet and two keyboards. Kerry Frumkin welcomes the duo back to the Levin Studio for this episode of Live From WFMT that first aired in April 2024.

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Praised as “a superb pianist and also an eloquent and insightful music writer” (The Boston Globe) with “impeccable taste and a formidable technique” (The New Yorker), Jonathan Biss is Kerry Frumkin’s guest on this edition of Live From WFMT.

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Live From WFMT presents a recital by pianist Samantha Cho, San Francisco Symphony violinist Florin Parvulescu, and Houston Symphony principal cellist Amos Yang. Join host Kerry Frumkin for a program featuring music by Lili Boulanger, Claude Debussy, Germaine Tailleferre, and Gabriel Fauré.

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The 2023-24 Live From WFMT season comes to a close with a very special performance by pianist Marc-André Hamelin.

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Tonight Live From WFMT presents International Chamber Artists, one of the premier chamber ensembles from the Chicago area. This live performance holds works by Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), James M. Stephenson, ICA Composer-in-Residence (b. 1969), and Béla Bartók (1881-1945).

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