2020 Beethoven Highlights

Beethoven is a mainstay of many young musicians’ training. To mark his 250th birthday, Introductions brings you encore broadcasts of some of the greatest performances from this year’s season. It’s a nice lead-in to today’s Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Fidelio. Trio Primavera Esme Arias-Kim, violin Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, cello Yerin Yang, piano First broadcast August 22, 2020. Zarin Mehta, piano ...

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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.