Classical morning announcer Randy Anderson is host and producer of The Piano which takes an in-depth look at the instrument, the music that has been created for it and the musicians who have become famous playing it.

Each program focuses on a different aspect of the piano.  One program may explore composers of piano music of a specific era, another may do a comparative study of different keyboard instruments.  From Arthur Rubenstein to Evgeny Kissin, The Piano will always include analysis of the individual styles of musicians.  There may be interviews with visiting artists or a presentation of performances, such as those during the International Piano Competition.

Airs:  5 p.m. Sunday on KPAC and KTXI

San Antonio International Piano Competition

Last October pianists from around the world came to Ruth Taylor Auditorium to compete for a gold medal and $15,000 Grand Prize in the San Antonio International Piano Competition. On hand was John Coker to record the performances and now you can hear these on the Piano, Sunday afternoon at 5 with host Randy Anderson. Hear these great young musicians give their best Sunday afternoons through March.

February 28, 2010 · From the Finals of the San Antonio International Piano Competition:

Composer	Title	Performer
Tower	Ivory & Ebony	Andrea Lam
Beethoven	Sonata No. 27 in E	Ran Jia
Rachmaninoff	Moments Musicaux	Ryo Yanagitani
Carl Vine	Piano Sonata No. 1	Christopher Atzinger
Tower	Ivory & Ebony	Dizhou Zhao

 

February 21, 2010 · From the Semi-finals of the San Antonio International Piano Competition:

Composer	Title	Performer
Chopin	Rondo  Op. 16	Ryo Yanagitani
Ginastera	Sonata No. 1	Dizhou Zhao
Chopin	Sonata in B  Op. 58	Hanchien Lee
Nikolai Kapustin	2 Etudes from Op. 40	Weiwen Ma

 

February 14, 2010 · From the Semi-finals of the San Antonio International Piano Competition:

Composer	Title	Performer
Schubert/ Liszt	Gretchen am Spinnrade	Hanchien Lee
Chopin	Ballade No. 3 in A-flat	Ryo Yanagitani
Bach/ Busoni	Chaconne in D	Yoonjung Han
Schubert	Piano Sonata in C  D.958	Ran Jia

 

February 7, 2010 · From the Semi-finals of the San Antonio International Piano Competition:

Composer	Title	Performer
Haydn	Piano Sonata in C No. 62	Andrea Lam
Ravel	Le Tombeau Couperin/ Toccata	Ran Jia
Chopin	Sonata in b Op. 58	Yoonjung Han

 

January 31, 2010 · From the Semi-finals of the San Antonio International Piano Competition:

Composer	Title	Performer
Czerny	Variations on La Ricordenza	Weiwen Ma
Schubert/Liszt	Erlkonig	Hanchien Lee
Prokofiev	Sonata No. 6  Op. 82	Ran Jia
Scriabin	Sonata No. 9 "Black Mass"	Angelo Arciglione

 

January 24, 2010 · From the Semi-finals of the San Antonio International Piano Competition:

Composer	Title	Performer
Chopin	Ballade No. 4 in F Op.52	Ryo Yanagitani
Rachmaninoff	Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Op. 36	Dizhou Zhao
Debussy	Ondine Feux d'artifice: Preludes Book II	Angelo Arciglione
Barber	Piano Sonata	Christopher Atzinger

 

January 17, 2010 · From the Semi-finals of the San Antonio International Piano Competition:

Composer	Title	Performer
Schumann	Warum In der Nacht: Fantasiestucke  Op. 12	Andrea Lam
W. A. Mozart	Sonata in B-flat, K.281	Hanchien Lee
Granados	Goyescas/ El amor y la muerte	Yoonjung Han
Brahms	7 Fantasies	Christopher Atzinger

 

January 10, 2010 · From the Semi-finals of the San Antonio International Piano Competition:

Composer	Title	Performer
Bach/ Busoni	Chaconne in D BWV 1004	Yoonjung Han
Chopin	Ballade No. 1 in G	Ryo Yanagitani
W. A. Mozart	Sonata in D  K.311	Ran Jia

 

January 3, 2010 · From the Semi-finals of the San Antonio International Piano Competition:

Composer	Title	Performer
Joseph Haydn	Piano Sonata in E-flat  Hob.XVI: 49	Dizhou Zhao
Alexander Scriabin	Piano Sonata No. 5	Weiwen Ma
Ludwig Van Beethoven	Piano Sonata in c  Op.111	Angelo Arciglione