Classical

On Friday, June 13, young performers from the Classical Music Institute and Opera San Antonio joined together to perform some beautifully arranged vocal works at San Francesco di Paola Church. Hear the full recital at the link.

Argentine pianist and composer Lalo Schifrin, best known for his scores for Mission: Impossible and more than 200 other films and TV shows, including Bullitt, Mannix and Cool Hand Luke, has died.

After two weeks of concerts in beautiful Hill Country locations, the Fredericksburg Music Festival is wrapping up with two more performances, Friday and Saturday.

A unique biopic when released, the film "Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould" uses everything from short interviews, to recreations, to abstract art to illustrate different facets of the famous pianist. Randy Anderson has a review of the 1993 film, newly available on 4K and Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.

The ambitious violinist has an insatiable appetite for new music, much of which she's commissioned herself.

The Classical Music Institute's Teaching Artist Fellows program brings young adults together to learn about performance, as well as teaching grade school students early music education. They'll perform a free concert Friday night at 7:30 at San Fancesco di Paola Church.

Cellist Joseph Kuipers is producing the festival, which will run from June 8 to June 21.

An Israeli/Russian took silver and a Minnesotan won bronze in the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

On this episode of NPR's From the Top, we're celebrating Ravel's 150th birthday with a septet of teens performing Ravel's "Introduction and Allegro," and a teen pianist treats us to one of Ravel's most iconic piano works. We also meet a talented young saxophonist who finds inspiration in Duke Ellington.

San Antonio's own Nancy Zhou has been a rising star in the classical music world, and has made her national solo recording debut with Stories (re)Traced, a tribute to the versatility of the violin.