Classical Music

Texas native Christopher Guzman earned the very first ever MACSA Artist Award in 1999. Now a sought-after concert pianist and professor at Northwestern University, Guzman returned to TPR on May 10 for a recital at the TPR studio.

As one of the most-performed living composers, the Pulitzer winner insists that her music communicate to everyone — from farmers to children to the classical music intelligentsia.

It performs Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Theater downtown.

Discover a wide range of this year's most compelling classical music, from symphonic thrill rides and soaring voices to delicate baroque suites, ambient adventures and one groove-laden masterwork.

Today we cross into South America, traversing deep into the Brazilian jungles. New languages are encountered, including Quechua, the language of the Incans. We also taste exotic cuisines, including chocolate, and learn of Quetzalcoatl, one of the most complicated of the Aztec and Mayan deities.

Troy Peters, the Musical Director of YOSA (Youth Orchestras of San Antonio), recently returned from Germany where 60 students enjoyed performing for audiences in three cities. "I want [them] to enter adulthood hoping and wishing that their futures be boundless, because they're going to go further."

Over the course of one week beginning Jan. 26, music fans can hear some of the best pianists in the world perform at the Gurwitz International Piano Competition, which includes a focus on Latin American and Spanish music.

Founded in 1901, the Tuesday Musical Club in 1923 expanded from a social club to a presenting organization, and for 100 years has brought stellar talent to San Antonio to perform through its Artist Series.

Four high school students from our listening area share their poetry inspired by classical music heard on KPAC 88.3 FM.