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Tatiana Dorokhova, silver medalist and audience favorite at San Antonio's 2024 Gurwitz International Piano Competition, has just released her first album, featuring music by Sergei Prokofiev and operatic transcriptions by Franz Liszt.

In a new album, the Ukranian-born, New York-based pianist and composer Vadim Neselovskyi channels the horror and hope he's felt since Russia's incursion.

NPR Music's Felix Contreras presents some of the stand out performances of beloved holiday tradition, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Enjoy the amazing piano technique of Yungyung Guo at a free concert on Sunday night at 7:00 at San Fernando Cathedral. The program is presented by Musical Bridges Around the World. At the link, hear Yungyung Guo play music by Robert Schumann and more in the intimate setting of KPAC's Performance Studio.

SungEun Park and Martin Kesuma drove all the way down from San Marcos to visit with Barry Brake on KPAC's Classical Connections, and performed live on the radio. You can hear their beautiful music at the link!

29-year-old Aristo Sham played Bach, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff on his way to the top prize at this year's Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Recorded live in Fort Worth, see and hear his amazing artistry at the link.

We're back at the 2023 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival. You'll hear more incredible performances, including some with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and meet semi-finalists and winners of the competition.

Beginning this week through August 16, we’ll listen together to some of the great early-round performances from this year’s Cliburn Competition. featuring the three Finalists: Evren Ozel, Vitaly Starikov, and Aristo Sham.

On her latest album, Alice Sara Ott shares the hidden gems that are John Field's piano nocturnes. The Irish composer invented the genre, which draws on twilight and nighttime reflection for inspiration. In this interview, Ott talks to TPR's Nathan Cone about Field's pieces, and also shares how music videos can express the many moods of classical music.

Brendel was widely praised for his cerebral, lucid interpretations of standard classical repertoire, including recordings of sonatas by Mozart and Beethoven.