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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with concert pianist Khatia Buniatishvili about her new allbum, "Mozart," which honors the 18th century composer.

Folks were lining the walls of the sanctuary to hear this amazing recital by Gurwtiz silver medalist Tatiana Dorokhova on Oct. 13, 2024. At the link, listen to her full performance, including music by San Antonio's own Aaron Prado, and see a video of Dorokhova playing the fiendishly difficult "Islamey."

The youngest ever winner of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition makes our trusty upright piano sound like a 9-foot grand in music by Liszt and Tchaikovsky.

NPR's A Martínez speaks with Dutch brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen about their new EP, Rêve, featuring piano duets by lesser-known composers influenced by — or rejecting — French Impressionism.

Tatiana Dorokhova not only won the Silver Medal at the 2024 Gurwitz International Piano Competition, she also was voted audience favorite. The pianist will be performing a free concert on Sunday, Oct. 13 at San Fernando Cathedral, and stopped by TPR this week to give us a preview, live on KPAC 88.3 FM.

Puerto Rico’s unstable electric grid affects every sector of society, including the island’s rich cultural scene. An outage abruptly ended an emerging pianist’s recent concert, touching a nerve.

Pianist Zachary Ridgway stopped by the TPR studio to perform music by Franz Liszt, Frederic Chopin, and George Gershwin. Hear the session at the link, and learn a little more about the FREE concert series at St. John's Lutheran Church, happening at noon every First Friday!

TPR's Nathan Cone has been spinning these three albums in his player, and finds much to enjoy, especially on Agustin Muriago's album of Argentinian composers, featuring an opening track that lives up to its English-language translation... 'to begin flying.'

Faliks draws from her Ukrainian-Jewish heritage and Mikhail Bulgakov's anti-censorship novel The Master and Margarita for a new album.

Hear all three of the 2024 Gurwitz International Piano Competition Finalists perform with the Mexico City Philharmonic in this program, recorded on Feb. 3, 2024.