The Gurwitz

The pianist is in San Antonio this week to perform for Musical Bridges Around the World, and also shared some performance tips with area students — like, eat a banana for stress relief before going on stage!

Pianist Yungyung Guo returned to San Antonio in December, 2025 for a concert featuring her talent, along with special guests cellist Bion Tsang and violinist Scott Yoo. The program was presented by Musical Bridges Around the World live at San Fernando Cathedral in front of an audience of hundreds. Enjoy the concert at the link.

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.

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.

On Feb. 9, 2025, the three 2024 Gurwitz International Piano Competition winners returned to San Antonio for a concert with Musical Bridges Around the World that included a world premiere of music inspired by San Antonio, plus classics from Sergei Rachmaninoff, Enrique Granados, and more. Enjoy the whole program, and a video excerpt, at the link!

The Gold, Silver, and Bronze medalists from the 2024 Gurwitz International Piano Competition stopped by our studios this week ahead of a free concert appearance on Sunday night at San Fernando Cathedral. Hear them play—all together—at the link!

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.

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.

With repertoire that included such varied fare as Franz Schubert’s sunny Sonata No. 21 and György Ligeti’s fiendishly difficult etude, “The Devil’s Staircase,” it's easy to see how the Gurwitz jurors awarded Yungyung Guo the Gold Medal.

The Russian-born pianist Tatiana Dorokhova wowed a full house at the Carver Center's Jo Long Theatre with her performance of San Antonio composer Aaron Prado's "El Colibrí y la Cempasúchil." Hear her complete Round I and Round III performances plus excerpts from Round II of the Gurwitz International Piano Competition.