NPR: From the Top
From the Top, hosted by acclaimed concert pianist Christopher O'Riley, showcases the music, stories, and unique humor of America's best young classical musicians.
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Show 286 | Cincinatti OH
From Corbett Auditorium in Cincinnati, Ohio, this week's program features ...
From Corbett Auditorium in Cincinnati, Ohio, this week's program features one of the strongest pre-collegiate music programs in the country: The Cincinnati Starling Project. Host Christopher O'Riley joins Starling's flagship orchestra to play Mozart; we'll hear a 12-year-old violinist and one of the program's most talented young soloists perform the music of Edward Elgar; and three From the Top alumni return to share their stories of mega success on YouTube and to perform a wonderfully schmaltzy comedic violin trio.
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Show 287 | Miami Beach
From Miami Beach, Florida, this week's From the Top features ...
From Miami Beach, Florida, this week's From the Top features an expressive 13-year-old violinist performing one of Pablo de Sarasate's Spanish Dances, a From the Top alumnus who has gone on to become Principal Flute for Miami Beach's New World Symphony, and a brilliant teenage soprano from Florida who is carrying on the tradition of opera for her family—her mother had a fantastic career performing at New York's Metropolitan Opera and beyond.
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Show 300 | Boston MA
From our home in Boston, Massachusetts, this week's episode features ...
From our home in Boston, Massachusetts, this week's episode features an 11-year-old who is not only a precocious violinist, but who also happens to be a budding meteorologist—his long-term forecasts on YouTube are impressively accurate. A young cellist performs the gorgeous Andante movement from Rachmaninoff's Sonata in G minor, and we'll meet a pianist who, at the age of 14, has recorded all of the Opus 25 Chopin piano études.
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Show 299 | Montclair NJ
From Montclair, New Jersey, this week's From the Top features ...
From Montclair, New Jersey, this week's From the Top features the world-renowned Shanghai String Quartet making a special guest appearance. Two lucky teenage performers get the privilege of joining the quartet in a thrilling performance of the music of Johannes Brahms. We'll also listen to the music a young cellist has chosen to populate his playlists on Spotify—playlists cleverly designed to persuade his high school friends to become fans of classical music.
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Show 306 | South Bend IN
From the Top comes to you from the premier competition ...
From the Top comes to you from the premier competition for teenage chamber music in the country this week—The Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. We hear all the adrenaline-filled performances and Christopher O'Riley interviews the young musicians who have made it to the finals as they compete for the gold medal at this amazing gathering.
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Show 298 | Greenville SC
From Greenville, South Carolina, this week's episode features one of ...
From Greenville, South Carolina, this week's episode features one of the strongest youth choirs in the "Palmetto State" performing a moving new work by a local South Carolina composer. We'll also meet a euphonium player who performs with the speed and dexterity of a flutist, and we'll enjoy Bach performed by the 13-year-old winner of the Tureck International Bach Competition.
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Show 305 | Coral Gables FL
From the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, this ...
From the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, this week's From the Top features a remarkably bold and confident performance by a 14-year-old violinist from South Florida, a young soprano from New Orleans performing a musical setting of one of Emily Dickinson's poems, and an oboist who, in addition to possessing an enormous library of classical music, is a wonderful teenage spokesperson for the genre.
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Show 297 | Storrs CT
From the University of Connecticut, this week's From the Top ...
From the University of Connecticut, this week's From the Top includes an emotional performance of Rachmaninoff's Elegie in E-flat minor performed by a young pianist from southern Connecticut, a twelve-year-old violinist brings to life all of the quixotic mood changes in Prokofiev's Sonata for Violin and Piano, and we'll get a dose of teenage musical philosophy from a philosophical sixteen-year-old cellist.
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Highlight Show 24
This week's special "Where Are They Now?" episode traces the ...
This week's special "Where Are They Now?" episode traces the lives of five different From the Top alums to learn how these young artists are negotiating their lives in their twenties. One alumni guest has just scored the position of Principal Bassoonist for the Chicago Symphony. Another is a lyric soprano working in the opera houses of Germany. One's a touring piano soloist. Each featured alum shares with us a recent musical performance.
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Show 296 | Washington DC
From Washington, D.C., this week's program includes one of the ...
From Washington, D.C., this week's program includes one of the youngest performers From the Top has ever featured: an 8-year-old Bolivian American pianist. He performs the music of Haydn with a delightfully infectious sense of freedom and joy. Also, an all-female percussion quartet brings us a mesmerizing piece written by a contemporary composer, and the show concludes with the sheer inspiration of a youth gospel choir.
