Trio Azura performs in IPR's Studio A while on their Gold Medal tour after winning this year's Fischoff National Chamber Competition. Their members are Duncan McDougall, violin, Yejin Hong, cello, and Yanfeng (Tony) Bai, piano.

New Interlochen faculty member Christopher Goodpasture on his love for the L.A. Lakers, why young musicians should play more chamber music and the "extraterrestrial" nature of Scriabin.

Interlochen faculty pianist Hyemin Kim is presenting a recital of music by composers from the 18th century to the present day. The composers represented on her program include Franz Joseph Haydn, Robert Schumann, Claude Debussy, R. Nathaniel Dett and John Corigliano. She recently visited IPR's Studio A to give a preview of some of the music she'll be presenting Friday night in Manistee.

Double bassist Paul Erhard and pianist Alejandro Cremaschi are presenting a unique recital of tango-inspired music in northern Michigan this week. All of the music on their recital was composed by Luis Jorge González (1936-2016), an Argentine-born American composer who was a friend and colleague of Erhard's and Cremaschi's for many years. All three served on the music faculty of the University of Colorado, Boulder. Erhard and Cremaschi visited IPR's Studio A to give a preview of some of the music they'll be presenting on this week's recitals and to discuss González's musical and personal legacy. Music performed in Studio A Luis Jorge González, Wanderer's Songs Luis Jorge González, Chacona Tangante (theme and variations 1-3)

Founders Joe Skerik and Kyle Stachnik have assembled a quintet version of Viridian Strings for a late summer concert tour of northern Michigan. Music performed in Studio A Ralph Vaughan Williams, Phantasy Quintet (mvts. 3 & 4) Musicians heard in Studio A Cherry Yeung, violin Matthew Hakkarainen, violin Brian Isaacs, viola Joe Skerik, viola Kyle Stachnik, cello

The Argentine chamber tango ensemble "QuinTango" performed in Classical IPR's Studio A ahead of their 6-concert tour around northern Michigan. They performed an arrangement by bassist Ali Cook of Leonard Cohen's "Dance me to the end of love" as well as "Luna roja," an original composition by bandoneonist Emmanuel Trifolio. QuinTango's members are: Regino Madrid (violin), Joan Singer (founder/violin), Ali Cook (bass), Agustin Muriago (piano) and Emmanuel Trifilio (bandoneon). They are joined this weekend by QuinTango’s dance master, Victor Rua Espada of Buenos Aires.

The 2024 Advanced String Quartets from Interlochen Arts Camp visited Studio A to record Felix Mendelssohn's String Quartet no. 4 in E minor. Movement 1 Tarquin Bennion, violin, Sidney, MT Alex Workman, violin, Greenville, NC Steven Zhang, viola, Mesa, AZ Charlie Pabst, cello, Tempe, AZ Movement 2 Guillem Baviera Fuste, violin, Torrent, Spain Hannah Schewiger, violin, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Dana Wang, viola, New York, NY Aiden Ko, cello, Seongnam-si, South Korea Movement 3 Momica Lu, violin, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Anthony Kim, violin, San Diego, CA Natalie Coleman, viola, Liberty, MO Juliet Diaz Onderwyzer, cello, West Nyack, NY Movement 4 Jonathan Milgram, violin, San José, Costa Rica Kaylee Nah, violin, Portland, OR Cristian Yohannes, viola, Frisco, TX Evelyn Yang, cello, London, England

JoAnn Falletta leads Interlochen's World Youth Symphony Orchestra in their final concert of the 2024 season and the 97th annual performance of “Les Préludes.” Classical IPR presents the live broadcast this Sunday, August 4 at 7:30 PM ET.

Three high school student students from Interlochen Arts Camp recently visited Studio A to perform music by Giuseppe Verdi, Claude Debussy and Stefano Donaudy. "Il lacerato spirito" from "Simon Boccanegra" by Giuseppi Verdi David Gigauri, bass-baritone; Tbilisi, Georgia Hao Zhang, piano "Nuit d'etoiles" by Claude Debussy Valentina Gomez, soprano; Miami, FL Xiaoping Wang, piano "Vaghissima sembianza" by Stefano Donaudy Modestina Call, soprano; Oxford, MI Amelia Arguelles, piano

Two high school student brass quintets from Interlochen Arts Camp recently visited Studio A to perform music by Alexander Arutiunian, Eric Ewazen and Samuel Scheidt. The Fire Five Eric Ewazen, Frost Fire (first movement) Ben Mitchell, trumpet, Charlotte, NC Gabe Luza, trumpet, Charlotte, NC Connor Powers, horn, Houson, TX Will Cranston, trombone, Houston, TX Barrett Hoover, tuba, Wann, OK The Maple Brass Quintet Samuel Scheidt, Canzona Bergamasca Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian Scenes (third movement) Taylor Hopps, trumpet, Olympia, WA Jakob Burnham, trumpet, Brighton, MI Ben Shugart, horn, Grand Prairie, Texas Demitri Resto, tenor trombone, Trumbull, CT Caden Wolfe, bass trombone, Tampa, FL

"Condense Eternity" by composer Alex Berko is inspired by iconic Michigan and New York bridges. The piece gets its Interlochen premiere this weekend with the World Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Rebecca Tong.

Conductor Rebecca Tong conducts Interlochen's World Youth Symphony Orchestra this weekend in a program highlighting the "Enigma Variations" by Edward Elgar and new music by Alex Berko.

Two high school student wind quintets from Interlochen Arts Camp visited IPR's Studio A to perform music by Carl Nielsen and Maurice Ravel. Apollo V Mariana Perez-Alvarez, flute, Katy, Texas Kate Roberts, oboe, Wylie, Texas Tom Wang, clarinet, Sammamish, Wash. Paul Wittmer, bassoon, Buffalo, N.Y. Ben Shugart, horn, Grand Prairie, Texas Coach: Sharon Sparrow Carl Nielsen, Quintet: I. Allegro ben moderato Couperin Quintet Marko Sretenovic, flute, Belgrade, Serbia Leo Egen, oboe, Kalamazoo, Mich. Chris Cui, clarinet, Apex, N.C. Damian Carrasco, bassoon, Cedar Park, Texas Connor Powers, horn, Houston, Texas Coach: Robert Walker Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin: I. Prelude (arr. Mason Jones)

Jader Bignamini has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) since their 2020-2021 season. He and DSO musicians are at Interlochen this weekend for two concerts, including a side-by-side concert with the World Youth Symphony Orchestra. Saturday's program opens with "Don Juan" by Richard Strauss and includes Ludwig van Beeethoven's "Eroica" Symphony. Sunday's program features Dvorak's "New World" Symphony and the overture to "Nabucco" by Giuseppe Verdi.

The members of the Beaver Combo are high school jazz students studying at Interlochen Arts Camp this summer. Sam Crespino, Josiah Dean-Ware, Connor Dively, Emi Greenfield, Aiden Ledbetter and Armin Schulz-Baldes visited IPR's Studio A to perform the Errol Garner jazz standard "Misty."

Matthew Straw leads Interlochen's World Youth Symphony Orchestra in their third concert of the 2024 season. Classical IPR presents the live broadcast this Sunday, July 14 at 7:30 PM ET.

Composer Bobby Ge talks with Interlochen Public Radio about "Sighting the Swallow," a piece that gets its Interlochen premiere with the World Youth Symphony Orchestra this weekend. Co-commissioned by Interlochen Center for the Arts and the New York Youth Symphony, "Sighting the Swallow" had its world premiere at Carnegie Hall in March 2023.

Anna Snecinski and Santiago Ramirez are high school pianists at Interlochen Arts Camp who recently visited IPR's Studio A. Anna Snecinski is 16 years old. She is from Tampa, FL. Anna performed the Intermezzo in A major (op. 118, no. 2) by Johannes Brahms. Santiago Ramirez is 16 years old. He is from Medellín, Colombia. Santiago performed an original composition entitled "Pasillo no. 1." A pasillo is a traditional Colombian dance with a distinctive rhythm in 3/4 time.

This Sunday, Cristian Macelaru leads the World Youth Symphony Orchestra (WYSO) in their second concert of its 2024 season at Interlochen Center for the Arts. Joining Macelaru is violin sensation Ray Chen performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

Kotoha Inoue and Olivia Sexton have each just finished their first week at this summer's Interlochen Arts Camp (2024). They visited IPR's Studio A to perform and talk about their experiences at camp so far. Kotoha Inoue is 15 years old. She performed the "June: Barcarolle" movement from Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "The Seasons." Olivia Sexton is 17 years old. She performed the Prelude and Allemande movements from Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita no. 1 in B-flat major. Michael Culler engineered this recording session with support from Carolyn Dzul.

This Sunday, Lazarova launches the World Youth Symphony Orchestra (WYSO) into their first concert at Interlochen Center for the Arts with a program that includes Johannes Brahms's "Academic Festival Overture," Benjamin Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" and "Abstractions" by Anna Clyne.

Edgar Donati, Martin Noh, Daniel Spink and Blake Kitayama of the Kodak Quartet are in residence as part of IPR's Sound Garden Project.

Darren Liou, Matthew Rasmussen, Alex Lee, Thacher Schreiber and Kristine Llanderal of Fivemind Reeds are in residence in Glen Arbor, part of IPR's Sound Garden Project.

Sarah Huebsch Schilling and Kelsey Schilling are spouses, early musicians and faculty members at the annual Renaissance Music Retreat from Interlochen's College of Creative Arts. The Schillings visited Studio A with pairs of recorders and crumhorns to demonstrate some of the music they're teaching and performing this week.

They're back! Cuna Kim, Kyle Stachnik, Oliver Leitner and Joseph Skerik of Viridian Strings brought music of Dvorak to IPR's Studio A ahead of a pair of performances in northern Michigan this weekend.

Two TCAPS seniors visited IPR's Studio A ahead of the 2024 Traverse City Music Boosters Benefit Concert. Oboist Amelia Lawens is a senior at Traverse City West. She performed Robert Schumann's Romance, Op. 94 no 1 Bassoonist Jack Dwyer is a senior at Traverse City Central. He performed Eugene Bordeau's "Premier Solo." Their collaborative pianist was David Husser. They and other TCAPS students will be featured in a benefit concert on Thursday, May 23. All donations support the Traverse City Music Boosters' student scholarships and music classroom mini-grants.

Violinist Tina Chang Qu, cellist Patrick Owen and pianist TJ Lymenstull take the stage of the Alluvion in Traverse City Friday night. They'll perform the Piano Trio no. 1 by Felix Mendelssohn and Café Music by Paul Schoenfield (also spelled Schoenfeld). The trio gave a preview of Friday's recital, performing the second movement of Café Music. Michael Culler engineered the music recording.

The annual Rosalyn Tureck Memorial Concert features Interlochen Arts Academy students performing Bach's music in honor of the late scholar and pianist. This recital takes place because Interlochen is home to the Rosalyn Tureck Bach Research Institute. Tureck was an important scholar of Bach’s music in the 20th century, and everyone from Glenn Gould to William F. Buckley to Sharon Isbin sought her opinions. In 2022, Interlochen became the home of the Tureck Bach Research Institute, which includes Rosalyn Tureck’s essays, books, writings and recordings. Another part of the Tureck Bach Research Institute is this annual recital in her honor featuring the music of Bach. IPR met two of the pianists who will be playing Bach's music on this recital and got a preview in Studio A. Kené Obiaya is a senior from Chicago, IL. He performed the Prelude and Fugue in D major Book 1 of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Viviane Kim is a senior from Port Jefferson, NY. She performed Bach's Partita in C Minor (BWV 826). Kim is also this year's recipient of the Rosalyn Tureck scholarship, which is awarded to a female Interlochen Arts Academy piano student.