Classical Performance

Brad Biles, Director of Communications and Public Relations and ICM Coordinator Gus Fernandez visit with discuss the ICM and and upcoming concert appearance. The students performed music from Hailstork, Pablo de Sarasate, Schumann and Schubert. ICM staff pianist Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich accompanied on piano.

Ali Mammadoff is a student of globally renowned pianist Stanislav Ioudenitch.

Xiangyu previews selections he will perform at his concert held at Tuyli Shire Hall, 9341 W. 87th St., Overland Park, KS 66212, beginning at 7 pm. The program includes:Isaac Albéniz's Suite Española, Opus 47, renowned for its vibrant portrayal of Spanish musical traditions.Enrique Granados' 12 Spanish Dances, which captures the essence of Spanish folk music with exquisite charm.And Xiangyu's own composition, Wild Blues.

South Korean-born, and raised in Lawrence, Kansas, since age 10, Park returns to Kansas frequently to share music with her community whenevershe is back home from New York City, where she is currently based. FirstPrize winner of the 2022 Susan Wadsworth Young Concert Artists International Auditions, she is managed worldwide by Young Concert Artists.

Carmen Ching has just finished her doctoral degree in piano at KU. This is her third visit to the Kansas Public Radio Live Performance Studio.

Relive the fun of last year's Haunting Halloween Sounds concert with Destiny Ann Mermagen and guests; the finale of KPR's Live Day 2023.

Jesse Henkensiefken, founding member and executive director of MAPAA, visits with Cordelia Brown about 2 upcoming concerts in the area.

The Lost Boys found themselves competing in a convention contest at the Lied Center of Lawrence hoping to ascend to the national competition in Denver in July of 2025.

Cordelia Brown hosts Topeka Symphony Orchestra conductor Kyle Wiley-Pickett and Thai musicians Hnugsaran Prukthaisong and Praatchaya Nanthachai and discusses the United States debut of Sound, Echo, and Silence by Thai Composer Dr. Narong Prangcharoen.

KPR's Cordelia Brown and Topeka Symphony Orchestra Conductor Kyle Wiley-Pickett visited with the singers about growing up in a singing family in the Missouri Ozarks, their professional careers and world travel with children.