Classical Performance

KU piano student and recent winner of the KU piano concerto competition, Jair Zacarias, played Liszt's Reminiscences de Norma on December 4th, 2025. Classical host Destiny Mermagen and KU professor of piano, Priscila Navarro, join us in the studio as well.

Including the Brahms Sonata for Viola and Piano, plus Ravel's 2nd Sonata and the Bartok Romanian Folk Dances

Topeka Symphony Soloist Hannah Occena live at Kansas Public Radio November 21, 2025. Hannah plays music from Bach, Toru Takemitsu, Gertrude Rivers Robison and Philippe Gaubert. Cordelia brown visits with Topeka Symphony conductor Kyle Willey Pickett and Hannah Occena.

Two young pianists from the Park University International Center for Music in Parkville, Missouri visited Kansas Public Radio to help publicize their Students of Stan Ioudenitch Recital coming up Nov 13, 2025

These musicians have all been featured on the Kansas Public Radio airwaves many times in various groups over the last 20 years.

Miles has concert appearances February 1, 2025 at Bloomington, Indiana and February 16, 2025 at Webster Grove, Missouri.

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.